Escrita por
Kenny Young e Arthur Resnick, foi gravada pelos Drifters em 1964 e
lançada em junho do mesmo ano. Saiu em um compacto que tinha I don't
want to go on withiu you no Lado B. Chegou ao número 4 dos charts
pop americanos. É a canção número 489 das maiores canções de
todos os tempos da revista Rolling Stone.
A letra fala
de um encontro amoroso entre dois amantes debaixo do calçadão. A
frase inicial faz referencia à Up on the roof, dizendo que no teto
poderiam ter um problema termico ocasionalmente e preferindo debaixo
do calçadão para namorarem.
A canção
foi gravada em 21 de maio de 1964. No dia anterior, o cantor líder
dos Drifters na época, Rudy Lewis, morreu de uma overdose de
heróina. Lewis foi o cantor líder desde a saída de Ben E King.
Assim, chamaram um antigo vocalista líder da banda, Johnny Moore,
para fazer a gravação.
Foi
regravada pelos Beach Boys, John Mellencamp, Bette Middler, Rickie
Lee Jones, Bruce Willis, Lynn Anderson, Huey Lewis, Rolling Stones,
entre outros.
A letra:
Oh, when the sun beats
down and burns the tar up on the roof
And your shoes get so hot, you wish your tired feet were fireproof
Under the boardwalk, down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be
(Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be havin' some fun
(Under the boardwalk) People walking above
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk
From the park you hear the happy sound of a carousel
Mmm, you can almost taste the hot dogs and French fries they sell
Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, yeah
On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be
(Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be havin' some fun
(Under the boardwalk) People walking above
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk
Oh, under the boardwalk, down by the sea, yeah
On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be
(Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be havin' some fun
(Under the boardwalk) People walking above
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk
And your shoes get so hot, you wish your tired feet were fireproof
Under the boardwalk, down by the sea
On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be
(Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be havin' some fun
(Under the boardwalk) People walking above
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk
From the park you hear the happy sound of a carousel
Mmm, you can almost taste the hot dogs and French fries they sell
Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, yeah
On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be
(Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be havin' some fun
(Under the boardwalk) People walking above
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk
Oh, under the boardwalk, down by the sea, yeah
On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be
(Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be havin' some fun
(Under the boardwalk) People walking above
(Under the boardwalk) We'll be falling in love
Under the boardwalk, boardwalk
A versão dos Dirfters de
1964:
A versão dos Rolling
Stones:
A versão de John
Mellencamp:
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