Come On Down to My Boat

"Come On Down to My Boat" is a song written by Jerry Goldstein and Wes Farrell and performed by Every Mother's Son. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.^[1] The song appeared on their 1967 album, Every Mother's Son, but was titled on the album as "Come and Take a Ride in My Boat".^[2]

The song was produced by Wes Farrell.^[3]

The song was ranked #22 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1967.^[4]

Other versions

• The Rare Breed released a version as a single entitled "Come and Take a Ride in My Boat" in September 1966.^[5]
• The Gods, a psychedelic rock band from the United Kingdom who sang that song, and it was recorded that version of this tune in 1967.^[6]
• Lee Curtis and the All-Stars released a version as a single in 1967 in Germany.^[7]
• The Quests, one of the most influential Singaporean bands of the time, recorded their version of the Lied in 1967. ^[8]
• Los Shippys, a psychedelic garage rock band recorded in Mexico a Spanish-language version entitled "Vamos en mi lancha", on their 1967 album, Los Shippys (Discos Capitol de Mexico).^[9]
• The Royal Guardsmen released a version on their 1968 album, Snoopy for President.^[10]
• The Stepford Husbands released a version as a single entitled "Come and Take a Ride in My Boat" in 1993.^[11]
• Jayne County released a version on her 1995 album, Deviation.^[12]
• The Untamed Youth released a version on their 2002 album, Major Chaos!^[13]

In media

• The song was used in the 1967 film, The Karate Killers.
• The song was used in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode titled "The Five Daughters Affair" (Part 1), season 3, episode 28, 1967.
• The song was used on the talk radio program The War Room with Quinn and Rose.
• "Come on Down to My Boat" was the first song played on Radio Newyork International in 1987.

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