In The Summertime (Mungo Jerry Song)
"In the Summertime" is a song recorded in 1970 by the British pop-blues band Mungo Jerry. Written by the group's leader Ray Dorset, it celebrates the carefree days of summer. It reached Number 1 in charts around the world (including seven weeks in the UK, two weeks in Canada) and Number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US. It is considered one of the highest selling singles of all time with an estimated 30 million copies sold. It was also the year-end top seller of 1970 in the UK singles chart. The song took Dorset only ten minutes to compose on a second-hand Fender Stratocaster while he was taking time off work from his regular job and has been used in a campaign against drunk driving in the UK due to its lyric of "have a drink, have a drive, go out and see what you can find".
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