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== Afterlife of song == |
== Afterlife of song == |
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From September 2009, Neon Rainbow was featured in the [[TalkTalk TV]] advertising campaign, and is their hold music. |
From September 2009, Neon Rainbow was featured in the [[TalkTalk TV]] advertising campaign, and is their hold music. |
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==Chart performance== |
==Chart performance== |
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Revision as of 16:10, 13 May 2013
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| B-side | "Everything I Am" |
"Neon Rainbow" is a song written by Wayne Carson Thompson and made famous by Memphis blue-eyed soul band The Box Tops.[1]
About
The track is featured on The Letter/Neon Rainbow. The song starts with the lyrics "The city lights, the pretty lights, They can warm the coldest nights" and as they suggest, the song is about neon signs that come on at night and make even the city's coldest nights seem warm. The lyrics continue "But in the daytime everything changes, Nothing remains the same. No one smiles anymore, And no one will open his door. Until the night time comes. And then the..." suggesting that the city's inhabitants stay inside during the day and come out only at night.[2]
Petula Clark recorded the song for her 1970 album "Memphis" and Rita Pavone made an Italian version with the title Il mondo nelle mani (The world in the hands).
Afterlife of song
From September 2009, Neon Rainbow was featured in the TalkTalk TV advertising campaign, and is their hold music. this website is really stupid
Chart performance
| Cashbox | US Hot 100 | Australia[3] | Canada | UK[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #24 | #24 | #30 | #17 | failed to chart[5][6] |
Billboard Hot 100[7] (9 weeks): Reached #24
Cashbox[8] (10 weeks): 57, 43, 34, 27, 26, 24, 28, 44, 56, 58
References
- ^ http://boxtops.com/btfaqs.htm
- ^ http://www.onewest.net/~roxtar/box_tops.html
- ^ Australian-charts.com
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 74. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". everyHit.com. 2000-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ^ "The Box Tops". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. p. 64. ISBN 0-89820-122-5.
- ^ Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 58.
External links
- www.youtube.com - The Box Tops performing Neon Rainbow at the Hoboken Spring Arts & Music Festival.
- Template:MetroLyrics song
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