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31: 424:' had given Clark her best chart showing with two weeks at No.1, 'Don't Sleep in the Subway' had a July 1967 chart peak of No.12, a decline in Clark's UK chart profile which would continue until Clark made her last UK Top 40 appearance 'Song of My Life', which peaked at No.32 in March 1971. (Clark would subsequently peak at No.47 UK with ' 868: 388:
metro line, in England the term "subway" refers to a pedestrian underpass rather than to an underground transit system. Hatch employed the term in the North American sense. According to the song's co-writer Jackie Trent the title lyric was suggested by the 1961–62
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In the lyrics the narrator advises her sweetheart against storming out after an argument due to his "foolish pride". If he does, he will "sleep in the subway" or "stand in the pouring rain" merely to prove his point. Although in
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The song was constructed from three different sections of music previously composed by Hatch; it changes in musical style from pop to symphonic and then, for the chorus, to a
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episode "Emancipation"—Lois blasts the song on her car stereo to avoid confronting Francis about his
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recorded the Swedish rendering "Sov inte på tunnelbanan" (Swedish lyrics by
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This article is about the song. For the album by Johnny Hodges, see
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The song's title was used as part of a candidate's name in "
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Single
Petula Clark
These Are My Songs
B-side
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Pop
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Pye
Warner Bros.
Vogue
Songwriter(s)
Tony Hatch
Jackie Trent
Producer(s)
Tony Hatch
Petula Clark
This Is My Song

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