Format 7" Genre Pop, baroque pop | Recorded 1969 Length 3:20 | |
B-side "Two Weeks Since You've Gone" Released 6 June 1969 (1969-06-06) | ||
"Lights of Cincinnati" is a song written by the English songwriters Tony Macaulay and Geoff Stephens which was first a song for the American singer-songwriter Scott Walker in 1969. The song was Walker's third solo single in the UK. The accompaniment was directed by Peter Knight.
"Lights of Cincinnati" was a moderate hit spending ten weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at #13 in July 1969. The single also made the Irish Singles Chart peaking at #20.
While not included on the concurrently released Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series album or Scott 3 album from March, the song replaced "30 Century Man" on US editions of Scott 3. The single was backed with the 1969 Scott 3 album track "Two Weeks Since You've Gone". The accompaniment of the b-side was directed by Wally Stott.