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Wikipedia article"'Crazy Downtown'" is a song written and performed by Allan Sherman. The song is a parody of Tony Hatch's song "Downtown" which was a hit for Petula Clark (because of the use of the melody, Hatch also receives songwriting credit). The song reached #6 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart and #40 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 in 1965; it was Sherman's last top-40 hit.[http://musicvf.com/song.php?id=1923 Allan Sherman, "Crazy Downtown" chart positions] Retrieved May 5, 2013 The song is sung from the point of view of a father whose teenaged children have gone "frooging" downtown with their car and money. At first, the parents are relieved that they can now use the phone and the bath tub but, as the hours pass, they get increasingly nervous. Meanwhile their offspring frug to the songs of Petula Clark while they are downtown. Eventually, the parents take Miltown in order to calm themselves down. However the father gets a phone call telling him that their children have been arrested as the result of a car accident, prompting him to angrily borrow someone else's car to get his sons home. He then vows to ground the teenagers and go downtown with his wife, where he promises to do "very nice dances" including the tango, waltz, foxtrot, and bunny hop, instead of the dances of the younger generation such as the Frug, the Swim, the Mashed Potato or the Jerk. ReferencesCategory:1965 singles Category:Songs written by Tony Hatch Category:Allan Sherman songs Category:Warner Records singles Category:Novelty songs Category:1965 songs | |
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