Courteney Cox Recreates 'Dancing in the Dark' Video for 1980s Mom Dance TikTok Trend

Four decades later, Courteney Cox's fire is still burning. The The friends The star took to the viral 'asking my mom how she danced in the 80s' TikTok on Sunday (June 9) when she posted a video of her Reagan-era moves, looking back at the moment that started it all for her.

While most of the moms who responded have danced to British synth pop trio Bronski Beats' “Smalltown Boy,” Cox's video opened with her doing a classic 1980s arm flip before appearing to change her mind. Cue saxophones and a wardrobe switch as Cox sheds her sweatshirt, unzipping it to reveal a Bruce Springsteen He was born in the USA t-shirt while entering the dance that helped her become a star.

The video then flashed back to 1984, when Cox got her first big break when she was pulled from the audience on stage with The Boss for a dance cameo in his “Dancing in the Dark” video. The video, directed by acclaimed writer Brian De Palma, was shot during two Springsteen shows in St. Paul, Minn. an actress cast during a casting in New York.

Springsteen and the E Street Band are in the middle of their 2024 European tour, with the band set to play three dates at Civitas Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain on June 12, 14 and 17.

Watch Cox's video below.