Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting burnt 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 Dressed so fine and looking so pretty Cool cat, looking for a kitty Gonna look in every corner of the city Till I'm wheezing at the 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
Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting burnt 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 Dressed so fine and looking so pretty Cool cat, looking for a kitty Gonna look in every corner of the city Till I'm wheezing at the 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
A faixa foi gravada em 1966, alcançando o número um no Billboard Hot 100 em 13 de agosto e sendo colocada na 393ª posição na lista de 500 maiores músicas da Rolling Stone.
No trecho instrumental da ponte, o engenheiro de som incluiu uma sequência de sinos de carro que começa com o alarme de um Volkswagen Beetle e termina com um som de martelo hidráulico, criando a sensação de sons urbanos de verão.
A linha de teclado característica foi tocada em um Hohner Pianet, enquanto o órgão que dá o timbre marcante foi um Vox Continental.
A composição original foi um poema de Mark Sebastian enviado à revista literária da Blair Academy; seu irmão John Sebastian transformou os versos mais lentos em um tom mais animado, mantendo a letra e a melodia que Mark escreveu.
A canção apareceu em inúmeras mídias, incluindo a cena de abertura de *Die Hard: With a Vengeance*, o episódio “Papa’s Got a Brand New Badge” de *The Simpsons*, a série *Only Fools and Horses* e em comerciais de Gatorade, Marks & Spencer e Grolsch.
Várias versões foram lançadas, como a de BB King (1972), Quincy Jones (1973), Joe Cocker (1993) e covers em álbuns de The Stranglers (1997), Styx (2005) e Joe Jackson (2000).
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