I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come They got a crazy way of loving there And I'm gonna get me some I'll be standing on the corner On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine I'm gonna be standing on the corner On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine With my Kansas City baby And a bottle of Kansas City wine Well I might take a train I might take a plane But if I have to walk I'm gonna get there just the same I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come They got a crazy way of loving there And I'm gonna get me some I'm gonna pack my clothes Leave at the break of dawn I'm gonna pack my clothes Everybody will be sleeping Nobody will know where I've gone Cause if I stay in town I know I'm gonna die Gotta find a friendly city And that's the reason why I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come They got a crazy way of loving there And I'm gonna get me some
I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come They got a crazy way of loving there And I'm gonna get me some I'll be standing on the corner On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine I'm gonna be standing on the corner On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine With my Kansas City baby And a bottle of Kansas City wine Well I might take a train I might take a plane But if I have to walk I'm gonna get there just the same I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come They got a crazy way of loving there And I'm gonna get me some I'm gonna pack my clothes Leave at the break of dawn I'm gonna pack my clothes Everybody will be sleeping Nobody will know where I've gone Cause if I stay in town I know I'm gonna die Gotta find a friendly city And that's the reason why I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City here I come They got a crazy way of loving there And I'm gonna get me some
“Kansas City” foi escrita em 1952 por Jerry Leiber e Mike Stoller, dois compositores que se tornariam lendas do R&B.
A primeira gravação da música foi feita por Little Willie Littlefield, que a lançou como “K. C. Loving” no mesmo ano da composição.
Em 1959, a versão de Wilbert Harrison se tornou um grande sucesso, atingindo o topo das paradas e consolidando a canção como um hit icônico.
“Kansas City” é considerada uma das composições mais gravadas de Leiber e Stoller, ultrapassando trêscentas versões lançadas ao longo dos anos.
Diversas dessas versões conseguiram entrar nas paradas de R&B e pop, refletindo a ampla aceitação e influência da faixa em diferentes gêneros musicais.
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