Song of the Day: Atlantis

Atlantis by Donovan. Donovan was a Scottish singer-songwriter whose full name was Donovan Leitch, but was just known as Donovan. Donovan released the song Atlantis in August of 1969. Atlantis is an interesting song because the first two minutes of the five minute song is just the singer telling the story of Atlantis with music playing lightly in the background. After two minutes the song kicks in and it is great. Now after the spoken part of the song, there’s just a chorus that repeats the same two lines over and over again. Despite it essentially being a two line song, the rest of the music and especially the piano it what makes it. Also if the song sounds familiar, you’ve more than likely heard the song in Goodfellas, as the song features in the infamous Billy Bats scene.

Thanny