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“Summertime” by The Sundays

From the album Static & Silence (1997)

“Summertime” by The Sundays appears on 30 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 1997 and 2023. It was first released in 1997 on the album Static & Silence. Its best result is #32 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #44 alternative song of 1997, #1,617 alternative song of all time and #317 of the '90s.

30countdowns
17stations
#32best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1997–2023years charted

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"Summertime" was the first single from Static & Silence, the Sundays' third and final album, released in September 1997, and it's as light as a breeze through an open window. Guitarist David Gavurin and singer Harriet Wheeler wrote and produced it themselves. The idea came from watching a few of their friends sign up with a dating service, and the song muses on how hunting for the perfect romance can wear you out. Wheeler's voice skips over Gavurin's chiming guitar as if none of it weighs a thing.

It became the English band's most successful single anywhere, reaching number 15 at home. In America it couldn't make the Hot 100 because there was no physical single, but it got to number 10 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 7 on the Triple-A chart.

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#StationCountdownof
1997 78 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 107
1997 67 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 91
1997 32 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 105
1997 93 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 101
1997 46 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 100
1997 51 X103.9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA X103.9 Top 103.9 Songs of 1997 104
1997 42 KNRK Portland, OR KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 94
1997 62 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105.7 of 1997 106
1997 77 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1997 99
1997 54 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 1997 103
1997 35 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 100
1997 54 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 97 Songs of 1997 97

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 1804 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1807 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1806 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1793 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1773 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 1773 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1774 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 919 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 500 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 543 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 557 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 571 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 600 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 627 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 637 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 686 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2023 329 The Current The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s 893
2023 1111 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229

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