Summer Breeze (song)

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"Summer Breeze"
Louie Shelton
Seals and Crofts singles chronology
"When I Meet Them"
(1971)
"Summer Breeze"
(1972)
"
Hummingbird
"
(1973)
Official audio
Seals & Crofts - "Summer Breeze" (Official Audio) on YouTube

"Summer Breeze" is a song written and originally recorded by American soft rock duo Seals and Crofts. It is the title track of their fourth studio album, and was released as the album's lead single in August 1972. The song reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. In 2013, it was ranked No. 13 in Rolling Stone′s "Best Summer Songs of All Time".[3] The song also became a hit for the Isley Brothers in 1974.

Original Seals and Crofts version

Released nine days ahead of their 1972

Billboard Pop Singles chart in the US that same year. Bruce Eder of AllMusic referred to it as "one of those relentlessly appealing 1970s harmony-rock anthems ... appropriately ubiquitous on the radio and in the memory".[4]

Seals and Crofts performed the song live on the Bobby Darin Amusement Company variety show in 1972.

Credits

Chart performance

Isley Brothers version

"Summer Breeze"
Side A of the US single
Single by The Isley Brothers
from the album 3 + 3
A-side"Summer Breeze (Part 1)"
B-side"Summer Breeze (Part 2)"
ReleasedMarch 1974 (1974)
GenreSoul
Length6:12
LabelT-Neck
Songwriter(s)
  • Jim Seals
  • Dash Crofts
Official audio
"The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze, Pts. 1 & 2 (Official Audio)" on YouTube

The song was covered in a

chart, number ten on the R&B chart, and number sixteen on the UK Singles Chart
.

The Isley Brothers performed "Summer Breeze" on the music TV show

The Blacklist and also in a 2014 episode of Scandal. It was sampled in the track "All in My Mind" by MC Hammer along with his newly formed rap group, Oakland Fight Club featuring Mistah F.A.B. (2014).[12]

Credits

  • Ronald Isley: lead & background vocals
  • O'Kelly Isley, Jr.: background vocals
  • Rudolph Isley: background vocals
  • Ernie Isley: electric & acoustic guitar, percussion
  • Marvin Isley: bass guitar, percussion
  • Chris Jasper: piano, keyboards
  • George Moreland: drums, percussion

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Chart performance

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Canada Singles (RPM)[14] 84
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[15] 16
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 60
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[17] 10

Ray Conniff version

The

45 on the CBS
label (S CBS 1196) in January 1973.

Geoffrey Williams version

English singer Geoffrey Williams released his version in 1992 as a single. It peaked at number 56 on the week ending August 16, 1992 on the UK Singles Chart.[18] It also peaked at number 32 on the week ending November 22, 1992 on New Zealand's Official Top 40 Singles chart.[19][20]

Type O Negative version

"Summer Breeze"
Single by Type O Negative
from the album Bloody Kisses
Released1995[21]
Recorded1993
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn
GenreGothic metal
Length4:49
LabelRoadrunner Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Jim Seals
  • Dash Crofts
Producer(s)Peter Steele, Josh Silver[22]
Type O Negative singles chronology
"Christian Woman"
(1993)
"Summer Breeze"
(1995)
"My Girlfriend's Girlfriend"
(1996)

Type O Negative released a cover of the song in August 1993 on their album Bloody Kisses altering their version to match their gothic metal style.[23] Their version was originally to be titled "Summer Girl", featuring new lyrics written by Peter Steele, but after Seals & Crofts found the lyrical content distasteful, the original lyrics were sung instead.[24]

A Rick Rubin remixed version is featured in the opening of the 1997 slasher film I Know What You Did Last Summer and is also included in the film's soundtrack.

Tracklist

All songs written by Peter Steele unless otherwise noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer Breeze" (New Version)Seals and Crofts4:32
2."Summer Breeze" (Full Length New Version)Seals and Crofts8:19
3."Blood & Fire" (New Version) 4:35
4."Christian Woman" (edit) 4:26

Credits

Yuri version

In 1998, Mexican singer Yuri recorded a Spanish language version of the track titled "Soy Feliz" ("I Am Happy") for her album Huellas.[25] The song was released as the second single from the album and a music video was filmed.[26][27]

References

  1. SpinMedia
    . May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  2. ^ Molanphy, Chris (July 31, 2021). "What a Fool Believes Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Best Summer Songs of All Time – Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. March 6, 2019. Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Bruce Eder. "Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  5. .
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - December 9, 1972" (PDF).
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  8. ^ "Top 100 1972-12-02". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  9. ^ Adult Contemporary Archive, September 18, 2004
  10. .
  11. ^ "MC Hammer and Oakland Fight Club create a new Raiders Anthem - Field of Teams". Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  12. ^ "British single certifications – Isley Brothers – Summer Breeze". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  13. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - April 27, 1974" (PDF).
  14. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  15. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 412.
  16. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 278.
  17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 75 (16 August 1992 – 22 August 1992)". Official Charts. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  18. ^ "Geoffrey Williams – Summer Breeze (song)". charts.org.nz. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  19. ^ "Official Top 40 Singles (22 November 1992)". The Official NZ Music Charts. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  20. ^ "DISCOGRAPHY". Type O Negative. 2000. Archived from the original on July 11, 2000. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  21. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (August 17, 2018). "Why Type O Negative's 'Bloody Kisses' "Sounds Like Nothing Before and Nothing After"". Revolver. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  22. ^ Huey, Steve. "Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses". AllMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  23. ^ Kennelty, Greg (August 29, 2016). "Type O Negative's 1993 Demos For Bloody Kisses Have Surfaced". Metal Injection. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  24. ^ "Yuri – Huellas (1998, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  25. ^ "Yuri – Soy Feliz". Discogs. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  26. ^ "Yuri – Soy Feliz". YouTube. Retrieved January 8, 2024.