The Lovin' Spoonful - Summer in the City (Audio)

"Summer In the City" by The Lovin' Spoonful
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Chorus:
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
#TheLovinSpoonful #SummerInTheCity

[@danchazier9115]

man i was born in 1996 way after this by 30 years... and i absolutely love this song.. the city i live in just had a 4 day long heat wave 100+ degrees all 4 days and it reminded me of this song im so glad i re found it and thank you to my grandfather for getting me into this kind of music he was in his teens into his 20s in the 60s

[@lisaparsons4124]

Great group 1966,year I was born 💙

[@krisstarring]

Living in a Southern city like Atlanta, this song is definitely relatable. "At night it's a different world." It definitely is hotter than a match head in the daytime.

[@lisaparsons4124]

Great song and group

[@mattmorris2141]

The fact they could write something that embodies the grittiness so well, then write something as wholesome as "Do You Believe in Magic?" is pretty astounding. It's like "Helter Skelter" and "Lady Madonna" on the White Album. These guys were/are brilliant.

[@kennethconklin4140]

They really were amazing! Such an underrated group. And I apologize for being "that asshole", but Lady Madonna isn't on the White Album. It was only a single in the UK, but it is on the American album of Hey Jude. Yep. And again, I am sorry🤓🤦

[@HorwichWren]

I don't think I could ever explain how much I love this song

[@leonoranicolaysen2784]

It's the first warm day of 2024 in Spokane, WA. I just HAD to hear this song and totally love your comment! Thanks.❤

[@edge-climber8540]

If you need to explain it to someone, they probably wouldn't understand... It's a matter of the heart, and the nostalgia that the whole Experience brings back to the Soul. Oh Yeah... 💝 🎶

[@robert0259a]

The City of New York….I love my city

[@vooreuropa.dustegendeeu.4121]

So do I. How much decennia!

[@zoki-kj3ox]

Can't explain me to...

[@spitfirered]

Grew Up With This Song, Now I Am 69 And Still Loving This!

[@puffinbilly6826]

...you kids and your music..

[@jeannettewhitley1551]

@spitfirered Me too! I am 69 years old. Love the music of the sixties. I Love New York ❤

[@MarilynCrosbie]

Me too!

[@joydenault8375]

Me too turn 69 in a few days love this song. Perfect summer song especially for Texas cities where I am.

[@hissatsu4937]

Die Hard with a Vengeance is one of my favorite action movies. Opening the movie with this song was perfect.

[@roleemack1535]

Same here and what a good duo like Bruce and Samuel L Jackson plus I know that movie ain't their only roles together like Unbreakable and Glass

[@josehinojosa9752]

I personally think Vengeance > the Original

[@hazukichanx408]

I loved it when John McClane said "I'm gonna feed you a spoonful of whoop-ass", did a backflip and snapped the bad guys neck before morbing all over those guys.

[@BC0101]

BOOM

[@chillyourself5208]

opening song to all my summer days in NY !!!

[@holmegab]

Essential listening for your Heat Dome Playlist

[@allisonmclay7137]

other reccomendations?

[@TheHondaman1975]

Timeless song, its still sounds so fresh It could have been recorded this year.

[@BOHICA_]

Not at all. No autotuning on the vocals.

[@KingOfElectricNinjas]

Not sure anyone uses matches anymore.

[@stevecusson5103]

But better than todays auto tune and no musicians

[@staszewaM]

While I agree that it sounds fresh, it's got a very strong 60's vibe making it instantly recognizable for that period, which I am a big fan of :)

[@Daniel-ts3uy]

Right but they don't make music this great now a days. Not even close.

[@stanford-nf4jk]

As a Gen Xer I must admit that Boomers had some wonderful music! This was one of dad’s favorites!

[@turkeymanmcgee8231]

The 60s and the 90s the best imo.

[@alondathomas293]

​@@turkeymanmcgee8231Perfect summer song, and a little more haunting and hard-edged than your typical pop song of that era. Always liked this, and still do.

[@oldpoppy]

​@@alondathomas293 More hard edged than the Lovin' Spoonful usually did.... Great band

[@HessamHosseini-ep8rh]

Same from Gen Z

[@strictlynorton]

Jon Sebastian is superb songwriter... the way this song is crafted. Wow!

[@RickRox75]

This was one of the songs that defined the summer of 1966, in fact it was one of the songs of 1966. Summer In The City is a classic done brilliantly by John Sebastian and The Lovin' Spoonful, an American No.1 in August 1966, it peaked at No.8 in the UK that same month. America's No.11 of 1966 was the UK's 85th best seller of 1966.

