MacArthur Park

MacArthur Park is a song by Donna Summer from the album Live and More

MacArthur Park is a cover song, originally sang by Richard Webb.

Backstory
The original song by Richard Harris has been reviewed many times, but at the end, it has been voted as one of the worst songs made. But it’s not the rhythm or the bad singing, it’s the lyrics. The lyrics has been made about Jimmy Webb (the songwriter) and his ex nearing an end to their relationship, then going to MacArthur Park in California (near where his ex worked) and he described what he saw, including a cake in the rain. He also said he sometimes saw her in a yellow dress and also see old men playing Chinese Checkers.

But, people didn’t like his lyrics, so he eventually had to give up on the song. That was until Webb met Richard Harris at a LA fundraiser

Trivia

 * There are several versions of the song, the most popular is the Suite version. The Suite versions includes two parts of MacArthur Park, One of a Kind and Heaven Knows.


 * This is a cover song, that has been covered many times.


 * The song has appeared at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 twice


 * The single version was released on On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II


 * MacArthur Park is an actual park in California


 * The Pet Shop Boys sampled the song for there song “New Your City Boy”.