The Letter
Box Tops * Track #1 On The Letter/Neon Rainbow
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Album The Letter/Neon Rainbow
- #1The Letter
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- #2
She Knows HowBox Tops
- #3
Trains & Boats & PlanesBox Tops
- #4
Break My MindBox Tops
- #5Whiter Shade of Pale
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- #6
Everything I AmBox Tops
- #7
Neon RainbowBox Tops
- #8People Make the World
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- #9
I’m Your PuppetBox Tops
- #10Happy Times
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- #11Gonna Find Somebody
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- #12I Pray for Rain
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- #13
Turn On a DreamBox Tops
- #14The Letter (Mono Single Version)
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- #15Georgia Farm Boy
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The Letter by Box Tops
Release Date
Performed by
Box TopsProduced by
Dan PennWrited by
Wayne CarsonAbout
Songwriter Wayne Carson wrote this song after his father suggested the opening line, “Give me a ticket for an aeroplane.”
“The Box Tops” was released as a single in the summer of ‘67, reaching #1 in the United States.
The Letter Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
[Refrain]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter
[Verse 2]
I don't care how much money I gotta spend
Got to get back to my baby again
[Refrain]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter
[Bridge]
Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see
I got to get back to my baby once more?
Any way, yeah
[Verse 1]
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
[Refrain]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter
[Bridge]
Well, she wrote me a letter
Said she couldn't live without me no more
Listen mister, can't you see
I got to get back to my baby once more?
Any way, yeah
[Verse 1]
Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
[Refrain]
Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home
My baby just wrote me a letter
Because my baby just wrote me a letter
The Letter Q&A
Who wrote The Letter's ?
The Letter was written by Wayne Carson.
Who produced The Letter's ?
The Letter was produced by Dan Penn.
When did Box Tops release The Letter?
Box Tops released The Letter on Thu Jun 01 1967.
What did Box Tops say about "The Letter"?
Singer Alex Chilton about his producer’s role –
[He] coached me pretty heavily on singing anything we ever did. In a lot of cases, it sounds more like him singing than it sounds like me.