Cruel Summer
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| Bananarama | |
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 June 27, 1983
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| length | 3:35 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , new wave , funk |
| Author (s) | Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey , Keren Woodward, Steve Jolley, Tony Swain |
| album | Bananarama |
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Cruel Summer is a 1983 song written by Bananarama , written by the band and duo Jolley & Swain. The latter also produced the song that appeared on the Bananarama album and was used in the Karate Kid movie .
history
In an interview with The Guardian , Bananarama's Sara Dallin said the song alludes to the darker side of a summer.
“The best summer songs remind you of your youth: what you did in your holidays, how it felt when you first kissed a boy, going away without your parents. For me, our hit, Cruel Summer, played on the darker side: it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by. We've all been there! "
“The best summer songs remind you of your youth: what you did on vacation, how it felt when you kissed a boy for the first time, going out without your parents. For me, Cruel Summer refers to the darker side: it was about the stifling heat of the misery of wanting to be with someone while the summer passed. We all experienced it! "
The song was released on June 27, 1983. Through use in the movie Karate Kid , the song reached the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984 . Bananarama, however, did not allow the piece to appear on the film's soundtrack album. Even so, the song became a success in the United States, reaching number 9, which was Bananarama's breakthrough there.
In 1989 Bananarama released another New Jack Swing version of the song entitled Cruel Summer '89 , which reached number 19 in the UK charts. This version first appeared in 2005 on the Bananarama compilation Really Saying Something: The Platinum Collection .
Music video
The music video was shot in New York . In the video you can see the band members working as car mechanics . Later, the girl group is dancing with passers-by on a sidewalk while a truck arrives. When one of the Bananarama members makes a call into a phone booth, the truck stops and the girl group asks the driver to take them to escape from the police, who first became aware of the group. The driver drives away with the truck and the girl group throws banana peels at the chasing police car to block the view of the police. At the end of the music video, the group gets out and goes to an open air party. The police officers join them and dance with the singers and the party guests.
Cover versions
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On June 30, 1998 (USA; in Germany on August 10, 1998) Ace of Base released a cover version of the song. This version appeared on the album Flowers , which was called Cruel Summer in the USA .
Further versions appeared in 1995 by Jeremy Jackson , in 2002 by Emma Daumas feat. Nolwenn Leroy , 2011 by Aidan Moffat and 2020 by Evanescence .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart placements: DE ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , / US , accessed July 19, 2011.
- ↑ a b Versions of "Cruel Summer" in the Official UK Charts (English)
- ↑ www.guardian.co.uk: What makes a great summer pop hit? , accessed July 21, 2011
- ↑ Sources Chart placements: DE ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / AT / CH / US , accessed July 19, 2011.
- ↑ Release dates and charts
