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Party Lights, 1962
Written by Claudine Clark
This song is sung from the point of view of a teenage girl who sees the beautiful party lights (red and blue and green) across the street, but her mother won't let her "make the scene." Clark lists all the dance crazes of the era: they're doing the fish, the twist, the Watusi, the bop, and the mashed potato — and she's missing out. She sees the pary goers filing in: "I see Tommy and Joe, uh-oh, and Betty and Sue / Whoa-oh, uh-oh, there goes my boyfriend too." It's not clear whether he's with some other girl and this will cause drama; the tone of the song is simple yearning for fun, with Clark's girlish voice occasionally reaching a pleading growl over a marching-band drum line and party chatter.
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