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Come on Down to My Boat

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B-side
  
"I Believe in You"

Genre
  
Pop rock

Label
  
MGM

Released
  
April 22, 1967

Length
  
2:33

Writer(s)
  
Jerry Goldstein, Wes Farrell

"Come on Down to My Boat" is a song written by Jerry Goldstein and Wes Farrell and performed by Every Mother's Son. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. The song appeared on their 1967 album, Every Mother's Son, but was titled on the album as "Come and Take a Ride in My Boat".

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The song was produced by Wes Farrell.

The song was ranked #22 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1967.

Other versions

  • The Rare Breed released a version as a single entitled "Come and Take a Ride in My Boat" in September 1966.
  • Lee Curtis and the All-Stars released a version as a single in 1967 in Germany.
  • Los Shippys, a psychedelic garage rock band recorded in Mexico a Spanish-language version entitled "Vamos en mi lancha", on their 1967 album, Los Shippys (Discos Capitol de Mexico).
  • The Royal Guardsmen released a version on their 1968 album, Snoopy for President.
  • The Stepford Husbands released a version as a single entitled "Come and Take a Ride in My Boat" in 1993.
  • Jayne County released a version on her 1995 album, Deviation.
  • The Untamed Youth released a version on their 2002 album, Major Chaos!

    • In media

  • The song was used in the 1967 film, The Karate Killers.
  • The song was used on the talk radio program The War Room with Quinn and Rose.
  • "Come on Down to My Boat" was the first song played on Radio Newyork International in 1987.

    • References

    Come on Down to My Boat Wikipedia
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