Dancing in the Dark

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lyricist:	Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:	Arthur Schwartz

publisher:	Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd. Chappell Music Ltd. Harms, Inc. Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:	ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/Barry-manilow-dancing-in-the-dark-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/12792 [info]
Wikidata:	Q5215541 [info]

later translated versions:	Le Bal des adieux
part of:	The Band Wagon (1953 film)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1931-08-19	Dancing in the Dark		Bing Crosby	2:30
1931-08-19	Dancing in the Dark (Brunswick matrix E-37086-A)		Bing Crosby	2:28
1931-10	White Heat / Dancing in the Dark	medley	Fred Astaire	2:41
1931	Dancing in the Dark		Hutch	3:05
1932	Dancing in the Dark		Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson	3:05
1938-12-19	Dancing on the Stars		Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra	2:58
1941-01-23	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw	3:04
1941-01-23	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	3:04
1941-01-23	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	?:??
1944-06-14	Dancing in the Dark	cover	Frank Sinatra with Lana Turner & Bobby Trucker Singers	4:04
1944-06-14	Dancing In The Dark	cover	Frank Sinatra	4:00
1949-09-29	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Art Tatum	2:58
1950-07-05	Dancing in the Dark		Charlie Parker	3:12
1950-07-05	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Charlie Parker Big Band	3:10
1950-07-05	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Charlie Parker	3:11
1950-07-05	Dancing in the Dark		Charlie Parker	3:16
1950-07-05	Dancing in the Dark	cover and instrumental	Charlie Parker	3:12
1950-07-05	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Charlie Parker	3:14
1950-07	Dancing in the Dark	cover and instrumental	Charlie Parker	3:13
1950-09-16	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Zoot Sims	3:30
1950	Dancing in the Dark		Charlie Parker	3:23
1950	Dancing in the Dark (Late Summer 1950)	instrumental	Charlie Parker with Strings	3:19
1950	Dancing In The Dark (New York, Summer 1950)	instrumental	Charlie Parker	3:13
1951-03-24	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental and live	Charlie Parker with Strings	3:40
1951-03-24	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental and live	Charlie Parker	3:37
1951-03-24	Dancing in the Dark (bonus Track: Birdland, New York, March 24, 1951)	instrumental and live	Charlie Parker	4:13
1952-02-29	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Erroll Garner	3:38
1952-02	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Erroll Garner	3:43
1952-02	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Erroll Garner	3:43
1952-09-26	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental and live	Charlie Parker	3:47
1952-10-08	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	The M‐G‐M Studio Orchestra	3:29
1952-10-08	Dancing in the Dark (Rhino's 2006 updated version, in full stereo)		MGM Studio Orchestra	3:27
1952-12	Dancing in the Dark (The Astaire Story, 1953, with Oscar Peterson)		Fred Astaire	4:48
1953	Dancing in the Dark (Rhino's 1995 version, mono)		MGM Studio Orchestra	3:28
1953	Dancing in the Dark (instrumental) (mono)	instrumental	MGM Studio Orchestra, Adolph Deutsch	3:07
1954-02 – 1954-03	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five	4:39
1954	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw	4:40
1955-02-26	Dancing in the Dark		Johnny Costa	3:37
1955-08-23	Dancing in the Dark		Donald Byrd	7:37
1955	Get Out Those Old Records / They Didn't Believe Me / 'S Wonderful / Time on My Hands / I Didn't Know What Time It Was / Anything Goes / Dancing in the Dark / Ballerina / I Won't Dance / Papa, Won't You Dance With Me? / Charleston / The Way You Look Tonight / You're an Old Smo	medley	Mary Martin & Noël Coward	8:09
1956-02	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Les Jazz Modes	3:03
1956-03-26	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Ray Conniff	2:49
1956-07	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Ruby Braff with Dave McKenna	2:08
1957-07-06	Dancing in the Dark (live, 1957-07-06: Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, RI, USA)	cover, instrumental and live	Bill Evans	5:35
1957-07-06	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Bill Evans and Orchestra	6:14
1957-08-08	Dancing in the Dark	cover and live	Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio	3:36
1957-08-08	Dancing in the Dark	cover and live	Sarah Vaughan	2:39
1957-10-01	Dancing in the Dark	cover	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	4:29
1958-03-04	Dancing in the Dark		Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	4:22
1958-03-09	Dancing in the Dark (take 11)	instrumental	Cannonball Adderley	4:07
1958-03-21	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Dorothy Ashby	4:45
1958-12-07	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Sonny Clark	3:32
1958-12-07	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Sonny Clark	3:32
1958-12-22	Dancing in the Dark (original studio master)	cover	Frank Sinatra	2:26
1959-04-01	Dancing in the Dark	cover and live	Frank Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet	2:17
1961	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Chris Anderson Trio	4:31
1962-03-05	History of Musical Comedy	medley	Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett	9:52
1963-12-18	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Bill Evans	4:36
1964-02-12	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental and live	The Tubby Hayes Quintet	19:25
1975-01-26	Dancing in the Dark	live	Barbara Cook	3:08
1975-09-02	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Jimmy Raney	4:05
1983	A Salute to Fred Astaire: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails / The Carioca / Dancing in the Dark / I Won't Dance / The Continental	medley	Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams	8:29
1985-07-08	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental and live	Mike Melillo & Chet Baker	5:03
1987-09	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Sonny Rollins	7:09
1988-02-02 – 1988-02-03	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Joe Pass	4:56
1988-05-18 – 1988-06-04	Dancing With Fred Astaire: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails / I Won't Dance / Dancing in the Dark / The Continental / Change Partners / The Carioca	medley	John Williams & The Boston Pops Orchestra	9:39
1990-12	Dancing in the Dark (live, 1990‐12: Village Vanguard, New York, NY, USA)	cover and live	Geri Allen, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian	5:22
1991-10-31 – 1991-11-01	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental and live	Charlie Watts Quintet	3:23
1994-06	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Peter Leitch, John Hicks	5:21
1995-12-04	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Keystone Trio	6:09
1997-05-28	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Rob Schneiderman	6:35
2000-06-02	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Barry Harris Trio	5:35
2001	Dancing in the Dark	cover	Diana Krall	5:48
2003-06	Last Dance / Dancing in the Dark	medley	Tierney Sutton	5:24
2005-06	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Francesco Cafiso & Strings	3:36
2007-07-26	Dancing in the Dark	cover	Tony Coe & John Horler	7:22
2008-09-28	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Jon Mayer	5:34
2009-12	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Bill Charlap & Renee Rosnes	5:05
	Dancin' in the Dark		Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	3:04
	Dancin’ in the Dark		Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	3:04
	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Erroll Garner	3:39
	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Dave McKenna	3:49
	Dancing in the Dark	cover	Diana Krall	5:49
	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	3:02
	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	2:26
	Dancing in the Dark		Jo Stafford	2:41
	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Buddy De Franco	6:12
	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw feat. The Count Basie Orchestra	3:05
	Dancing in the Dark		Max Bygraves	2:56
	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw	3:04
	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	3:03
	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw	3:07
	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw and His Orchestra	3:30
	Dancing in the Dark		The Four Lads	3:00
	Dancing in the Dark		Members of the Artie Shaw Orchestra	2:25
	Dancing in the Dark		Duke Ellington E La Sua Orchestra	?:??
	Dancing in the Dark	cover	Feyza	3:58
	Dancing in the Dark		Artie Shaw	3:05
	Dancing in the Dark		Frank Munn	?:??
	Dancing in the Dark	instrumental	Erroll Garner	?:??
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