Summer in the City
"Summer in the City" is a song recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful, written by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone.
It appeared on their album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966, for three consecutive weeks.[3] The song features a series of car horns during the instrumental bridge, starting with a Volkswagen Beetle horn, and ends up with a jackhammer sound, in order to give the impression of the sounds of the summer in the city. The song became a gold record. It is ranked number 401 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[4]
The signature keyboard part is played on a Hohner Pianet, and the organ is a Vox Continental.
Chart performance
Weekly singles charts
| Chart (1966) |
Peak
position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles |
1 |
| Dutch Singles Chart |
2 |
| Finnish Singles Chart |
1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart |
3 |
| UK Singles Chart |
8 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1966) |
Rank |
| UK [5] |
85 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [6] |
11 |
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Joe Cocker Cover
Joe Cocker covered "Summer in the City" on his 1994 album Have a Little Faith. It was released as the lead single and reached the charts in several European countries.
Notes
- ↑ Although John Sebastian wrote most of the Lovin' Spoonful's original material, this song was a collaboration between him, the group's bassist Steve Boone, and Sebastian's brother (and non-group member) Mark Sebastian.
References
- The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, ISBN 978-0823076772
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