Dancing in the Street want to get up and dance". In 2013, the original Motown recording was remixed for club and summer celebration airplay by Minneapolis' Billboard charting producer/remixer Joel Dickinson as well as Danny Shaffer. "Billboard" named the song #29 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. In 1966, the folk rock group, the Mamas & the Papas, recorded a cover version of the song "Dancing in the Street," which was taken from their second studio album "The Mamas and the Papas". Mama Cass Elliot sang the lead vocal, while the other members did their harmonies in the
Casey Donovan (singer) 2011 movie version, Donovan was not cast. 2011 saw Donovan reprise her role of Cynthia Macrae in another tour of the hit show "The Sapphires". The tour ran during February in ACT and NSW, and was followed by two weeks in the UK in March. In August/September 2011, Donovan created the role of Mama Cass in the world premiere of new musical "Flowerchildren – The Mamas & the Papas Story" written by Peter Fitzpatrick and produced by Australian company Magnormos. She was joined by Matt Hetherington as John Phillips, Laura Fitzpatrick as Michelle Phillips, and Dan Humphris as Denny Doherty.