This Is The Dawning Of The Age Of Aquarius Lyric

" Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In ", sometimes referred to as " The Age of Aquarius " or " Let the Sunshine In ", is a medley of two songs from the musical Hair ("Aquarius" and "The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)") written by James Rado, Gerome Ragni, and Galt MacDermot, and released as a single in 1969 by The 5th Dimension. The single held the number one position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and was certified Platinum.

The song listed at #57 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of all time.

History

The recording won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and Best Contemporary Vocal Performance by a Group at the Grammy Awards of 1970, after it was released on the album The Age of Aquarius .

The song was based on the astrological belief that the world would be entering the Age of Aquarius, an age of love, light and humanity, unlike the then current Age of Pisces. This change was presumed to occur at the end of the 20th century, however major astrologers differ over this. Dates range from 2062 (Dane Rudhyar), 2150 (Neil Mann), 2595 (Hermann Haupt) and 2680 (Shephard Simpson).

"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" was ranked thirty-third on the 2004 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs.

Track listing

Chart positions

Cover versions

  • Andy Williams recorded a cover of the song, as highlighted in his Best of... album
  • The Undisputed Truth recorded a version called "Aquarius" for their 1971 self-titled LP.
  • Charles Earland, a jazz hammond player, recorded a version of this song in his album "Black Talk".
  • Pop-gabber Dutch band Party Animals covered "Aquarius" on their debut album Good Vibrations in 1996. The single was certified Platinum and peaked at the number one position for three weeks.
  • The "Let the Sunshine In" portion of the medley was covered by Swedish dance group Army of Lovers on their 2000 album, Le Grand Docu-Soap . Their version also included most of the original verses (with some changes) performed as a pseudo-rap by group member Dominika Peczynski.
  • Lightspeed Champion covered the song on his Domino Records special edition covers EP. The track is listed as "The Flesh Failures".

Live cover performances

  • Diana Ross & The Supremes performed a 20 minute version of the song while singing with various members of the audience during their final performance at the Frontier Hotel on January 14, 1970.
  • American singer Daniel Johnston performed a live on-air semi-cover (involving him adding his own vocals over the original track) on WFMU on February 4, 1990.
  • Greek singer Helena Paparizou covered "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" at her performance at the Mad Video Music Awards 2007.
  • Czech singer Zbyněk Drda sang "Aquarius" in the international singing contest Amberstar in 2008.
  • Dark cabaret music duo The Dresden Dolls have been known to perform covers of "The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)".
  • British comedian Vic Reeves has performed the song live.

Sampling

  • In 1993, Christian rock band PFR used "Let the Sunshine In" as the ending to "Wait for the Sun", the last song on their album Goldie's Last Day .
  • In 1998, Scottish electronica/ambient duo Boards of Canada sampled portions of the movie soundtrack version for their own track of the same name as featured on their album Music Has The Right To Children .
  • In 2000, the "Let the Sunshine In" portion of the song was sampled by Australian electronic music artist Groove Terminator in the song "One More Time (The Sunshine Song)".
  • In 2003, the song "Let The Sunshine In" was remixed by Solarys in a track given the same name.
  • In 2004, the song was sampled in hip hop artist Mos Def's song "Sunshine" on the album, The New Danger .
  • In 2004, Milk & Sugar, a German dance music production duo, sampled the "Let the Sunshine In" chorus portion, with new vocals by Lizzy Pattinson in their song "Let The Sun Shine".
  • In 2008, alternative rock singer-songwriter Mike Doughty used the "Let the Sunshine In" portion in the chorus of his song "Fort Hood" on the album Golden Delicious .

Parodies

  • Bob Rivers recorded a parody entitled "I Think it's Time to Clean My Aquarium".
  • The title is spoofed by Turbonegro on the song "The Age of Pamparius" ( Apocalypse Dudes ).

Appearances/References in other media

  • French's mustard used portions of "Let The Sunshine in" for their commercials in the late '80s.
  • Hans Zimmer created a version of the song for the opening sequence of the 1990 film Bird on a Wire .
  • In the third season episode of The Simpsons "Bart the Lover" from 1992, the Twirl King Yo-Yo company uses the "Age of Aquarius" portion of the song during their school Twirl King Champions yo-yo exhibition assembly.
  • The song appears as the fifth track of the second disc of the soundtrack to the 1994 movie Forrest Gump .
  • In 1998, Burger King used this song to promote their breakfast menu.
  • The 1999 remake of The Out of Towners used "Aquarius" when Steve Martin's character has a psychedelic scene after ingesting a hallucinogenic.
  • In the 2001 Disney movie Recess: School's Out , "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" plays during the end of the movie, moving into the credits with the chorus "Let The Sunshine In".
  • "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is performed with dancing at the conclusion of the 2005 movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin after the lead character's first sexual encounter.
  • Société Bic (brand name, Bic) also used the song in the 2007 advertising campaign for the debut of their "Soleil Triple Blade Razors" in America.
  • The "Let the Sunshine In" portion of the song was used as one of the official theme songs for the 2008 general election campaign of Barack Obama.
  • "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is also used in commercials for the Kia Rondo.
  • The "Aquarius" song is used in commercials for the Aquarius sports drink.
  • William Shatner sang a version of "Aquarius" in a commercial for Priceline.com.
  • Used in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, 2001, second walk.

See also

  • Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1969 (USA)
  • Lyrics to "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by the 5th Dimension.

References

  1. ^ AllMusic.com The Age of Aquarius page
  2. ^ Billboard Hot 100
  3. ^ Wikipedia Atrological Timeframes
  4. ^ Top4000.nl Chart week 23, 1969.
  5. ^ SwissCharts.com "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" page.
  6. ^ NVPI.nl Certification page.
  7. ^ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 Nr. 1 Hits uit de Top 40 , page 330, ISBN 9023009444 (Book in Dutch)
  8. ^ "Lightspeed Champion" . http://www.myspace.com/lightspeedchampion . Retrieved 19 December 2008 .  

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