Summer Baby

{{Infobox song

| name = Summer Baby

| cover = Summer Baby Jonas Brothers.png

| alt =

| caption = Promotional graphic for the song. For its release to retailers, the song uses the same cover as the album.{{NoteTag|As seen on the digital releases for Apple Music{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/summer-baby/1673437221 |title=Summer Baby |website=Apple Music |date=May 12, 2023 |access-date=December 27, 2023 }} and for Spotify.{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/intl-pt/track/3FyfTh70PkgooRDe4SNP0U |title=Summer Baby |website=Spotify |date=May 12, 2023 |access-date=December 27, 2023 }}}}

| type = single

| artist = Jonas Brothers

| album = The Album

| released = {{Start date|2023|06|05}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

Pop{{cite web | url=https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2023/05/music/tracks-jonas-brothers-summer-baby/ | title=Jonas Brothers - Summer Baby | date=16 May 2023 }}
country

| length = 2:41

| label = Republic

| writer =

| producer =

Bellion
The Monsters & Strangerz
Nappi
TenRoc

| prev_title = Waffle House

| prev_year = 2023

| next_title = Do It Like That

| next_year = 2023

| misc = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|we8B9jL45v8|"Summer Baby"}}|header=Lyric video|type=single}}

}}

"Summer Baby" is a song by American group Jonas Brothers. It was sent to adult contemporary radio as the third single from their sixth studio album, The Album, on June 5, 2023. The three group members, Joe, Nick, and Kevin Jonas, wrote the songs with producers Jon Bellion, the Monsters & Strangerz (Jordan K. Johnson and Stefan Johnson), Pete Nappi, and TenRoc, alongside Michael Pollack and Aldae.

Background and lyrics

Shortly after the release of The Album, the Jonas Brothers were interviewed by Dork, in which they revealed that "Summer Baby" began as a Shania Twain-inspired country song that is about people not taking themselves too seriously and being proud of who they are, in which Joe from the group added that they "wanted to write a song that gets played at every family barbecue" and also calls back to "simpler times before the world became as complicated and nuanced as it is now".{{cite web|url=https://readdork.com/features/jonas-brothers-june-2023/|title=Jonas Brothers: "We feel like this is a whole new beginning"|last=Shutler|first=Ali|magazine=Dork|date=May 18, 2023|access-date=June 5, 2023}}

Critical reception

Hannah Dailey of Billboard ranked "Summer Baby" as the second-best song on The Album, writing that it "pulls off a certain je ne sais quoi element that's essential for a truly great song of the summer contender", describing the song as "sunny, catchy, and fun, and easy to imagine in the background of thousands of summer-themed TikToks this year", predicting that its success would be close to that of the Jonas Brothers' comeback single, "Sucker", which was released in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/jonas-brothers-the-album-songs-ranked/|title=Every Song Ranked on The Jonas Brothers' New Record 'The Album'|last=Dailey|first=Hannah|magazine=Billboard|date=May 12, 2023|access-date=June 5, 2023}}

Helen Brown of The Independent felt that looking at the names of the songs on the album "assures you this is upbeat fare", citing the song alongside "Miracle" and "Celebrate!" as examples that support the claim.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Helen |title=Jonas Brothers, The Album review: Don't overthink this safe, sanguine summer soundtrack |website=Independent.co.uk |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/jonas-brothers-the-album-review-b2337031.html|date=May 12, 2023|access-date=June 5, 2023}} Writing for MusicOMH, Ben Devlin opined that it "mines the timbres and contours of Earth, Wind & Fire's September".

The Line of Best Fit{{-'}}s David Cobbald gave it a mixed review, stating that "the track itself is perfectly fun and feel-good, but the lyrics don't really mean anything, and gets lost in the album (and in general) as just a 'nice' song".{{cite web |last1=Devlin |first1=Ben |title=Jonas Brothers – The Album |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/jonas-brothers-the-album |magazine=MusicOMH |access-date=May 19, 2023 |date=June 5, 2023}} RetroPop Magazine agreed with the fact that it was a country song that was influenced by Shania Twain.{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2023 |title=Jonas Brothers – The Album |url=https://retropopmagazine.com/jonas-brothers-the-album-review/ |access-date=June 5, 2023 |website=RetroPop Magazine|language=en-GB}}

