Neon Rainbow (3:08)

Neon Rainbow is a song written by Wayne Carson Thompson made famous by Memphis blue-eyed soul band, The Box Tops.

From September 2009, Neon Rainbow was featured in the TalkTalk TV advertising campaign. The track is featured on Soul Deep, The Best of The Box Tops. The song starts with the lyrics “The city lights, the pretty lights, They can warm the coldest nights” and as they suggest, the song is about neon signs that come on at night and make even the city’s coldest nights seem warm. The lyrics continue “But in the daytime everything changes, Nothing remains the same. No one smiles anymore, And no one will open his door. Until the night time comes. And then the…” suggesting that the city’s inhabitants stay inside during the day and come out only at night.