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Sugar Town
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Wikipedia article
"'Sugar Town'" is a song written by songwriter-producer Lee Hazlewood and first recorded by American singer Nancy Sinatra in 1966. As a single released under the Reprise label, it peaked at number five on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart in December 1966, while reaching number one on the Easy Listening chart in January 1967. It became a gold record. The song was included on Nancy Sinatra's LP, 'Sugar', also released in 1966, and was featured in her 1967 TV special 'Movin' with Nancy', released on home video in 2000.
Background
The song is an allusion to sugar cubes laced with Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), thoughlike other songs Hazlewood wrote"Sugar Town" was deliberately enigmatic: directed to a young audience, yet outwardly tame enough to receive radio play. Hazlewood denied that he had ever used LSD, or regularly partaken in drugs in general. He explained:
The B-side to "Sugar Town" was "Summer Wine", a popular duet also written by, and featuring, Hazlewood.
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 popular culture
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 over the opening scene.
In the 2020 mystery comedy film 'The Kid Detective', the original song plays over the opening scenes, and again over the closing credits.
See also
*List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1967 (U.S.)
*Sugar cubes as a medium for ingesting LSD
References
Category:1966 singles
Category:1967 singles
Category:Nancy Sinatra songs
Category:Songs written by Lee Hazlewood
Category:1966 songs
Category:Reprise Records singles
Category:Songs about drugs
Category:Lysergic acid diethylamide
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