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The track is featured on The Letter/Neon Rainbow. The song starts with the lyrics "The city lights, the pretty lights, They can warm the coldest nights" and as they suggest, the song is about neon signs that come on at night and make even the city's coldest nights seem warm. The lyrics continue "But in the daytime everything changes, Nothing ...
"Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" is a song written by American country music artist Alan Jackson and Jim McBride, and recorded by Jackson. It was released in September 1990 as the fourth single from Jackson's first album, Here in the Real World .
In 1967, he wrote another major hit, "The Letter", inspired by several pages of lyrics sent by his father. The song was an international hit for The Box Tops and later for Joe Cocker and Leon Russell and was nominated for two Grammys. [5] Carson also wrote "Neon Rainbow" and "Soul Deep" for the Box Tops.
Alan Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals; Eddie Bayers – drums; Harold Bradley – six-string bass guitar; Jimmy Capps – acoustic guitar; Paul Franklin – steel guitar; Steve Gibson – electric guitar
"The Letter" is a song written by Wayne Carson that was first recorded by the American rock band the Box Tops in 1967. It was the group's first and most successful single, reaching number one on the record charts in the United States and Canada.
As the Box Tops, they entered the studio under the guidance of producer Dan Penn to record Wayne Carson Thompson's song "The Letter".Though under two minutes in length, the record was an international hit by September 1967, reaching the Hot 100's number-one position for four weeks, selling over four million copies, earning a gold disc, and receiving two Grammy Award nominations. [2]
The American Pregnancy Association says rainbow babies symbolize "hope, healing and something beautiful after a dark and turbulent time. This is much like the rainbow’s symbol of promise and light."
Cry Like a Baby was the second Box Tops album to be recorded, and its April, 1968 release followed the group's debut by just five months. The group would continue working at this fast pace, and released its third album, Non Stop, later in the year.