But does it rain in New York City?

Last Monday, I asked this:

Q: Which hit song featured the following clever lyrical rhyme?
c. “California” and “warn ya,” 1982

This was a valid question. The answer is "Kids in America" by Kim Wilde: "New York to east California/There's a new wave comin', I warn ya."

An audience member told me she thought the answer was "It Never Rains in Southern California," a 1972 hit song by Albert Hammond (interestingly, father of Albert Hammond Jr., guitarist for the Strokes). Indeed, that rhyme is featured in that song, which I had forgotten (having not heard the tune since the early 1990s, when I was an acolyte to an unusually good oldies/classic soft-rock radio station in Montreal). A nice video for you:



But again, the question is valid: I said 1982, not 1972. This was part of the 95% of the time I get it right.