At their year-end list, Variety named "Summer Baby" as the 16th best song of 2023, with Steven J. Horowitz writing that "alongside songwriter Jon Bellion, who worked with them at length on the project, the trio wrote a love letter to yacht rock (and their wives) that snapshots what it means to be doe-eyed in love", and adding that the adult contemporary sound "feels right for JoBros".{{Cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/lists/the-best-songs-of-2023/jonas-brothers-summer-baby/ |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |title=The Best Songs of 2023 |website=Variety |date=December 28, 2023 |access-date=December 28, 2023 }}

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|+Critics' rankings of Summer Baby

!Publication

!List

!Rank

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Variety

|The 65 Best Songs of 2023

|{{center|16}}

|{{center|}}

Credits and personnel

Joe Jonas – vocals, songwriting
Nick Jonas – vocals, songwriting
Kevin Jonas – songwriting, guitar
Jon Bellion – production, songwriting

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Chart performance for "Summer Baby" ! scope="col"\| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
scope="row"\| Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan){{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2023&month=08&day=21\|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of August 16, 2023\|website=Billboard Japan\|language=ja\|access-date=August 16, 2023}} \| 11
scope="row"\| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web\|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2023-05-19\|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart\|publisher=Recorded Music NZ\|date=May 22, 2023\|access-date=June 5, 2023}} \| 15
scope="row"\| Suriname (Nationale Top 40){{cite web\|url=https://nationaletop40.sr/top-40-27-juli-t-m-03-aug-2023/\|title=TOP 40 – 27 JULI T/M 03 AUG 2023 \|publisher=Nationale Top 40 Suriname\|date=27 July 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819091353/https://nationaletop40.sr/top-40-27-juli-t-m-03-aug-2023/\|archive-date=August 19, 2023\|access-date=August 19, 2023}} \| 3
{{single chart\|Billboardpopsongs\|33\|artist=Jonas Brothers\|rowheader=true\|access-date=July 2, 2023}}

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|+ Chart performance for "Summer Baby"

! scope="col"| Chart (2023)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=d_and_a_overseas&year=2023&month=08&day=21|title=Billboard Japan Hot Overseas – Week of August 16, 2023|website=Billboard Japan|language=ja|access-date=August 16, 2023}}

| 11

scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2023-05-19|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=May 22, 2023|access-date=June 5, 2023}}

| 15

scope="row"| Suriname (Nationale Top 40){{cite web|url=https://nationaletop40.sr/top-40-27-juli-t-m-03-aug-2023/|title=TOP 40 – 27 JULI T/M 03 AUG 2023 |publisher=Nationale Top 40 Suriname|date=27 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819091353/https://nationaletop40.sr/top-40-27-juli-t-m-03-aug-2023/|archive-date=August 19, 2023|access-date=August 19, 2023}}

| 3

{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|33|artist=Jonas Brothers|rowheader=true|access-date=July 2, 2023}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" \|+ Release history for "Summer Baby" ! scope="col"\| Region ! scope="col"\| Date ! scope="col"\| Format ! scope="col"\| Label ! scope="col"\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row" rowspan="2"\| United States \| June 5, 2023 \| Adult contemporary radio \| rowspan="2"\| Republic \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases\|title=Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases\|publisher=All Access Music Group\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605185121/https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases\|archive-date=June 5, 2023\|access-date=June 5, 2023}}
June 6, 2023 \| Contemporary hit radio \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases\|title=Top 40/M Future Releases\|publisher=All Access Music Group\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605042024/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases\|archive-date=June 5, 2023\|access-date=June 6, 2023}}

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|+ Release history for "Summer Baby"

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scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States

| June 5, 2023

| Adult contemporary radio

| rowspan="2"| Republic

| {{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|title=Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases|publisher=All Access Music Group|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605185121/https://www.allaccess.com/hot-modern-ac/future-releases|archive-date=June 5, 2023|access-date=June 5, 2023}}

June 6, 2023

| Contemporary hit radio

| {{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|title=Top 40/M Future Releases|publisher=All Access Music Group|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605042024/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases|archive-date=June 5, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023}}

Footnotes

References

Category:2023 songs

Category:2023 singles

Category:Republic Records singles

Category:Jonas Brothers songs

Category:Songs written by Joe Jonas

Category:Songs written by Nick Jonas

Category:Songs written by Kevin Jonas

Category:Songs written by Jon Bellion

Category:Songs written by Stefan Johnson

Category:Song recordings produced by Jon Bellion

Category:Song recordings produced by the Monsters & Strangerz

Category:Songs written by Michael Pollack (musician)

Category:Songs written by Aldae