[@mike04574]

why does it have so little views

[@thewolfkingofla]

@@mike04574 there was a video in which it got 10m+ views but it got deleted, probably copyright or something

[@raymondmalcuit8361]

Good Summer Song.

[@JoeNormal]

Here's a new summer anthem! "SUMMER JOBS" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaGkdGd6ed9paJo

[@firasalhashimi5216]

This soung was played for die hard 3 movie in the beginning of the movie.

[@26fulton]

This was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 55 years ago this week, during the week of 8/20/1966.

[@AllRequired]

And the ideal choice to be its year-end gold medalist.

[@cristinagalaxyfun]

This feels nostalgic 🍦

[@enigma2845]

This brings back childhood memories for me, growing up in Chicago, and summers that seemed to be endless🌞, the good old day wouldn't trade them for the world.💖

[@MIKECNW]

Glad you enjoyed but remember what was going on that summer? Race riots. Though my understanding 10 other cities were going through the same thing.

[@RayonConmar]

@@MIKECNW Hey do you know what's really cool? Letting people reminisce on fond memories without shoehorning your agenda in.

[@richardmartinez2428]

@@MIKECNW The only thing was for a kid growing up during those times, besides cartoons music was all we had. Summer times at the beach listening to this song and many others on the radio was the escape during those times. The adults had to deal with the real world at those times.

[@JoeNormal]

Love Chicago!! Here's a new summer anthem for ya! "SUMMER JOBS" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaGkdGd6ed9paJo

[@josephcostello695]

grew up in nyc when this song was big I think I was 7 or 8 at the time. but goid times they were. you have great taste in music.

[@StephenHernandez-or1yh]

SO GOOD, GOLDEN, HEART-RENDING, HARD-DRIVING AND HAUNTING! 😁😁😁😁😁😂😂😂😂😂😎😎😎😎😎😍😍😍😍😍😭😭😭😭😭👫👫👫👫👫🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌁🌁🌁🌁🌁🌃🌃🌃🌃🌃🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🌇🌇🌇🌇🌇🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@SafetyMentalst]

I can't imagine living on a city street An summer heat rising from concrete Living in the country is a real treat Country life is sweet it can't be beat Freedom an fresh air life is complete

[@Thedownwardmineon]

The piano and bass combo at 1:21 and 2:10 is just one of the best things I have ever heard

[@mr.dome.gaming7103]

Yeah me too

[@randaljohnson5087]

Time Hi from my office today

[@vinceleguesse]

Fuse Malta 🇲🇹 with Ozzy Lino made the best tribute to this band!

[@grahambrown1980]

Right on, man, that’s my favs! 🤩

[@Ramoza1]

I like the ziiing of the autoharp. I'm listening for the piano I don't know that I hear a piano

[@Protologos]

Why does the production quality on this blow my mind? Like the fidelity of this sound is really impressive.

[@martinkrauser4029]

Remastered from the original multitracks in 2000. Brilliant work.

[@dhcl5653]

Where would we be today if it weren't for the 60's!

[@brodymundt]

The 50’s

[@lucypotato8793]

No shit! Best decade, they all give me goose bumps...

[@lisaparsons4124]

The loving spoonful a great group and back in 1966, and year I was born 💙

[@scottburton9701]

# 1 in the summer of 1966-An all-time classic!

[@StormyLynn724]

Oh man… this takes me back. Funny how a song can bring a specific memory into the forefront. Man, the 60’s and 70’s was where it was at. ☮️miss those days so much.

[@bandgeekonflute]

Right?! They played this song at the movie theater I use to work at in 2000. Everytime I hear it I think of my first job.

[@StormyLynn724]

@@bandgeekonflute I miss those days so much too….it was such a simpler way of living…..and I remember being very happy kid back then….and when I heard this song it was like the perfect ending to a Friday night! and that was back in the day when you could actually call the radio station and request a song and I remember my girlfriend used to spend the night either at my house or I would spend the night at her house and we would sneak a little transistor radio into the room and just wait all night for that song to come on! I remember being nervous to call up the radio station because I didn’t wanna wake my parents and she didn’t wanna wake hers… that’s because the phone was attached to the wall in the kitchen! So someone would now!! Lol And sometimes the transistor radio would go dead because we had had it on all night long just waiting for the song! and it was in the summer (obviously!) and the windows were wide open and you could just smell fresh cut grass from the previous day….you could totally hear crickets through the night and birds in the early morning. I mean I remember everything…. I was a young teenager….And early in the morning when I could see that the sun was rising I would hurry and take the transistor radio and put it back in my fathers garage so he wouldn’t know that I borrowed it! I would grab two pop tarts and a coke on my way through the kitchen and back to my bedroom….landing on the bed and whispering: “Score!” (my brother and I used to fight over pop tarts so to know that I actually got the pop tarts before him was a victory onto itself!) to think that was the worst thing that I could’ve done at that age was to sneak my dad‘s radio into my bedroom so I could hear a song…. Eating pop tarts and drinking a Coca-Cola….I just realized how innocent that sounds….that’s not The way kids talk today….. I remember that with such clarity. I don’t even think thats things that kids do today …. I don’t even know if kids today would even have any idea what I’m talking about. The summers of my innocent youth…. 🍺 cheers to a timeframe where being young and innocent was absolutely freaking cool!

