The song hit number two in America and topped the charts in Canada. “Playground in My Mind” is sentimental and ridiculous, and it became a smash. I remember my mom singing that chorus to me as a child (but not the rest of the song), and my brother-in-law had a music box that played the chorus growing up. Though it’s not exactly a children’s song, Clint Holmes’ hit “Playground in My Mind” takes a sentimental look at childhood and includes a child’s song as its chorus. “Pop Muzik” (M, 1979)Ĭhildren’s music doesn’t exactly burn up the charts, although once in a while a song slips through – British teen Laurie London had a smash with “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” in 1958, and the same year David Seville and the Chipmunks had the only Christmas song to top the Hot 100 with “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late).” But it probably doesn’t matter to Jacks, because it became his biggest hit. The song has made several worst-songs lists, and with good reason. McKuen’s lyrics are ridiculously sentimental and overwrought – though, to be fair, it’s hard to imagine a song about a dying man being much less than that. The problem with “Seasons in the Sun” and the primary reason why it has become such a target for vehement disdain is the song’s lyrical content.
Somehow it became a bona fide smash, topping the charts in 14 countries.
Years later, pop poet Rod McKuen wrote English lyrics.Ĭanadian singer-songwriter Terry Jacks produced an English version of the song, which became “Seasons in the Sun,” for the Beach Boys, but when that band decided not to do anything with it, Jacks recorded his own version. There’s one glaring exception: one of the biggest international hits of the ‘70s, which has become one of the most despised singles in the ensuing years.īelgian star Jacques Brel recorded a song entitled “Le Moribond” (which translates to “the dying man”) in 1961, and it became a sensation in Europe. Music snobs hold dramatic European pop in a rarefied air, but it hasn’t ever really taken hold in the States.
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