Poor Side of Town

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"Poor Side of Town" is a 1966 pop ballad by Johnny Rivers that became one of his biggest hits, noted for its lush orchestration and themes of class and romantic devotion.

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Poor Side of Town canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Changes ⓘ
artist Johnny Rivers ⓘ
bSide Changes ⓘ
chartPosition US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single ⓘ
chronologyNextSingle By the Time I Get to Phoenix ⓘ
chronologyPreviousSingle (I Washed My Hands In) Muddy Water ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decade 1960s ⓘ
distributionFormat vinyl record ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
pop ballad ⓘ
hasKey G major ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature lush orchestration ⓘ
orchestral pop sound ⓘ
string arrangement ⓘ
hasRefrain "To the poor side of town" ⓘ
hasSubject rich girl returning to poor boyfriend ⓘ
hasTheme class differences ⓘ
romantic devotion ⓘ
isMajorHitFor Johnny Rivers ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf Johnny Rivers ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber Imperial 66205 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:02 ⓘ
notableFor being one of Johnny Rivers' biggest hits ⓘ
peakChartDate 1966-11 ⓘ
peakChartPosition 1 on US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
performer Johnny Rivers ⓘ
producer Lou Adler ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1966 ⓘ
recordLabel Imperial Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1966-09 ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
usesInstrumentation orchestra ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ
strings ⓘ
vocalist Johnny Rivers ⓘ
vocalStyle soul-influenced pop vocal ⓘ
writer Johnny Rivers ⓘ
Lou Adler ⓘ

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Johnny Rivers → notableWork → Poor Side of Town ⓘ
Johnny Rivers → notableSong → Poor Side of Town ⓘ
John Henry Ramistella → notableWork → Poor Side of Town ⓘ
John Henry Ramistella → notableSong → Poor Side of Town ⓘ
John Henry Ramistella → notableWork → Poor Side of Town ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Al Wilson → single → Poor Side of Town ⓘ