[@bandgeekonflute]

@@StormyLynn724 thank you for sharing ♥️ I miss the simpler days too

[@brookey2825]

This is by far the best version

[@lauramilagros5472]

11/20/21 @StormyLynn: Me, too. 😢🌷🌹☮️ ☯️

[@francislester6327]

Walking on the sidewalk hotter than a matchhead👍🏻great lyrics takes me right back to my childhood in the 60’s

[@Chris.Treborn]

Also my favorite line

[@user-uv7mz8sn6q]

A favorite from my youth along with "Hot Fun in the Summer Time" by Sly and the Family Stone. It was a different world then, turbulent , but carefree for this farm boy in his youth...

[@brettkoeshall2325]

This is actually one of favorite Lovin' Spoonful.

[@user-ox8ln2np4v]

1 of the Greatest summer songs ever....

[@seanposey2264]

The ending of this song has such an awesome breakdown. What a classic.

[@davesigmon8144]

Here stands the Spoonful's most ambitious production. But "Summer in the City" is also one of the best songs, like evahh...The band refurbished unique sound effects into vigorous rock and it's inexhaustible. I still have the 45rpm. Listen intently to that jackhammer!

[@M335h1]

Truth. I wore out multiple cassettes from a car wash with this song on it. 8 to be exact. Mix tape of 60s hits but this and California dreamin were my favs but only the lovin spoonful stands the test of time for me because they lack the incest the mamas and papas had that makes it hard to enjoy their sound anymore. I mean I can but with a heavy ass heart and an undertone of sadness; it’s not groovy by any means.

[@garyonderisin8338]

What a beautiful, soulful song, a true classic.

[@tthomaselli2]

I first heard of this song & this band, respectively because this song was featured in the beginning of 'Die Hard With A Vengeance'. Great times...

[@eyeseer1]

This song jammed on a cassette player constantly in a 1984 Classic Caprice on summer vacations in the back of my mind from '86 to '95 without a mid-stop.

[@dennisovahn518]

Pretty hard to overlook this groups catalogue, so many great songs from my very early days of watching the grown-ups dancing, getting high and….youuuu knowww!!

[@daniellefournier978]

The piano at the end.... It's insane how beautiful it is....

[@Chris.Treborn]

One of the coolest songs I've heard.

[@karendavitz5632]

Loved it back in the '60s, love it now. The music just makes me feel how hot it is in the city.

[@reniisgod]

Simon says, McClane and the Samaritan will go to the subway station at 72nd and Broadway. I will call you in 15 minutes on the payphone outside the station. No Police. Failure to answer will constitute noncompliance.

[@AlfredHugecokk]

Each time I hear this song it remembers me of the begging of that Die Hard movie.

[@francislynne478]

Why was the phone busy? Who are you calling? The psychic hotline. I’d advice you to take this more seriously. Look, this is a public phone, what do you want me to say? You could simply say that there was a fat women on it and it took you a minute to get her off.

[@ithesuicideking9341]

As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Every wife had seven sacks. Every sack had seven cats. Every cat had seven kittens. Kittens, cats, sacks, and wives. how many were going to St. Ives? My phone number is 555 - NO NO NO WAIT! I didn't get all that! Say it again! Not a chance my phone number is 555 and the answer. Call me in thirty seconds or die.

[@mer6686]

Hey lemme tell you something I'VE GOT A BAD F*CKING MIGRAINE AND I'M LITTLE SICK OF THESE GAMES NOW WHERE IS THE SCHOOL B*MB

[@vinceleguesse]

God bless the departed

[@marcocamacho3784]

Esto me vuelve más loco de lo que ya estoy, qué clase de recuerdo , me saca las lágrimas, tiempos bellísimos, tengo 66 años y les mando un abrazo desde Costa Rica ❤

[@carolynking1625]

I hear this in the winter and go to tears wishing for those hot days of summer, I hear it now with summer coming and go to tears with joy SUMMER IS BACK!!! THANK YOU GOD!!!

