When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space On the roof, it's peaceful as can be And there the world below can't bother me Let me tell you now When I come home feelin' tired and beat I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof) I get away from the hustling crowd And all that rat-race noise down in the street (up on the roof) On the roof, the only place I know Where you just have to wish to make it so Let's go up on the roof (up on the roof) At night the stars put on a show for free And, darling, you can share it all with me I keep a-tellin' you Right smack dab in the middle of town I've found a paradise that's trouble proof (up on the roof) And if this world starts getting you down There's room enough for two Up on the roof (up on the roof) Up on the roof (up on the roof) Oh, come on, baby (up on the roof) Oh, come on, honey (up on the roof) Everything is all right (up on the roof)
When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space On the roof, it's peaceful as can be And there the world below can't bother me Let me tell you now When I come home feelin' tired and beat I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof) I get away from the hustling crowd And all that rat-race noise down in the street (up on the roof) On the roof, the only place I know Where you just have to wish to make it so Let's go up on the roof (up on the roof) At night the stars put on a show for free And, darling, you can share it all with me I keep a-tellin' you Right smack dab in the middle of town I've found a paradise that's trouble proof (up on the roof) And if this world starts getting you down There's room enough for two Up on the roof (up on the roof) Up on the roof (up on the roof) Oh, come on, baby (up on the roof) Oh, come on, honey (up on the roof) Everything is all right (up on the roof)
A composição foi escrita por Gerry Goffin e Carole King e gravada pelo grupo The Drifters em 1962.
O disco foi lançado no final de 1962 e tornou-se um grande sucesso no início de 1963, alcançando a posição 5 na lista de singles pop dos EUA e a 4 na lista de singles R&B dos EUA.
Na Grã-Bretanha, a versão de Kenny Lynch, também lançada em 1962, ficou entre os dez primeiros da parada britânica.
A canção se destacou por ser um dos poucos hinos da época que combinou sucesso em duas principais categorias de gênero musical nos Estados Unidos.
A dupla de compositores, Goffin e King, era conhecida por produzir sucessos que cruzavam fronteiras culturais, e "Up on the Roof" exemplifica essa capacidade de alcançar tanto o público americano quanto o britânico.
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