The song is sung from the point of view of a father whose teenaged children have gone "frooging" downtown with their car and money. At first, the parents are relieved that they can now use the phone and the bath tub but, as the hours pass, they get increasingly nervous. Meanwhile their offspring frug to the songs of Petula Clark while they are downtown. Eventually, the parents take Miltown in order to calm themselves down. However the father gets a phone call telling him that their children have been arrested as the result of a car accident, prompting him to angrily borrow someone else's car to get his sons home. He then vows to ground the teenagers and go downtown with his wife, where he promises to do "very nice dances" including the tango, waltz, foxtrot, and bunny hop, instead of the dances of the younger generation such as the Frug, the Swim, the Mashed Potato or the Jerk.
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^Allan Sherman, "Crazy Downtown" chart positions Retrieved May 5, 2013
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crazy, downtown, song, written, performed, allan, sherman, song, parody, tony, hatch, song, downtown, which, petula, clark, because, melody, hatch, also, receives, songwriting, credit, song, reached, adult, contemporary, chart, billboard, 1965, sherman, last, . Crazy Downtown is a song written and performed by Allan Sherman The song is a parody of Tony Hatch s song Downtown which was a hit for Petula Clark because of the use of the melody Hatch also receives songwriting credit The song reached 6 on the U S Adult Contemporary chart and 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965 it was Sherman s last top 40 hit 1 Crazy Downtown Single by Allan ShermanB side The Drop Outs March ReleasedMarch 1965GenreNovelty Song Parody MusicLength2 40LabelWarner Bros Records 5614Composer s Tony HatchLyricist s Allan ShermanAllan Sherman singles chronology Hello Mudduh Hello Fadduh A Letter from Camp 1964 Version 1964 Crazy Downtown 1965 The Drinking Man s Diet 1965 The song is sung from the point of view of a father whose teenaged children have gone frooging downtown with their car and money At first the parents are relieved that they can now use the phone and the bath tub but as the hours pass they get increasingly nervous Meanwhile their offspring frug to the songs of Petula Clark while they are downtown Eventually the parents take Miltown in order to calm themselves down However the father gets a phone call telling him that their children have been arrested as the result of a car accident prompting him to angrily borrow someone else s car to get his sons home He then vows to ground the teenagers and go downtown with his wife where he promises to do very nice dances including the tango waltz foxtrot and bunny hop instead of the dances of the younger generation such as the Frug the Swim the Mashed Potato or the Jerk References edit Allan Sherman Crazy Downtown chart positions Retrieved May 5 2013 nbsp This 1960s single related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crazy Downtown amp oldid 992815746, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
