Sugar Town
"Sugar Town" | ||||
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Single by Nancy Sinatra | ||||
from the album Sugar | ||||
B-side | "Summer Wine" | |||
Released | October 1966 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:20 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lee Hazlewood | |||
Producer(s) | Lee Hazlewood | |||
Nancy Sinatra singles chronology | ||||
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"Sugar Town" is a song written by songwriter-producer
Background
The song is an allusion to
You had to make the lyric dingy enough where the kids knew what you were talking about—and they did. Double entendre. But not much more if you wanted to get it played on the radio. We used to have lotsa trouble with lyrics, but I think it’s fun to keep it hidden a little bit.[3]
The
Personnel
According to the AFM contract sheet, the following musicians played on the track.[5]
- Billy Strange – listed as session leader
- Don Lanier – listed as session conductor
- Roy Caton
- Ollie Mitchell
- Don Randi
- Carol Kaye
- Don Bagley
- Lou Morell
- Al Casey
- Glen Campbell
- Gary Coleman
- Hal Blaine
Cover versions
Hong Kong artist Nancy Sit covered the song, released as a single by Crane Brand Records in 1967.
Swedish band Shitkid covered the song on the 2017 album Fish.
In 2022, Mariano Garcia released an adaptation of this song as a single with the name "Tucumán". The lyrics allude to the province of Tucumán, Argentina, where the music video was shot.[6]
In popular culture
In 2005, the song plays in the background of Six Feet Under (TV series) in season 5, episode 5, entitled "Eat a Peach." The song plays during a scene in which Billy and Claire meet in an attempt to bring their relationship to a close. The song is a possible allusion to the amount of drugs Claire has been routinely engaged in and/or to Billy's psychosis.
In the 2009 romantic comedy film 500 Days of Summer, Zooey Deschanel performs the song.
In 2017, for the season 3 opener "Mabel", of the television series Better Call Saul, the original song plays in its entirety during the opening scene.
In the 2020 film, The Kid Detective, the original song is heard during the opening scenes, and again during the closing credits.
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1967 (U.S.)
- Sugar cubes as a mediumfor ingesting LSD
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 224.
- ^ Nancy Sinatra (2000). Movin' with Nancy (Song listing). Chatsworth, CA: Image Intertainment.
- ^ Bessman, Jim (February 3, 2007). "He's The Real Deal". Billboard. p. 32.
- ^ "Nancy Sinatra – Summer Wine". Discogs. 1966. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Sugar Town AFM Contract" (PDF). The Wrecking Crew. American Federation of Musicians. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
- ^ tucumano, el. "Tucumán, un viaje al corazón y las entrañas de nuestra identidad". www.eltucumano.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-08.