Dancing in the Moonlight
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"Dancing in the Moonlight" is a song by the French-American rock group King Harvest that was released as a single in 1972 and reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band released other singles, but they were never able to match the success of "Dancing in the Moonlight". The track used a Wurlitzer electric piano throughout.
In 2000, English alternative rock band Toploader released a cover of "Dancing in the Moonlight". It was originally released in February 2000 as the third single from their debut studio album Onka's Big Moka (1999) and peaked at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. It was re-released in November of the same year and then reached number 7. The song has been certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of over 600,000 copies.
Other versions
- Liza Minnelli on her 1973 album The Singer
- Johnny Rivers on his 1975 New Lovers and Old Friends album
- Joe "Bean" Esposito on his 1996 album Treated and Released
- Baha Men on 1994's Kalik
- Masters of the Obvious
- The Keane Brothers — who created a disco version in 1979
- Aswad on their 2002 album Cool Summer Reggae
- Orleans
- My Morning Jacket
- Jack Wagner
- Ted Raimi (in the Xena: Warrior Princess musical episode "Lyre, Lyre, Hearts on Fire")
- Alyson Stoner for the 2009 Disney movie Space Buddies.
- Jumping Jacks (named "Jumping in the Moonlight")
- Japanese singer ohashiTrio on his 2010 album Fake Book
- Yonder Mountain String Band on their 2017 album Love, Ain't Love
