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Summer of '69
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| "Summer of '69" | ||
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| Single by Bryan Adams | ||
| from the album Reckless | ||
| Released | 1984 | |
| Format | gramophone record | |
| Genre | rock | |
| Length | 03:32 | |
| Writer(s) | Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance | |
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| Bryan Adams singles chronology | ||
| Run to You (1984) |
"Summer of '69" (1985) |
Heaven (1985) |
"Summer of '69" is one of Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams's biggest hits and most recognizable songs.
The song was written by Adams and Jim Vallance, and released on his album Reckless in 1984. Immediately after the single release in 1985, the song became a smash hit in the US, reaching #5 on the Billboard Top 100 and remaining there for two weeks. As Adams' popularity grew in the 1990s and 2000s, the song has had a resurgence and has subsequently become a hit all over the world. "Summer of '69" was voted the #1 song to drive to in Canada in 2006, some 22 years after its release.[1]
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Adams has said that the song has "nothing to do with the year 1969" [2]. In Anthology 1980-2005, he told journalist Dave Marsh that the title was simply about sex and his answer to Bob Seger's "Night Moves", one of his favourite songs that follows a similar theme of nostalgia and summer love. Adams was only a 9 year old boy when the Summer of '69 occurred.
At the end of the song Adams sings the final lyric "...me and my baby in a '69..." [3], which supports the idea that the song is based on sex, however Adams has stated that he was referring to a 1969 automobile - not a sex position.
Jim Vallance (co-writer of the song) posted [4] the following at Song Facts: "...Bryan Adams is a great writer, a great singer, and a great friend. He's entitled to his recollections as to what inspired the song 'Summer of '69'. My recollections just happen to be different than his."
It should be noted that Jim Vallance was 17 in mid 1969, when the Northern Hemisphere had summer.
- MxPx (from "On The Cover"), Tooth & Nail Records, 1995.
- Bowling For Soup (from "Let's Do It For Johnny!"), Jive Records, 2000.
- Starsound Orchestra (from "Plays the Hits Made Famous by BA") Delta Records, 2001.
- Libertine (from "Slowdown") Twenty Stone Blatt, 2004.
- Travis Matte And The Zydeco Kingpins (from "Zydeco Train"), Mhat Productions, 2005.
- Less than Jake (from "Wood Panel Racer Wagon with Mags"), Very Small Records, 1996.
- Tenacious D performed a cover of the song when they played at The Roseland Ballroom, 2002
- "Jesus of Suburbia" by Green Day from (from the album American Idiot), Reprise Records, 2004. Inspired the "City of the Damned" section. The two songs were subsequently mashed-up in American Edit.
- "Summer of 0079" inspired the anime film about Mobile Suit Gundam from the viewpoint of Amuro Ray.[5]
In the line "Jimmy quit, Jody got married", "Jody" refers to Jody Perpick who still works for Adams today as his Tour Manager & Sound Engineer. "Jimmy" refers to drummer Jim Wesley who worked for Adams in his club gigging days (1980-1981), who quit the band to go and sell carpets because there was no money to be made as a musician back then.
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060808.wwh-adams0808/BNStory/specialGlobeAuto
- ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2759
- ^ http://www.bryanadams.com/onlineshop/library/lyricsarchive-Summerof69.htm
- ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2759
- ^ http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime/msg/86e0aeb9dcbf6fbb
-Discography-
Studio albums
Bryan Adams • You Want It You Got It • Cuts Like a Knife • Reckless • Into the Fire
Waking Up the Neighbours • 18 til I Die • On a Day Like Today • Room Service
Compilation albums
So Far So Good • The Best of Me • Anthology
Live albums
Live! Live! Live! • MTV Unplugged
Top 10 Singles
Straight from the Heart • Run to You • Heaven • Summer of '69 • Heat of the Night
(Everything I Do) I Do It for You • Can't Stop This Thing We Started • Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven
Do I Have to Say the Words? • Please Forgive Me • All for Love • Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?
The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You • Let's Make a Night to Remember • I Finally Found Someone
When You're Gone • Cloud Number Nine • Don't Give Up • Here I Am • Open Road
-Related people-
Composers: Jim Vallance • Robert Lange • Michael Kamen • Eliot Kennedy • Gretchen Peters
Guitarists: Keith Scott • Jamie Glaser
Keyboards: : Gary Breit • Tommy Mandel • Bill Payne
Drummers: Mickey Curry • Pat Steward • Steve Smith
Bassists: Norm Fisher • Dave Taylor • Brian Stanley
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