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Dancing in the Dark

Bruce Springsteen · 1984

Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen (1984) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • You can't start a fire
  • You can't start a fire without a spark
  • This gun's for hire
  • Even if we're just dancin' in the dark

Sing it again — final chorus

  • You can't start a fire
  • You can't start a fire without a spark
  • This gun's for hire
  • Even if we're just dancin' in the dark
we'redancin'dark

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

And I ain't gotto say

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You can'ta fire

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Radio's on, and I'm'round my place

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm justin a dump like this

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I'llthis world off my shoulders

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

They say youstay hungry

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I get up in the evenin'

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I come home in the mornin'

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I ain't nothin' but tired

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I could use just a little help

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You can't start a fire without a spark

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

And I ? got nothin' to say

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

You ? start a fire

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? my look in the mirror

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You can't start a ? without a spark

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

They say you ? stay hungry

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "we're" in the whole song?

"we're"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "dancin'" in the whole song?

"dancin'"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • I check my look in the mirror
  • I get up in the evenin'
  • They say you gotta stay hungry

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • And I ain't got nothin' to say
  • Even if we're just dancin' in the dark
  • You can't start a fire

Exercise 26

If you could ask Bruce Springsteen one question about "Dancing in the Dark", what would it be and why?

we'redancin'darkbaby

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Dancing in the Dark" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

we'redancin'darkbaby

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Dancing in the Dark" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

we'redancin'darkbaby

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • can't→
  • we're→
  • wanna→
  • there's→
  • it's→

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Dancing in the Dark" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

we'redancin'darkbaby