Dancing in the Dark (Rihanna song) chorus to the one of Whitney Houston's 1987 single "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)". He also wrote that the song has a "wubby bass groove" that could feature American actress Courtney Cox dancing to it in its potential music video, a reference to her appearance in the video for Bruce Springsteen's 1984 single with the same name. Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Home". Dancing in the Dark (Rihanna song) "Dancing in the Dark" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for the soundtrack to the 2015 film "Home". It was written by Ester Dean,
James Thornton (songwriter) James Thornton (songwriter) James Thornton (December 5, 1861 – July 27, 1938) was an American songwriter and vaudeville performer. He is primarily remembered today as the composer of the 1898 song, "When You Were Sweet Sixteen". Thornton started his career as a "singing waiter" in Boston, Massachusetts, and then achieved success with his wife, Elisabeth "Bonnie" Cox, in music halls throughout the US as what was then called a "serio-comic" or "monologist" (essentially a stand-up comic) and singer. During his career, he also performed in a vaudeville team with Charles B. Lawlor. Thornton's compositions included: "When You Were Sweet Sixteen",