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“Summertime Clothes” by Animal Collective
From the album Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
“Summertime Clothes” by Animal Collective appears on 11 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2009 on the album Merriweather Post Pavilion. Its best result is #6 on the Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #230 alternative song of 2009.
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"Summertime Clothes" was the second single from Animal Collective's 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavilion, issued on Domino in the UK at the end of June and in the US that July. It began life as "Bearhug", with a different set of words and a higher-pitched vocal. David Portner has said the melody arrived out of nowhere during a rehearsal at his house and the band fell for it on the spot; he tried to add a darker, weirder second melody, nobody went for it, and he decided to keep the song's almost childlike simplicity. Coming from a writer who says he usually strings his songs together out of section after section, that makes this one a rare straight shot of neo-psychedelic sunshine.
The single came on 12-inch vinyl and as a download, with fresh remixes from Dâm-Funk, Leon Day and Zomby.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 18 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 6 | Impact 89FM Lansing, MI | Impact 89FM Top 89 of 2009 | 89 |
| 2009 | 56 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2009 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 323 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 772 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2016 | 77 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2019 | 387 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2022 | 168 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2025 | 875 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 372 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 636 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
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