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Its uniqueness is entirely unprecedented, although the lyrical content, groove, and vibe, undoubtedly conjures up a celebration of life which knows no age, gender or race barriers. To the ultimate delight of the 35, or so audience, they did. The other artists that performed at the festival were all internationally acclaimed. It was the first ever European performance of the Grateful Dead.

Free, who were in the charts with the iconic record, Alright Now stalled at the No 2 UK chart position because In the Summertime hogged all of the record sales when it made it to No 1 the following week. Jose Feliciano topped the bill on the Sunday. At that time Mungo Jerry was a band of the four collective musicians that recorded In the Summertime and the first Mungo Jerry album.

Mungo Jerry undoubtedly took the , or more audience by storm at the Rotterdam Pop Festival. The sky was a mass of flying paper plates, and the spectators that were viewing the stage from the branches of the trees that were on the periphery of the festival site, rocked to the addictive groove that was created by the Mungo Jerry band. Mighty Man , another Ray Dorset composition, which was also on the same side of the 7 inch vinyl maxi single with In The Summertime in the UK, was on the flip side of the singles that were released throughout the rest of the world, except for Poland.

They released a maxi single with the same track listing as that in the UK. It was said by some to be the first ever UK punk rock No 1, even though the track was bereft of drums.

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Its groove, vibe, sound, and lyrical content was revolutionary wild, and probably prevented it from being able to be included on many radio station playlists. The recording can be heard in its entirety throughout the opening sequence of the award winning movie The Crying Game. It was prevented from reaching the UK No 1 chart position by virtue of the fact that owing to a complaint made by a BBC radio producer about the lyrical content of Have a Whiff on Me , one of the four tracks on the record.