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Al Kalima Online International NOSTALGIA ** GOLDEN OLDIES In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry
In the Summertime" is the debut single by British rock band Mungo Jerry, released in 1970. It reached number one in charts around the world including seven weeks on the UK Singles Chart, two weeks at number one on the Canadian charts, and number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US. Written and composed by the band's lead singer, Ray Dorset, while working in a lab for Timex, the lyrics of the song celebrate the carefree days of summer. The track was included on the second album by the band, Electronically Tested, issued in March 1971
The initial UK release was on Dawn Records, a new label launched by Pye. It was unusual in that it was a maxi single, playing at 331⁄3 rpm, whereas singles generally played at 45 rpm. It included an additional song also written and composed by Dorset, "Mighty Man", on the A-side, and a much longer track, the Woody Guthrie song "Dust Pneumonia Blues", on the B-side. As the record was sold in a picture sleeve, also not standard at the time, and sold at only a few pence more than the normal 45 rpm two-track single, it was considered value for money. A small quantity of 45 rpm discs on the Pye record label, with "Mighty Man" on the B-side, and without a picture sleeve, were pressed for use in jukeboxes. These are now rare collector's items
In 2012, Dorset sued his former management company Associated Music International, run by his former friend and business manager Eliot Cohen, claiming over £2 million in royalties from the song that he believed had been withheld from him
The song was recorded in Pye Studio 1 with Barry Murray producing. Initially it was only two minutes long; to make it longer, Murray played the recording twice, slightly remixing the second half, and put the sound of a motorcycle in the middle Dorset has suggested that it was first No 1 song to employ "beatbox" percussion
Charts Chart (1970) Peak position
Australia (National Top 60) - 1 Austria (Austria Top 40) - 1 Belgium -1 Canada Top Singles (RPM) -1 Denmark - 1 France -1 Ireland - 1 Italy - 1 Mexico -1 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) - 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100)- 1 New Zealand - 1 Norway - 1 South Africa 1 Sweden- 1 Switzerland - 1 UK Singles (OCC) -1 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) - 30 US Billboard Hot 100 - 3 US Cash Box Top 100 -2 US Record World Top 100 - 1 West Germany - 1
Mungo Jerry
"In The Summertime"
Lyrics
In the summertime when the weather is hot You can stretch right up and touch the sky When the weather's fine You got women, you got women on your mind Have a drink, have a drive Go out and see what you can find
If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal If her daddy's poor, just do what you feel Speed along the lane Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five When the sun goes down You can make it, make it good and really fine
We're no threat people We're not dirty, we're not mean We love everybody, but we do as we please When the weather's fine We go fishing or go swimming in the sea We're always happy Life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy
Sing along with us, dee-dee dee-dee dee Da doo da-da da, yeah, we're hap-pap-py Da da da, dee da doo dee da doo da doo da Da doo da-da da, dee da da dee da da
When the winter's here, yeah, it's party time Bring your bottle, wear your bright clothes 'Cause it will soon be summertime And we'll sing again We'll go driving or maybe we'll settle down If she's rich, if she's nice Bring your friends and we'll all go into town
In the summertime when the weather is hot You can stretch right up and touch the sky When the weather's fine You got women, you got women on your mind Have a drink, have a drive Go out and see what you can find
If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal If her daddy's poor, just do what you feel Speed along the lane Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five When the sun goes down You can make it, make it good and really fine
We're no threat people We're not dirty, we're not mean We love everybody, but we do as we please When the weather's fine We go fishing or go swimming in the sea We're always happy Life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy
Sing along with us, dee-dee dee-dee dee Da doo da-da da, yeah, we're hap-pap-py Da da da, dee da doo dee da doo da doo da Da doo da-da da, dee da da dee da da
