summer in the city - The Lovin' Spoonful

summer in the city

"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, 1966, replacing The Troggs' hit "Wild Thing". It remained at the top spot for three weeks, and was followed by Donovan's hit, "Sunshine Superman". 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 signature keyboard part is played on a Hohner Pianet, and the organ is a Vox Continental.
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head 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 That the days can't be like the nights In the summer, in the city In the summer, in the city

Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop 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 That the days can't be like the nights In the summer, in the city In the summer, in the city

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head 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 That the days can't be like the nights In the summer, in the city In the summer, in the city

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[04atkinj]

your singing sounds abit like bob dylan :D

[Peemon]

Awesome singing man

[sober1980]

nice



[diegoeldwi]

que bueno no?

[sonaje]

cool, very well, brilliant

[krew3012]

can i please have the chords you used?

[TheHippieDude]

whats the strumming pattern like! please!!

[bruces3]

at  :26- :48 you sound like the lead singer of the VF

[bruces3]

this sounds good ,I couldn't do better, but sounds like you would have great luck covering the Violent Femmes...check it out!!

[Murciegale]

Very nice!

[pianoman74]

@04atkinj lol too true ! bobby shines thru every pore ^^

[Arhes]

muy bueno!