Town Without Pity (song)
| Town Without Pity | |
|---|---|
| Gene Pitney | |
| publication | 1961 |
| length | 2:53 |
| Genre (s) | Film music |
| text | Ned Washington |
| music | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Publisher (s) | Aaron Schroeder |
| Label | Musicor Records |
| Award (s) | Oscar nomination in 1962 as "Best Song" |
| Cover versions | |
| 1966 | Danny Williams |
| 1967 | Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass |
| 1978 | Ronnie Montrose |
| 1980 | Paul Warren & Explorer |
| 1982 | The nylons |
| 1987 | Mathilde Santing |
Town Without Pity is a song from the soundtrack of the 1961 film City Without Pity . The song was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Ned Washington . The song is sung in the film by Gene Pitney , it also serves as the soundtrack. For Pitney, Town Without Pity became a hit that stayed on the US Billboard charts for 19 weeks and was listed at number 39 of the most successful songs in 1962.
Content of the song
The song is about the fact that it is not easy to be young and in love, because many things confuse you and you get hurt by people. The city in which one lives is often pitiless. You feel like a tiger in a cage there. The boys would also have many problems, but we girls needed an understanding heart and kept asking ourselves why they wouldn't help us. You feel torn and think on the one hand how you can keep love alive, but on the other hand you are worried that a city without pity will tear us in two.
Awards
1962 was Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington with Town Without Pity in the category "Best Song" for a Oscar nomination. However, the award went to Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer for their song Moon River from the literary adaptation Breakfast at Tiffany's . The song also won the Golden Globe Award in the "Best Movie Song" category.
Cover versions
Gene Pitney also recorded a German version of the song under the title Bleibe bei mir (Text: Frank Zieboltz) and in Italian under the title Città Spietata .
The American rock band Thin White Rope released the song in 1988 on their album Red Sun . John Travolta and Kirstie Alley said the song in the 1989 romantic comedy Look Who's Talking! Also, The Dickies , an American punk band from California, the song in 1989 as in 1990, took into their program on the band Stray Cats . The American melodic guitarist Neil Zaza covered the song in 1993. Town Without Pity was in 1996 in the version of the Scottish singer Eddi Reader for three weeks at number 26 in the British charts. She released the song on her album Candyfloss and Medicine . Country singer Mandy Barnett also recorded the song in 1999.
The American surf rock band Los Straitjackets from Nashville coverte the song in 2004, alto saxophonist of modern jazz Richie Cole took Town Without Pity 2006 in his program. The Norwegian blues guitarist Vidar Busk also recorded the song in 2007. Lilli Passero released the song in 2017 on her album of the same name.
Web links
- City Without Pity (1961) Soundtracks in the IMDb (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Town Without Pity , sung by Danny Williams.
- ↑ Town Without Pity , played by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.
- ↑ Town Without Pity , played by Ronnie Montrose.
- ↑ Town Without Pity , sung by Paul Warren & Explorer.
- ↑ Town Without Pity by The Nylons , see page secondhandsongs.com (English)
- ↑ Town Without Pity , sung by Mathilde Santing.
- ↑ Town Without Pity , sung by Gene Pitney.
- ↑ Songs from the Year 1962 see page tsort.info (English).
- ↑ Town Without Pity , sung by Thin White Rope.
- ↑ Town Without Pity , sung by The Dickies.
- ↑ Town Without Pity , sung by Stray Cats.
- ↑ Town Without Pity , played by Neil Zaza.
- ↑ Town Without Pity , sung by Eddi Reader.
- ↑ Town Without Pity , sung by Mandy Barnett.
- ↑ A Town Without Pity sung by Los Straitjackets.
- ↑ Richie Cole and The Alto Madness Orchestra see page open.spotify.com (English).
- ↑ Town Without Pity , played by Vidar Busk.
- ↑ The Voice 2017 - Top 11 - Town Without Pity , sung by Lilli Passero.