Song · Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, and YouTube Music · 1964
Motown · Universal Music Group
Dancing in the Street
Motown, under Universal. The invitation is public. The street is the room.
Gordy released it. Universal holds Motown. Martha Reeves calls a country outside. In some years people heard a party. In others they heard a summons. The record can bear both, which is why it lasted.
Dance if the street is safe. Notice that she wanted everyone there.
The eight
Industry
8/10
A shout a block can use. That is craft.
Household
5/10
No kitchen. A city as a household.
Piety
4/10
Joy, offered without a creed.
Courage
6/10
She calls people out of the house and into each other.
Republic
7/10
Every city named. A people, not a clique.
Temperance
6/10
A dance, and it ends.
Truth
6/10
The invitation is plain.
Stewardship
6/10
A picture of a public gladness. Keep it from becoming a riot or a commercial.
Live historicallyOne evening this week, be outside with someone who is not already in your usual four.