Darling Be Home Soon

"Darling Be Home Soon"
U.S. picture sleeve
Single by the Lovin' Spoonful
from the album You're a Big Boy Now soundtrack
B-side"Darlin' Companion"
ReleasedFebruary 1967 (1967-02)[1]
RecordedOctober 1966 (1966-10)[2]
GenreFolk rock[3]
Length3:32
LabelKama Sutra
Songwriter(s)John Sebastian
Producer(s)Erik Jacobsen
The Lovin' Spoonful singles chronology
"Nashville Cats"
(1966)
"Darling Be Home Soon"
(1967)
"Six O'Clock"
(1967)
Audio
"Darling Be Home Soon" on YouTube

"Darling Be Home Soon" is a song written by John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful for the soundtrack of the 1966 Francis Ford Coppola film You're a Big Boy Now. It appeared on the Lovin' Spoonful's 1967 soundtrack album You're a Big Boy Now. Sebastian performed his composition at Woodstock; it was the fourth song out of the five he performed at the 1969 music festival in White Lake, New York.

  1. ^ Anon. (1990). Anthology (Liner notes). The Lovin' Spoonful. Rhino. R2 70944.
  2. ^ Boone & Moss 2014, p. 164.
  3. ^ Unterberger 2003, p. 61.