| "Let's Go to San Francisco" | ||||
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CD compilation titled after the song |
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| Single by The Flower Pot Men | ||||
| A-side | Let's Go to San Francisco (Part 1) | |||
| B-side | Let's Go to San Francisco (Part 2) | |||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
| Label | Deram | |||
| Writer(s) | John Carter and Ken Lewis | |||
| Producer | John Carter and Ken Lewis | |||
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"Let's Go to San Francisco" is the only UK-charting single by the British pop group The Flower Pot Men. 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.[1][2]
The song was written and produced by John Carter and Ken Lewis, engineered by John Mackswith and released in 1967 on 7" single format.[3].
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The song was a Top 10 hit single in a number of countries. It peaked at #9 in Norway[4] and #4 in the United Kingdom.[5]
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.[6]
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 subsdiary label of RCA Italiana.