Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen song)

"Dancing in the Dark" is a 1984 song by Bruce Springsteen. It is the leading single from his seventh studio album Born in the U.S.A. and went to number 2 in the United States, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Ireland and Sweden, number 4 in the United Kingdom and South Africa, number 3 in Canada, number 1 in Belgium, number 7 in Norway and number 5 in Australia. It won a Grammy Award in 1985 and features Courteney Cox in the music video.

"Dancing in the Dark"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from Born in the U.S.A."
B-side	"Pink Cadillac"
Released	May 9, 1984
Recorded	February 14, 1984
Studio	The Hit Factory, New York
Genre	Dance-rock pop rock power pop synth-rock
Length	3:59
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)	Jon Landau Chuck Plotkin Bruce Springsteen Steven Van Zandt
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
""Open All Night" (1982) Dancing in the Dark ""Cover Me" (1984)
"Dancing in the Dark" at YouTube

7": Columbia / 38-04463

1. "Dancing in the Dark" – 3:59
2. "Pink Cadillac" – 3:33

7": CBS / WA-4463 *

1. "Dancing in the Dark" – 3:59
2. "Pink Cadillac" – 3:33

(*Car-shaped picture disc released in the UK, featuring a pink Cadillac on the front side)

12": Columbia / 44-05028

1. "Dancing in the Dark" (Blaster Mix) – 6:09
2. "Dancing in the Dark" (Radio) – 4:50
3. "Dancing in the Dark" (Dub) – 5:30

12": CBS / TA4436

1. "Dancing in the Dark" (Extended Remix) – 6:09
2. "Pink Cadillac" – 3:33

• The B-side of the single, "Pink Cadillac", was a comic rockabilly tale about the virtues (and vices) of a colourful Cadillac; in 1988 it became a #5 hit for Natalie Cole.