Don't Sleep In The Subway by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Don't Sleep In The Subway

lazarus57

Nov 23, 2024 02:34pm

GENDER BENDER.. ROUND 2<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/LOJJ/b2b5bbe687_91J3_media.gif"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/TcgQ4cJ.gif"> "Don't Sleep in the Subway" is a song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hatch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tony Hatch</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Trent" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jackie Trent</a> and recorded by the British singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petula_Clark" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Petula Clark</a>, who released it as a single in April 1967.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Sleep_in_the_Subway#cite_note-pc29-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a>It received a 1968 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_award" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grammy award</a> nomination for best contemporary song, losing to "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up,_Up_and_Away_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Up, Up and Away</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5th_Dimension" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The 5th Dimension</a>.BackgroundThe song was constructed from three different sections of music previously composed by Hatch; it changes in musical style from pop to symphonic and then, for the chorus, to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_Boys" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beach Boys</a>-like melody.In the lyrics the narrator advises her sweetheart against storming out after an argument due to his "foolish pride". If he does, he will "sleep in the subway" or "stand in the pouring rain" merely to prove his point. Although in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scotland</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Sleep_in_the_Subway#cite_note-subway-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[3]</a> there has long existed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glasgow Subway</a> metro line, in England the term "subway" refers to a pedestrian underpass rather than to an underground transit system. Hatch employed the term in the North American sense. According to the song's co-writer Jackie Trent the title lyric was suggested by the 1961–62 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Broadway</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_theatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">musical</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subways_Are_for_Sleeping" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subways Are for Sleeping</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Sleep_in_the_Subway#cite_note-Daeida-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[4]</a>'Don't Sleep in the Subway' peaked at No.5 on the US charts in July 1967, becoming Clark's final US Top Ten single and was also, for three consecutive weeks, the second of her two No.1 hits on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Billboard</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Easy Listening chart</a>, following the 1966 release of '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Couldn%27t_Live_Without_Your_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Couldn't Live Without Your Love</a>'.In the UK where her previous single '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_My_Song_(1967_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This Is My Song</a>' had given Clark her best chart showing with two weeks at No.1, 'Don't Sleep in the Subway' had a July 1967 chart peak of No.12, a decline in Clark's UK chart profile which would continue until Clark made her last UK Top 40 appearance 'Song of My Life', which peaked at No.32 in March 1971. (Clark would subsequently peak at No.47 UK with '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Don%27t_Know_How_to_Love_Him" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Don't Know How to Love Him</a>' in 1972 and in 1988 a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">remix</a> of her 1964 recording '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_(Petula_Clark_song)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Downtown</a>' would peak at No.10 UK.) 'Don't Sleep in the Subway' reached No.3 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rhodesia</a>, No.5 in Canada, No.7 in New Zealand, No.10 in South Africa and No.16 in Germany. In Australia, it was at No.1 on the charts dated 16 and 23 September 1967, marking Clark's final appearance at No.1 on an official national chart.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Sleep_in_the_Subway#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[5]</a>Cited by Clark—with "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Couldn%27t_Live_Without_Your_Love" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I Couldn't Live Without Your Love</a>"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Sleep_in_the_Subway#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[6]</a>—as her favourite of her hits, "Don't Sleep in the Subway" has also been recorded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Chung" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Betty Chung</a>, <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Hovink" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rita Hovink</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Maye" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marilyn Maye</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Monro" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Matt Monro</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Page" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Patti Page</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frank Sinatra</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_Valente" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Caterina Valente</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Wilson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mari Wilson</a>. A Spanish rendering, "No duermas en el metro", was recorded by both <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gelu_(singer)&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gelu</a> (<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">es</a>) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Los_Stop&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Los Stop</a> (<a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina_(cantante)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">es</a>). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siw_Malmkvist" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Siw Malmkvist</a> recorded the Swedish rendering "Sov inte på tunnelbanan" (Swedish lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Himmelstrand&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Himmelstrand</a>) in 1970.The song's title was used as part of a candidate's name in "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Night_Special" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Election Night Special</a>", a sketch on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Monty Python's Flying Circus</a>: another of that series' episodes featured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_Richelieu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cardinal Richelieu</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Palin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michael Palin</a>) lip-synching to Clark's record on the show-within-a-show Historical Impersonations. It also makes a brief appearance in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_in_the_Middle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Malcolm in the Middle</a> episode "Emancipation"—Lois blasts the song on her car stereo to avoid confronting Francis about his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_of_minors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">legal emancipation</a>.The song was performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Berry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rachel Berry</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lea_Michele" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lea Michele</a>) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Abrams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Artie Abrams</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_McHale_(actor)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kevin McHale</a>) in the 2014 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glee_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glee</a> episode "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_New_York_(Glee)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New New York</a>".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Sleep_in_the_Subway#cite_note-NNY-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[7]</a> <img src="http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.X8KUXtA6BqpYibEaEU_QSQAAAA&pid=15.1" alt="Petula Clark - This Is My Song (1967) (Stereo / Lyrics) - YouTube"><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.WQKmOe965244OIgRUNzM5AAAAA?rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain" alt="PETULA CLARK, c. 1967">