Summer in the City - wikipedia Summer in the City For the film, see Summer in the City ( film ). For the Regina Spektor song, see Begin to Hope. For the YouTube event, see Summer in the City ( event ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2014 ) `` Summer in the City '' Single by The Lovin ' Spoonful from the album Hums of the Lovin ' Spoonful B - side `` Butchie 's Tune '' Released July 4, 1966 Format 7 '' 45rpm Genre Pop rock, psychedelic pop Length 2 : 41 Label Kama Sutra Songwriter ( s ) John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone Producer ( s ) Erik Jacobsen The Lovin ' Spoonful singles chronology `` Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind ? '' ( 1966 ) `` Summer in the City '' ( 1966 ) `` Rain on the Roof '' ( 1966 ) `` Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind ? '' ( 1966 ) `` Summer in the City '' ( 1966 ) `` Rain on the Roof '' ( 1966 ) `` Summer in the City '' is a song recorded by The Lovin ' Spoonful, written by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian, and Steve Boone. It appeared on their album Hums of the Lovin ' Spoonful, and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1966, for three consecutive weeks. The song features a series of car horns during the instrumental bridge, starting with a Volkswagen Beetle horn, and ends up with a jackhammer sound, in order to give the impression of the sounds of the summer in the city. The song became a gold record. It is ranked number 401 on Rolling Stone 's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Personnel 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1966 ) Peak position Australia ( Go - Set ) 7 Canada RPM Top Singles Dutch Singles Chart Finnish Singles Chart New Zealand ( Listener ) Norwegian Singles Chart UK Singles Chart 8 US Billboard Hot 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1966 ) Rank US Billboard Hot 100 11 Personnel John Sebastian - vocals, organ, acoustic guitar, autoharp, sound effects Zal Yanovsky - backing vocal, electric guitars Steve Boone - bass, organ Joe Butler - backing vocal, drums, percussion Artie Schroeck -- electric piano References Jump up ^ `` Summer In The City ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Hums of the Lovin ' Spoonful ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2012 - 08 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Hot 100 ''. Billboard. Nielsen. 78 ( 33 ) : 22. 1966 - 08 - 13. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 03. Jump up ^ `` The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. Rolling Stone ( Wenner Media ). 2011 - 04 - 07. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 11. Jump up ^ Go - Set 's National Top 40, 12 October 1966 Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1966 - 08 - 22. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 07. Jump up ^ `` flavour of new zealand - search listener ''. Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - Template : ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1966 / Top 100 Songs of 1966 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 29. Bibliography The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, ISBN 978 - 0823076772 External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Wild Thing '' by The Troggs Billboard Hot 100 number one single August 13, 1966 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` Sunshine Superman '' by Donovan The Lovin ' Spoonful Steve Boone Joe Butler Mike Arturi Phil Smith John Sebastian Zal Yanovsky Jerry Yester Studio albums Do You Believe in Magic Daydream Hums of the Lovin ' Spoonful You 're A Big Boy Now Everything Playing Revelation : Revolution ' 69 Compilations What 's Shakin ' The Best of The Lovin ' Spoonful The Very Best of the Lovin ' Spoonful Anthology Greatest Hits Live albums Live at the Hotel Seville Singles `` Do You Believe In Magic '' `` You Did n't Have to Be So Nice '' `` Daydream '' `` Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind ? '' `` Summer in the City '' `` Darling Be Home Soon '' The Karate Kid Films The Karate Kid ( 1984 ) The Karate Kid Part II ( 1986 ) The Karate Kid Part III ( 1989 ) The Next Karate Kid ( 1994 ) The Karate Kid ( 2010 ) Television series The Karate Kid ( animated series ) ( 1989 ) Cobra Kai ( 2018 ) Characters Mr. Miyagi Original songs `` You 're the Best '' `` Glory of Love '' `` Never Say Never '' Other Video game `` Sweep the Leg '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Summer_in_the_City&oldid=837657112 '' Categories : 1966 singles The Lovin ' Spoonful songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Larry Stewart ( singer ) songs The Stranglers songs Joe Cocker songs RPM Top Singles number - one singles The Flying Pickets songs Songs written by John Sebastian 1966 songs Song recordings produced by Erik Jacobsen Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from April 2014 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Dansk Deutsch Français 日本 語 Русский Simple English Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 22 April 2018, at 05 : 26. 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Question: who sings hot time summer in the city
Answer: The Lovin' Spoonful