| Mercury Summer | |
| Cover: | Mercsumm.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Fightstar |
| Album: | Be Human |
| Released: | 6 April 2009 (UK) |
| Recorded: | 2008/2009 |
| Length: | 2:43 |
| Producer: | Carl Bown, Fightstar |
| Prev Title: | The English Way |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | Never Change |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
"Mercury Summer" is the second single from Fightstar's third studio album, Be Human. It was released on 6 April 2009.[1]
Frontman Charlie Simpson said that the inspiration for this song came from one of his favourite movies, The Shawshank Redemption, and the dream of the lead character, Andy.
Bassist Dan Haigh has stated that the original song was meant to include a sample of Morgan Freeman's dialogue from the film- the line "I hope the sea is as blue as our dream"- but, in his words, "Hollywood screwed that up for us. We just couldn't get it cleared."
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The video was premiered on their myspace on 25 February 2009. It features the band dressed in suits, in a spinning room, along with images of a blonde woman played by Lucy Misch (now Lucy Challenger).[2]
Mercury Summer entered the UK Charts at No. 46, Fightstar's highest single position since Hazy Eyes which peaked at number 47. It also entered at No. 1 and No. 3 in the Rock Singles Chart and Independent Singles chart respectively.
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scottish Singles Chart[3] | 7 |
| UK Singles Chart | 46 |
| UK Rock Chart | 1 |
| UK Indie Chart | 3 |