50+ Music<p>"Summer in the City" is a song by the American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/folkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folkrock</span></a> band the Lovin' Spoonful. Written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnSebastian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnSebastian</span></a>, Mark Sebastian and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SteveBoone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveBoone</span></a>, the song was released as a non-album single in July 1966 and was included on the album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HumsOfTheLovinSpoonful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumsOfTheLovinSpoonful</span></a> later that year. The single was the Lovin' Spoonful's fifth to break the top ten in the United States, and the only one by the group to reach number one. A departure from the band's lighter sound. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs8ZNa73OS4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=zs8ZNa73OS</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p>