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About This Track
“Summer in the City” was a 1966 hit single by The Lovin’ Spoonful, written by Mark Sebastian (brother of John Sebastian) and Steve Boone. It came from their album, Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 13. The song featured a series of car horns, during the instrumental bridge, starting with a Volkswagen Beetle horn, and ending up with a jackhammer sound, in order to give the impressions of the sounds of the summer in the city. The song is ranked #393 on the Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The signature keyboard part is played on a Hohner Pianet, and the organ is a Vox Continental.
Story
When at Blair Academy, Mark Sebastian submitted the lyrics as a poem for the literary magazine. That poem, entitled “Summer In the City,” had the refrain “but at night it’s a different world, go out and find a girl, come on, come on and dance all night, despite the heat it’ll be alright, and babe don’t you know it’s a pity, the days can’t be like the night, in the summer in the city.” His older brother John changed the slower verses to a more upbeat model, keeping the title and the refrain. Mark’s part remains as he wrote it, words and music. Bassist Steve Boone added the instrumental coda in the middle.
Media appearances
The song was featured on The Simpsons episode “Papa’s Got a Brand New Badge”, Only Fools and Horses episode “Miami Twice”, in the opening scenes of the Bruce Willis action film Die Hard: With a Vengeance, in a Gatorade commercial
The signature keyboard part is played on a Hohner Pianet, and the organ is a Vox Continental.
Story
When at Blair Academy, Mark Sebastian submitted the lyrics as a poem for the literary magazine. That poem, entitled “Summer In the City,” had the refrain “but at night it’s a different world, go out and find a girl, come on, come on and dance all night, despite the heat it’ll be alright, and babe don’t you know it’s a pity, the days can’t be like the night, in the summer in the city.” His older brother John changed the slower verses to a more upbeat model, keeping the title and the refrain. Mark’s part remains as he wrote it, words and music. Bassist Steve Boone added the instrumental coda in the middle.
Media appearances
The song was featured on The Simpsons episode “Papa’s Got a Brand New Badge”, Only Fools and Horses episode “Miami Twice”, in the opening scenes of the Bruce Willis action film Die Hard: With a Vengeance, in a Gatorade commercial
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bungalow51bill wrote:
Great song!!
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B-AIRLINE wrote:
FAB, ALLTIME AND TIMELESS CLASSIC
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citymad wrote:
Newall Green days
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BlueOclock wrote:
Hmmmmm....yes, remember it well.....great tune!
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RocketmanPaul wrote:
What a classic
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blowsmoker wrote:
moi moi
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
one of the best songs ever to have come out of the 60`s!!!
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NitaD1 wrote:
↓ DITTO! :o)
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kemp678 wrote:
↓ DITTO! :o)
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
man,now here`s a fuckin` classic !
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rikrijean wrote:
GREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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cas1959 wrote:
autoharp love it
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crawlpalmetto wrote:
Love the drum sound on this record, a real treat. The guitar too! A wonderfully produced and beautiful record.
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cas1959 wrote:
but at night its a different World
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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
timeless classic never gets old
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gorbalsmick wrote:
lovin spoonful played my old vinyl buddah record of their hits until the gooves wore right out, loved them since i was a baby now an old man and still love them john sebastian a genuis a real nice modest guy
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Suberu wrote:
Try Greece its hot over there, Great Summer.
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Marjo47 wrote:
Summer? we had no summer in this part of Europe.I remember the summers in the South of the US.....where is this climate going to?
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lottadogs wrote:
Great summer music...still digging this one =)
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