Dancing In The Street Lyrics
Are you ready for a brand new beat?
Summer's here and the time is right
For dancing in the street.
They're dancing in Chicago,
Down in New Orleans,
In New York City.
There'll be music everywhere.
There'll be swinging and swaying and records playing,
Dancing in the street.
Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear,
Just as long as you are there.
So come on, every guy, grab a girl.
Everywhere around the world
They'll be dancing.
They're dancing in the street.
A chance for folks to meet.
There'll be laughing, singing, and music swinging,
Dancing in the street.
Philadelphia, P.A.
Baltimore and D.C. now.
Can't forget the Motor City.
There'll be music everywhere.
There'll be swinging and swaying and records playing,
Dancing in the street.
Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear,
Just as long as you are there.
So come on, every guy, grab a girl.
Everywhere around the world
They're dancing.
They're dancing in the street.
They're dancing in the street.
(Dancing in the street.)
Let's form a big, strong line, get in time,
We're dancing in the street.
(Dancing in the street.)
Across the ocean blue, me and you,
We're dancing in the street.






great and catchy song about the black civil rights!!!
@spunkychick Not the original meaning behind the song ... it just turned into a song that activists took ownership of.
@spunkychick Not the original meaning behind the song ... it just turned into a song that activists took ownership of.
@spunkychick I don't think it's a coincidence that all the cities called out in the song were destinations in the Great Migration and still have a sizable and vibrant black community.
@spunkychick I don't think it's a coincidence that all the cities called out in the song were destinations in the Great Migration and still have a sizable and vibrant black community.

Dancing is used as a methaphore for protest. The mentioned cities had active civil rights movements nd the songs refers to them.

This song was placed at number 40 in the list of 500 Greatest Songs by Rolling Afone