The Sound of San Francisco

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"The Sound of San Francisco"
Global Deejays - Sound of Sanfrancisco.png
Single by Global Deejays
from the album Network
Released29 November 2004
Genre Electro house
Length5:42
Label Superstar
Global Deejays singles chronology
"The Sound of San Francisco"
(2004)
"What a Feeling (Flashdance)"
(2005)

"The Sound of San Francisco" (or "San Francisco Dreaming'") is a song by the Austrian house group Global Deejays. It was released in November 2004 as the lead single from their album, Network. The song was one of the first Austrian dance songs to reach the top ten of more than 10 charts worldwide.

Contents

It samples the Scott McKenzie song "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)".

Music video

The music video for the song is the group in a school bus as they tour the list of cities listed at the beginning of the song.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2004-2005)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [1] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2] 38
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [3] 9
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)3
CIS (TopHit) [4] 1
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100 Oficiální) [5] 1
France (SNEP) [6] 18
Germany (Official German Charts) [7] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [8] 31
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [9] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 29
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play [11] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)Position
CIS (TopHit) [12] 92
Chart (2005)Position
CIS (TopHit) [13] 22
Russia Airplay (TopHit) [14] 35

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