Summer iIn the City

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Written by: John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Mark Sebastian
Produced by: Erik Jacobsen
Released: June '66 on Kama Sutra
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

"Summer in the City" was a stylistic turn for the Lovin' Spoonful -- tougher and less daydreamy. "We felt the only way we could stick out would be to sound completely different from one single to another," said John Sebastian. With a barrage of car horns on the bridge, "Summer in the City" evoked its subject with urban grit and Gershwin-esque grandeur.

Appears on: The Lovin' Spoonful Greatest Hits (Buddah)

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