[@TheFinalFailSafe]

Back in 2016 I had this playlist with a bunch of songs. For whatever reason when I changed phones I forgot about this playlist entirely. I had the music downloaded onto the phone, not through an app or anything like that. Then all these five years later this popped into my recommended and memories came flooding back. Now I’m racking my brain for the rest of the songs and I can’t remember any of them.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Check out Radiotunes' Oldies station. This is one of the many songs they play from that era.

[@jadeym4727]

Best of luck if you still haven't found all

[@TheFinalFailSafe]

@@jadeym4727 I have managed to find one more that I’m certain was on that playlist. Buffalo Springfield’s For What It’s Worth

[@whatwouldiknow1759]

Great song! One of the best songs the 60s!

[@Goatchild90]

Classic

[@simonmarshall19]

Die Hard With A Vengeance brought me here . Right at the opening .

[@lankey6969]

I'm not your friend, your neighbor, or your brother, I'm your complete stranger.

[@MikeHectorCreative]

Best intro in the Die Hard series hands down.

[@MIKECNW]

Who cares.

[@szymonlewicki6910]

Mam n es

[@williamgreeter1855]

My favorite die hard was the 1st and 3rd Hans and Simon Gruber

[@SH-hn2wp]

Wow ...forgot about this awesome song!

[@juanpabloracca2279]

Perfect song for an intro of an action movie

[@MrJoeybabe25]

So many words and they fit them all in perfectly. Legendary!

[@sailordude2094]

I remember listening to this distorted song in NYC, on my older brother's 45, with no AC, in a hot NYC summer. I was a kid and said to myself, I can relate to this song.

[@samuelsangster91]

I listen to this every summer.

[@johannotamendi3713]

Just discovered this song, love it

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

Peace, NYC: ! Brooklyn stand 🆙

[@jw870206]

This song works so beautifully because of the conflict between minor and major chords. Our narrator, the lead vocalist, is telling us about the oppressive heat and all the other dramas of living in the city, but when we switch to the major chords briefly, the flip side is discussed, all the positives that make bearable all the negatives.

[@reddrs424]

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

[@JJbayou]

i heard cool cow first lol

[@101Volts]

At the "Wheezing like a bus stop" part, I had thought that was because of the air pollution of the time. Looks like it's not, though, so it's far less dated. (China's the new Los Angeles in that regard, though.)

[@tralala1958]

I've thought for 56 years that he was telling us to "Just fight the heat, it'll be all right"!

[@micheleturley8870]

John Sabastian ,where are u, you were so talented, I miss u.😕

[@VancouverTVGuy]

@@tralala1958 - In my case, I heard it as "Just like the heat, it'll be all right". Any way it gets cut, it's one of those famous rock/pop songs with the misheard lyrics. 😁

[@beckysharpe20]

Was a little kiddo when this came out and loved it, mom and dad listened to the best music! Great memories 🙏👍🎶💜🌞

[@malaverrojas]

This is a great song

[@rossheathorn121]

Hot town summer in the city :) 😀 smoking crack sleeping under the trees looking at the stars and all the people with self pity. Don't the world look pretty love 💕

[@grahambrown1980]

From well before my time but I love it anyways! Age 42 here. John Sebastian wrote the daytime half and his brother wrote the nighttime half. 🎙️ Love the voice and those keyboard and electric guitar riffs! ❤️‍🔥🌕🔥🌞

[@raymondmalcuit8361]

This Song Went To Number 1 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1966.

[@RalphCramden-tm2gi]

Loving Spoonful. A very important band in the evolution of Rock music. The way they incorporated country into the genre. Thats why there in the Hall.

[@strictlynorton]

well stated man!

[@bryanparenteau374]

I will always love this song, until I die. This is the perfect song when there is a heatwave of the year.

[@lalba07]

I had such a crush on John Sebastian when I was a little girl... ok even when I was in my young adult daysI still do 😍 Love this song!!!

[@emperormilk2.2billionviews77]

this deserves more views

[@mariz00785]

maravilloso. siempre me gustó desde que era pequeña y mi Papá la escuchaba en la radio y con sus discos de acetato.

[@carrotpl]

This takes me back to that one afternoon of year '80...

[@struttingbirdlofi]

What happened

[@chriswilliams1124]

@@struttingbirdlofi the riots

[@SpireUtd]

Smouldering, Menacing, Mesmerising, Sensational ! Alex

[@sik1thirtyseven]

Summer in the city, did you ever have to makeup your mind, daydream, three of my most favorite songs of all time..

