the best songs ever

[Eric the Green]

My #1 for 1967, it always transfixes me, but especially when it came out; displacing Light My Fire as my fave of the year. That took some doing! Arranger Joe Renzetti, who worked on several other hits of the time, went on to compose classical music. A.P.P.P. was sort of a southern (or was it Philly) white+black motown sound. Even more than with Magic Carpet Ride, you can let the sound take you into fantasy. The most delicious record ever made, without doubt. Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie; Jay & the Techniques. A big national hit; exactly contemporary with a bigger, somewhat-similar hit, The Letter by the Box Tops, which was #1 of the year nationally. The title, I learned later, is an alternative name for Hide and Go Seek. Did you play it? We did all the time. I loved it as a kid. I wasn't looking for a girl yet though; except maybe Crystal. Currently I list it as #8 on my all-time list.





I could never make out the lyrics, though. So here they are:

Ready or not here I come
Gee that used to be such fun
Apples peaches pumpkin pie
Who not ready, holler I?
That's a game we used to play, yeah.
Hide and seek or what was its name.
Ready or not, hear I come,
Gee that used to be such fun.
I always used to find a hiding place,
Times have changed.
Well I'm one step behind you, but still I can't find you.
Apple peaches pumpkin pie,
You were young and so was I.
Now that we've grown up it seems
You just keep ignoring me.
I'll find you anywhere you go,
I'm gonna look high and low.
You can't escape this love of mine anytime.
Well, I'll sneak up behind you,
Be careful where I find you.
Apple peaches pumpkin pie,
Soon your love will be all mine.
Then I'm gonna take you home,
Marry you so you won't roam.
Marry you so you won't roam. Right now
I'll find you anywhere you go,
I'm gonna look high and low.
You can't escape this love of mine anytime.
Well, I'll sneak up behind you,
Be careful where I find you.
Ready or not here I come,
It used to be such fun, now....