Peak
4
Weeks
12
Score
2,376
Chart Year
1967
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John Phillips from The Mamas And The Papas wrote this as the unofficial anthem for the Monterey Pop Festival, which is near San Francisco. Phillips helped organize the festival. This has the longest title of any #1 in UK. John Phillips played guitar on this track and produced it with Lou Adler. The session musicians who played on it were top notch: Joe Osborn on bass, Hal Blaine on drums and Larry Knechtel on keyboards. They were some of the first-call Los Angeles musicians who played on many of Phil Spector's productions. Scott McKenzie wore flowers in his hair when he recorded this song. McKenzie was in a group called The Journeymen with John Phillips. His only other hit was the follow up to this "Like An Old Time Movie," and by the end of the '60s he'd gone to live in the desert. In the late '80s he co-wrote the Beach Boys #1 single "Kokomo." >> Report this ad This was one of the big Hippie hits during the Summer Of Love in 1967. Many peace activists and folkies wore flowers in their hair. Jimi Hendrix wrote "Little Wing" about the Monterey Pop Festival. This plays in the 1994 movie Forrest Gump as Jenny (Robin Wright) moves to San Francisco.
If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you're going to San Francisco You're gonna meet some gentle people there For those who come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there In the streets of San Francisco Gentle people with flowers in their hair All across the nation Such a strange vibration People in motion There's a whole generation With a new explanation People in motion People in motion For those who come to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there If you come to San Francisco Summertime will be a love-in there
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 27, 1967 | 98 | 28 |
| 2 | Jun 3, 1967 | 55 | 71 |
| 3 | Jun 10, 1967 | 32 | 94 |
| 4 | Jun 17, 1967 | 20 | 106 |
| 5 | Jun 24, 1967 | 6 | 120 |
| 6 | Jul 1, 1967 | 4 | 122 |
| 7 | Jul 8, 1967 | 4 | 122 |
| 8 | Jul 15, 1967 | 4 | 122 |
| 9 | Jul 22, 1967 | 4 | 122 |
| 10 | Jul 29, 1967 | 11 | 115 |
| 11 | Aug 5, 1967 | 17 | 109 |
| 12 | Aug 12, 1967 | 28 | 98 |