[@roryslosh650]

Definite weather channel classic

[@JohnDeeoh]

these lyrics stuck in my head since the song came out!

[@annmoore4033]

Great song.👍🎵🌞

[@LagoonAdmin]

There are days when you just get an uncontrollable urge to spin this one more time.

[@princessgamer8952]

Legend

[@broakland2]

Here because I was listening to Haruki Murakami’s book on running and this is the band he listens to often on his runs. Forgot about this song, I used to love it and happy to have rediscovered it. Thanks Haruki!

[@ezlmonqzy9650]

I discovered this song from DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE it’s the opening intro check it out worth a watch if your into action flicks RIP CARL WEATHERS

[@bobmorton8049]

Who doesn't like this band?!? Classic song by a Great Band!! I remember heading out to the swimming pool on hot days back home in the 60's. Great times!!

[@gregorywask8801]

I was young always heard this song on radio brings back an era that is by gone

[@josephscovitch2701]

Soul of American retro rock for 1966. Fave on AB and Lloyd Thaxton. Luv it. Summer lovin' type music. Sound effects, synth, and electro organ were quite good for that period. Helped us forget the Viet War, etc. Feelgood music, no joke. Thanks, John Sebastian and the Lovin Spoonful. Cupful of great music talent. Vive les pop, rock, and retro freaks ...

[@tonybeef1142]

great tune all their songs are great two lead singers fantastic

[@earthamist5958]

Cruising back in the day and my very first real kiss with a guy named Johnny .I was 17 and drinking cokes and eating french fries,No drugs and alcohol involved.We just rode around in his red Mustang.Great times that I will always remember---1966 was the year.I have no idea where he is today,but we had fun that summer.This song was playing on the radio.

[@detroitrising4459]

classic such a great song

[@deepsix1827]

The chorus is so good in this song.

[@Cocobird5]

Still one of my favorites.

[@muriellefavier3237]

Beautiful song....!!!!😊

[@antoniaventurini3673]

Wow such a beautiful song reminds me of my childhood days when life was so fun to be a kid.

[@michellefinnegan-nixonprom6503]

I was listening to Mamas and the papa's creek song and it brought me here. Must have been an exciting time for all these wonderful musical geniuses to be hanging out carving out a dream ... Keep going until you win comes to mind. Great song..

[@justinholley7293]

BOOM!

[@Minpingirl1958]

Was young when this came out...love it

[@martybaran5509]

Reminds me of growing up in Detroit in the 60's

[@fredericjolycoeurderoy4542]

Je l'ai écoutée tant et tant de fois....Jamais lassé... je l'écoute encore quelquefois...

[@annelivett7161]

Take me back to the sixties fantastic era when I grew up anne ❤❤❤❤ Darlington

[@bassandguitarguy]

Saw them live 1969 in with Simon & Garfunkel in San Diego - I play guitar and sing this one often! And Daydream and Nashville Cats!

[@panjang4709]

This is just such a great tune ❤

[@MakerTools]

Ahhh, so good..)

[@gustavopanesso7297]

Memories. Love this hit❤❤❤❤

[@karlheinzhuerth3335]

Immer noch suuuper

[@TheBlueiis]

It's cool and has so much energy.

[@chickenvasquez78]

I love John Sebastian's voice

[@stupendous1068]

His voice always reminds me of Bill Haley.

[@gustavo5989]

Adoro esse clássico!!!

[@jesuseduardostahlleija8986]

Hoy la recordé y aquí estoy 😊

[@mr.dome.gaming7103]

I love this song 🎧

[@Laurel-zg8tn]

takes me back to my teen yrs...still love the music of my era....

[@bumpyjason]

I live right in the center of the west end of London, and this song has been the background track this summer! At night it’s a different world, i just still can’t find the girl though

[@MilloSketch]

I needed to listen this song as much as McClane needed an aspirin bottle in the whole movie

[@lauramilagros5472]

11/20/21 just finished the DVD for the zillionth time.🤣😂🤣😂 I feel ya!

[@Patrick4959]

Strewth it's good shit Aspirin it kills the pain instantly in a heart beat.

[@barrystetson2446]

Hey Milo, put your right hand to better use!

[@crazyrabbits]

Keep the bottle.

[@3Xmedic]

This song was the perfect cold opening song. Saw die hard 3 in the theaters as a teenager and the intro plus this song hooked me immediately!

[@darkjedi7]

What a great song to open a film with a big BANG 💣

[@felipetorres5875]

Enter McClane!! BAKOOOOOM!!