Arizona (song): Difference between revisions

{{about|the Kenny Young song|the Hey Monday song|Hold On Tight (Hey Monday album)|the 1981 country and western hit|State songs of Arizona}}

| Name name = Arizona

| Cover cover = Arizona Mark Lindsay.jpg

| Artist alt = [[Mark Lindsay]]

| Album type = Arizonasingle

| B-side artist = "Man from[[Mark Houston"Lindsay]]

| Released album = November 1969Arizona

| Recordedreleased = November = 1969

| Writer genre = [[KennyPop Youngmusic|Pop]]

"'''Arizona'''" is a song written by [[Kenny Young]] and recorded in 1969 by former[[Mark Lindsay]], a solo effort while still lead singer for [[Paul Revere and the Raiders]]. memberLindsay [[Markwas Lindsay]],backed withby L.A. session musicians from the [[The Wrecking Crew (music)|Wrecking Crew]],.<ref>{{cite book |first=Kent |last=Hartman |pages=261–263 |year=2012 |title=The Wrecking Crew |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin’s Griffin]] |isbn=978-1-250-03046-7}}</ref> in 1969. The single waspeaked at Numbernumber 10 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart on 14 February 1970 and was awarded a RlAA Gold Disc in April 1970.<ref>{{cite book|last=Murrells|first=Joseph|title=The Book of Golden Discs|year=1978|publisher=[[Barrie & Jenkins]]|isbn=0-214-20480-4}}</ref> A version by the British band [[The Family Dogg]] was also released in 1969.

The song's title, "Arizona", refers to the singer's girlfriend, whom he considers innocent and naïve. The singer wistfully describes Arizona's idealism and lifestyle, which he considers absurd and immature ("you're acting like a [[teeny bopper]] runaway child"). He then urges Arizona to discard her [[hippie]] trappings, including "hobo shoes", "rainbow shades", and "Indian braids", and view the world through more realistic eyes. However, even as he exhorts Arizona to become more worldly, the singer continues to praise her, describing Arizona as "a little-town saint". In the end, his love for Arizona and what she represents to him overcomes his cynicism, and the singer decides to follow her example, adopting her view of the world, instead of expecting her to accept his.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eddy|first=Chuck|title=The Accidental Evolution of Rock 'n' Roll|year=1997|publisher=[[Da Capo Press]]|isbn=0-306-80741-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDnuT65VRzYC&pg=PA69&dqq=arizona+mark+lindsay&hlpg=en&ei=WhbfTaXiBIrVgQfsqt3fCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=arizona%20mark%20lindsay&f=falsePA69|authorlinkauthor-link=Chuck Eddy}}DEAD LINK</ref> Two other versions were recorded in 1969, the first by [[Clodagh Rodgers]], and the other by [[The Family Dogg]]. The song was later covered by French singer [[Eddy Mitchell]].

|Australia ([[Kent Music Report|KMR]])<ref name="australian-charts1">{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |title=Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-02 |deadurlurl-status=yes dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |archivedate=2016-06-02 |df= }}</ref>

|Canada [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=8087& |title=Item: 8087 - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= 17 July 2013|accessdate=2016-10-02}}</ref>

|Canada [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3753&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3753.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3753 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= 17 July 2013|accessdate=2016-10-02}}</ref>

|South Africa ([[Springbok Radio]])<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(A-B).html]|title=South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Songs (A-B)}}</ref>

|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|AdultEasy ContemporaryListening]]<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlinkauthor-link= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=141}}</ref>

|U.S. ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19700221.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 21, 1970] |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608162318/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19700221.html |archive-date=June 8, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3740&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3740|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca|date=17 July 2013}}</ref>

|U.S. ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://50.6.195cashboxmagazine.142com/archives/70s_files/1970YESP.html |title=ArchivedTop copy100 Year End Charts: 1970 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |accessdate=2016-07-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016030405021420120922141548/http://50cashboxmagazine.6.195.142com/archives/70s_files/1970YESP.html |archivedatearchive-date=20162012-0309-0422 |dfurl-status=dead }}</ref>