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Song of the Day: Saturday in the Park, words and music by Robert Lamm, appears on “Chicago V“, the 1972 album by Chicago—one of the finest popular fusion bands of its day. With its crisp instrumental arrangement and jazzy bridge, the song became a Top Ten Hit. Lamm was inspired to write this song after walking through NYC’s Central Park, seeing “people dancing, people laughing” on Saturday, July 4, 1970. The song opens with the lyric, “Saturday in the park, I think it was the fourth of July!” Well, it is the Fourth of July and it is the dancing, laughing spirit of human freedom that I celebrate on this Independence Day. And since it is the Fourth, I’ve uploaded the Fourth installment of my “I Love Brooklyn” series, a slideshow tribute to Marine Park, Brooklyn’s largest park at 798 acres, set to this Chicago classic [YouTube link].