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The band also did a Summer of Love EP featuring a French & Spanish version of both songs. In 2020 and 2022, the English tracks came out on the Compilations' "Femme Fatales of Music" Vol. 1 & 2, credited to Vanessa White Smith, the main vocalist with Psykick Holiday. All releases were on Future Legend Records and made available on iTunes.
California Dreamin '" is a song written by John and Michelle Phillips in 1963 and first recorded by Barry McGuire. [5] The best-known version is by the Mamas & the Papas , who sang backup on the original version and released it as a single in December 1965.
The song was Warwick's biggest international hit to that point, selling several million copies worldwide and winning Warwick her first Grammy Award. David's lyrics tell the story of a native of San Jose, California, who, having failed to break into the entertainment field in Los Angeles, is set to return to her hometown.
In the song, she expresses the depth of her longing for California despite considering herself a member of the counterculture. [2] Like "Carey", "California" takes the form of a travelogue, and uses a stream of consciousness narrative technique. [3] [4] Pitchfork critic Jessica Hopper describes both songs as "how-Joni-got-her-groove-back ...
Frankenstein was a cousin of the San Francisco Chronicle's long-time music and art critic Alfred V. Frankenstein. [5] The song was published by Hatch & Loveland, Music Printers, Los Angeles, California, [6] and copyrighted by F.B. Silverwood in 1913. It was the official song of expositions held in San Francisco and San Diego in 1915.
"Surfin' U.S.A." is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys, credited to Chuck Berry and Brian Wilson. It is a rewritten version of Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen" set to new lyrics written by Wilson and an uncredited Mike Love. The song was released as a single on March 4, 1963, backed with "Shut Down".
The song is a mid-tempo in which the male narrator longs for a lost lover in California. [3] Chesney said of the song that he enjoyed Robison's version for several years, and that "There is a certain longing in this song that in a lot of ways I really relate to. It's about wanting something that's obviously not there."