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Song for the Summer

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{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Song for the Summer

| cover = Stereophonics_Song_for_the_Summer.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Stereophonics

| album = Keep the Village Alive

| released = {{Start date|2015|11|27|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rock

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=55}}

| label = Stylus Records

| writer = Kelly Jones

| producer = {{flat list|

  • Jones
  • Jim Lowe

}}

| prev_title = I Wanna Get Lost with You

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = White Lies

| next_year = 2016

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|S4N8ZeM3LtM|"Song for the Summer"}}}}

}}

"Song for the Summer" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It was released on 27 November 2015 as the third single from their ninth studio album Keep the Village Alive. Lead-singer and guitarist Kelly Jones said of the track "I was in bed one Sunday and it's always the same, as soon as your brain shuts off, the idea comes. The title 'Song for the Summer' just entered my head. I went in the garden, wrote it from top to bottom, phoned Jamie and asked him what he was doing. So we went to the studio recorded it twice and that's the version on the record."{{cite web |url=https://www.frontview-magazine.be/en/news/stereophonics-release-song-for-the-summer |title= Stereophonics release "Song For The Summer" |author= |publisher=Front View Magazine |accessdate=29 February 2020}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Kelly Jones

| headline = Digital download{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/keep-the-village-alive-deluxe/id992268960 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527010304/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/keep-the-village-alive-deluxe/id992268960 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2015 |title= Keep the Village Alive (Deluxe) |author=Stereophonics |publisher=Apple |accessdate=20 July 2015}}

| title1 = Song for the Summer

| length1 = 2:55

}}

Personnel

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;Stereophonics{{cite AV media notes |title=Keep the Village Alive |others=Stereophonics |date=2015 |type=Deluxe CD |publisher=Stylus Records}}

;Additional

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;Technical

  • Production – Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe
  • Engineering – Lowe
  • Mixing – Craig Silvey
  • Studio Assistant at ICP Studios – Paul Edouard-Laurendeau
  • Mastering – Greg Calbi

;Orchestra

  • Leader – John Bradbury
  • Violin section  – Eos Chater, Dorina Markoff, John Bradbury, Johnathan Strange, Oli Langford, Christina Emanuel, Tom Pigott-Smith, Jackie Hartley, Peter Hanson, Ralph De Souza, Johnathan Rees, David Woodcock, Debbie Widdup, Natalia Bonner
  • Viola section  –Reiad Chibah, Julia Knight, Sue Dench, Nick Barr
  • Cello section  – Nick Cooper, Chris Worsey, Adrian Bradbury, Frank Schaefer

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Charts

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! scope="col" |Chart (2015)

! scope="col" |Peak
position

{{single chart|Flanders Tip|39|artist=Stereophonics|song=Song for the Summer|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UKindependent|38|artist=Stereophonics|song=Song for the Summer|date=20151127|rowheader=true}}

References

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Category:2015 singles

Category:2015 songs

Category:Songs written by Kelly Jones

Category:Stereophonics songs