Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco (Official HD Video)

"San Francisco" (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) is a song written by John Phillips of the group The Mamas & The Papas, and sung by Scott McKenzie. It was published in 1967, the summer of which became famous as the Summer of Love. It is considered a cultural icon.

This song was the publicity showcase of the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival, being catapulted in a very short time to the top of the United States charts that reached number four, in the United Kingdom and in the rest of Europe. got to be number one. It is one of the best known hymns of the hippie movement.

McKenzie grew up in North Carolina and Virginia, where she befriended one of her mother's friends, "Papa" John Phillips. In the mid-1950s, he sang for a short time with Tim Rose in high school, within a group called The Singing Strings, and later with Phillips, Mike Boran, and Bill Cleary, forming a doo-wop-style band called The Abstracts. In New York, the Abstracts renamed themselves The Smoothies and recorded two singles for Decca Records, produced by Milt Gabler (producer of Bill Halley's records).

In 1961, Phillips and McKenzie met Dick Weissman and formed The Journeymen, and they recorded three albums for Capitol Records. Before The Journeymen disintegrated in 1964, they both talked about forming a new group. Mckenzie preferred to continue alone and John would contact Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot and Michelle Phillips, his second wife. The group soon immigrated to California. Two years later, Scott traveled to New York and signed for Lou Adler's label (Ode Records). Phillips wrote and produced San Francisco for Scott and it was released in 1967. Phillips played guitar during the recording and Michelle rang the bells. Immediately the song became a success and a kind of hippie anthem, managing to position itself on the charts around the world, within the Top 10. It was a very popular song around the world, it achieved presence during the Summer of Love, in San Francisco.

Scott had another minor hit called Like An Old, also produced and written by John Phillips. His first album, The voice of Scott McKenzie, was followed by another called Stained glass Morning. He stopped recording in the early seventies, settling in Joshua Tree (California) and Virginia Beach.

In 1986, he began performing again by presenting a remake of The Mamas & the Papas of the hit Kokomo, a song co-written with The Beach Boys. For a time he replaced Denny Doherty in the John Phillips band. In 1998 he left the group and began to reside permanently in Los Angeles, where he passed away in August 2012 from Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disease that affects the nervous system and that he had been diagnosed in 2010.

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[robertfarina]

The world I loved is gone. These videos help me to keep it alive, thank you 🙏

[wilpri]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[yael.j.design]

Back then people used to smile. Today, there's only smirk. Lovely song that makes us dream once again.

[Wings]

I was a 10 yeras old boy back then in Jakarta of Indonesia, when I herd this song, and I was imagining how beautiful The San Francisco was until one day I am became an airline pilot and then I land my plane in San Francisco in year of 1997, I am so happy to see the beautiful City take a ride of the trolley up and down the city while try to recall all my childhood memories with the song...
Now as I am happily retired, I listen this song again to recall the good old days that has passed.

[sveagle]

Auch 2025 ist das Lied immer noch ein Meisterwerk.
Mit Wiedergabegeschwindigkeit 1.2 hört es sich auch heute noch gut an 😁😁

[chrislewis-nv]

one of the greatest pop songs of all time

[bilgegultepe]

a vintage convertible + a slightly windy spring weather in afternoon + close friends and lovers + closed eyes, flowing hair, a heart beating with excitement and a dreamy journey accompanied by this song…🌼

[phpaillat]

Songs written between 1965 to 1970 are so beautiful. Simple and fantastic melody !!

[HMeg-eezs]

Ich höre das Lied und wünschte mir, es gäbe Zeitmaschinen :-)

[damonliu]

I’m from San Francisco, born and raised. Although I’ve moved to Singapore, China, and now Canada at only 18, SF will forever be my home. This song truly captures that nostalgia of being in SF, reminds me of my childhood.

[Kjdjrh]

This was the undisputed “ ANTHEM” of
the 60s Peace & Love Movement. 🦉

[s-sthebestHits]

I'm from Europe and San Francisco has always been a city I wanted to experience. But that wish never came true for me. This song makes me long for this beautiful city that I'll never see, unfortunately. Flower Power, that must have been a good time that I would have liked to have experienced.

[hankcollier]

I was a small child when this song came out. Years later, my mother told me that whenever it came on, I'd sit by the radio and cry. It evoked such a wistful, peaceful sadness. I feel the same way now.

[jms]

This song was the hippie national anthem. Im 73 and i go back in time when i hear this song

[the_north_cultivates]

👏🏼👏🏼🔥🔥🔥 californian souls
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🖐

[ravenhill_centuries_past_]

I like this song, it evokes an era of a different time.

[busterbrown_shoes]

I can't watch this, and hear this song, without crying. It happens every time. The Summer of Love. ❤❤

[eagyinjection]

It's one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard

[jeneelouisa]

I was born in 92 but had older parents. They would blast this on my dads vintage stereo while i would be swimming in the pool ♡ good memories

[loisgoins]

I want to go back to those days. Best music ever!!