One time I had a friend sing a song in her songbook that went something like "....you're going off to san franciisscooo..." Yes, that's all I've got to work with. Just wonder if anyone knows this song and could inform me of it's artist and title. Thank you much. =)
2006-07-05 19:16:48 · 16 answers · asked by LysergicBliss 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair).
Written by John Phillips.
Performed by Scott McKenzie.
Published by MCA Music Publishing, a Division of MCA, Inc Courtesy of Epic Records.
Released June 10, 1967.
Billboard chart peak: Number 4.
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) was recorded in an all night session at the L.A. Sound Factory. John Phillips, who wrote the song, played guitar on the track and also doubled as co-producer with Lou Adler. With the line ...For those who go to San Francisco, summertime will be a love-in there, it was to serve as the ultimate advertisement for the upcoming Monterey Pop Festival. The song was being played by coastal radio stations within days of its recording, with station KRLA playing the song six straight times when it first arrived. When the song was officially released in May of 1967 it was an instant hit going as high as #4 on the charts.
Billboard Review: Top 20 Pop Spotlights (5/13/67) SCOTT MCKENZIE -- San Francisco (Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) (Prod. John Phillips & Lou Adler) (Writer: Phillips) (Trousdale, BMI) Composed by John Phillips who co-produced it with Lou Adler, this sensitive, emotional ballad based upon the West Coast love movement will fast put the Ode label at the top of the Hot 100. Should also prove a starmaker for the former Journeyman singer. Excellent disk for a summer smash. Flip: What’s the Difference (Hollenbeck, BMI).
ARTIST: John Phillips
TITLE: San Francisco
Lyrics and Chords
If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there
/ Em C G D / / Em G C G / - Bm Em7 D - - /
For those who come to San Francisco
Summer time will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair
All across the nation such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation with a new explanation
People in motion people in motion
/ F Dm F Dm / G - - / F Dm F Dm / G - D - /
For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summer time will be a love-in there
... / G Bm Em7 G - - /
If you come to San Francisco
Summer time will be a love-in there
2006-07-05 19:19:39 · answer #1 · answered by lil_angel64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're going to San Francisco (be sure to wear some flowers in your hair) - Scott McKenzie
Others:
Warm San Francisco Nights - Eric Burden
San Francisco, Open Your Golden Gate
Sittin by the Dock of the Bay is about SF, but doesn't mention it--Otis Redding
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett
2006-07-06 02:23:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mamas and the Papas "San Francisco" by John Phillips
2006-07-06 02:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by JillieBoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I left my heart in San Francisco.
2006-07-06 02:23:24 · answer #4 · answered by cuz it is 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair...during the Haight-Ashbury days of peace and love....about 1968...can't remember who did it, though, but I hear it all the time on the "oldies station" here in Detroit. I almost went there (San Fran) in 1968--but I stayed in Kalamazoo and had my first child...so much for the flowers in my hair....
2006-07-06 02:23:25 · answer #5 · answered by Joey's Back 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the name of the song is "If You Are Going To San Francisco", and it's by Scott McKenzie. A favorite oldie for us oldies!
2006-07-06 02:21:25 · answer #6 · answered by alfadog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can think of 3:
"If you're going to San Francisco
be sure to wear some flowers in your hair"
and
"San Francisco, open your golden gates"
and
"I left my heart in San Francisco"
hope that helps
2006-07-06 02:20:00 · answer #7 · answered by georgia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frank Sinatra's "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is one.
2006-07-06 02:18:54 · answer #8 · answered by Brenda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's hippie boy one hit wonder scott mckenzie the songs called "if you're going to san francisco"
2006-07-06 02:23:38 · answer #9 · answered by charleybgoode 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Mamas and the Papa's - Sanfrancisco
The Royal Gigolos do a dance remix to their song as well.
2006-07-06 02:21:12 · answer #10 · answered by ronnie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