<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Here in My Heart (Theme from This Sporting Life)" (1963) </Td> <Td> "MacArthur Park" (1968) </Td> <Td> "The Yard Went on Forever" (1968) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Here in My Heart (Theme from This Sporting Life)" (1963) </Td> <Td> "MacArthur Park" (1968) </Td> <Td> "The Yard Went on Forever" (1968) </Td> </Tr> <P> "MacArthur Park" is a song written and composed by Jimmy Webb . Richard Harris was the first to record the song in 1968: his version peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number four on the UK Singles Chart . "MacArthur Park" was subsequently covered by numerous artists, including a hit version in 1969 by country music singer Waylon Jennings . Among the best - known covers is Donna Summer's disco arrangement from 1978 which topped the Billboard Hot 100 . </P> <P> In 1967 the producer Bones Howe had asked Webb to create a pop song with classical elements, different movements and changing time signatures . Hence Webb delivered MacArthur Park to Howe with "everything he wanted", but Howe did not care for the ambitious arrangement or unorthodox lyrics and the song was rejected by the group The Association, for whom it was originally intended . </P>

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