Single:
Summer in the City entered the Australian singles chart* on 13 August 1966 and peaked at #11. It was #80 on the Top 100 of 1966.
Songwriters:
John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone
Producer:
Erik Jacobsen
Record label of Australian release:
Astor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
The song was a collaboration between John Sebastian, The Lovin Spoonful’s bassist Steve Boone, and the frontman’s brother (and non-group member) Mark Sebastian. Mark was 15 years old when he wrote a poem that John used as the basis for the song – John especially liked the part that went, “but at night there’s a different world”.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-lovin-spoonful/summer-in-the-city
Lyrics:
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck gettin’ dirty and gritty
Been down, isn’t it a pity?
Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people lookin’ half dead
Walkin’ on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head
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