Released 1967 | Format 7" single | |
A-side Let's Go to San Francisco (Part 1) B-side Let's Go to San Francisco (Part 2) | ||
"Let's Go to San Francisco" is the only UK-charting single by the British pop group The Flower Pot Men. The song was written and produced by John Carter and Ken Lewis, engineered by John Mackswith and released in 1967 on 7" single format. Lead vocals were by Tony Burrows, who later did vocals for groups like Edison Lighthouse, First Class, White Plains, and The Brotherhood of Man. It is regarded as a work of the 1960s California Sound.
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Reception
The song was a Top 10 hit single in a number of countries. It peaked at #9 in Norway and #4 in the United Kingdom.
A light-hearted pastiche of the work of Brian Wilson, the song achieved a similar musical level and has remained popular. The song could be mistaken for a Beach Boys single.
Compilation album usage
The song has since appeared on many "Best of the 60s" compilation albums since its release, such as the 1997 Polygram TV release The First Summer Of Love: SIXTIES.
Italian covers
There were two different versions with different texts written in Italian: the most famous was "Inno", performed by the Milanese band Dik Dik. There was also "Trovare un mondo" ("To find a world"), sung by a little-known artist, Mimmo Diamante, and published by ARC, a subsidiary label of RCA Italiana.