# 'What Dancing in the Dark is really about'

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dancing-in-the-dark-is-really-about/500343 "2009-06-19T22:58:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dancing-in-the-dark-is-really-about/500343/18 "2012-08-22T22:14:18Z")

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Springsteen wasn’t exactly averse to disco - he wrote songs for The Pointer Sisters and Donna Summer, and had club remixes of several songs, including Dancing In The Dark, created by Arthur Baker.

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