Sunday in New York - Bobby Darin
2:30
2:30
From Hello Dolly to Goodbye Charlie, 1964
Written by Carroll Coates & Peter Nero, 1963
This song was written for a romantic comedy film of the same name (which was itself based on a stage play). Darin belts out the optimistic lines with his usual confident cheeriness: "If you've got troubles / Just take them out for a walk / They'll burst like bubbles / In the fun of a Sunday in New York." The song assures us that love is just around the corner, that maybe you'll see the face of the love your life reflected in a shop window, that time will stop, your new life in love begins. It's a vision of New York as benevolent matchmaker, bustling but tender, glamorous without menace. The band is just fine, with bright brass accents punctuating the verses, but it's Darin's warm voice that carries the song and invites you to share its sunny outlook.
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