

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane I ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone I'm going home, because my baby just wrote me a letter I don't care how much money I've got to spend I've got to get back to my baby again Lonely days are gone I'm going home, my baby just wrote me a letter Well she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me nomore Listen mister, can't you see I've got to get back to my baby oncemore? Anyway, yeah, give me a ticket for an aeroplane I ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone I'm going home, because my baby just wrote me a letter Well she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me nomore Listen mister, can't you see I've got to get back to my baby oncemore? Anyway, yeah, give me a ticket for an aeroplane I ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone I'm going home, because my baby just wrote me a letter My baby just wrote me a letter
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane I ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone I'm going home, because my baby just wrote me a letter I don't care how much money I've got to spend I've got to get back to my baby again Lonely days are gone I'm going home, my baby just wrote me a letter Well she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me nomore Listen mister, can't you see I've got to get back to my baby oncemore? Anyway, yeah, give me a ticket for an aeroplane I ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone I'm going home, because my baby just wrote me a letter Well she wrote me a letter, said she couldn't live without me nomore Listen mister, can't you see I've got to get back to my baby oncemore? Anyway, yeah, give me a ticket for an aeroplane I ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone I'm going home, because my baby just wrote me a letter My baby just wrote me a letter
A canção foi escrita por Wayne Carson e gravada pela banda de rock americana Box Tops em 1967, servindo como o primeiro e mais bem-sucedido single do grupo.
O vocalista principal, Alex Chilton, interpretou a faixa em um estilo áspero de "blue-eyed soul", o que lançou sua carreira e inspirou inúmeras versões cover.
"The Letter" atingiu o número um nas paradas musicais tanto nos Estados Unidos quanto no Canadá, além de entrar no top dez em vários outros países, consolidando seu sucesso internacional.
A versão lançada por Joe Cocker em 1970 se tornou seu primeiro single a alcançar o top dez nos Estados Unidos, enquanto outras interpretações pela diversos artistas também chegaram às paradas.
A Rolling Stone classificou a versão original dos Box Tops na posição 372 da lista das "500 Maiores Canções de Todos os Tempos".
ORock and Roll Hall of Fame incluiu a música na lista das "500 Canções que Moldaram o Rock and Roll", e em 2011 o single foi induzido ao Hall da Fama da Grammy.
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