 Now, according to the website songfacts.com, Martha said Marvin Gaye had recorded Dancing in the Street when she'd first heard it. And he'd put a real smooth vocal on there, kind of a jazzy thing. Well, for some reason, Marvin said, let's let Martha have a shot at it. She had been to Rio de Janeiro recently and traveled to New Orleans during carnival time. So she knew it had to be somewhere about Dancing in the Street. She said, can I sing it the way I feel it? And they said, go ahead.