Debuted 12/65
#1 Hot 100
The song was written about the New York subway strike. A famous music video was also made for the song and played in Scopitone video jukeboxes at the time of its release.
This is the original HIT MONO MIX released on Reprise 0432 when this was a HUGE hit on AM Top 40 radio stations in the winter of '65-'66.
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