| Summer Breeze | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Seals and Crofts |
| Album: | Summer Breeze |
| B-Side: | East of Ginger Trees |
| Released: | August 31, 1972 |
| Genre: | Soft rock[1] [2] |
| Length: | 3:25 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Records |
| Producer: | Louie Shelton |
| Prev Title: | When I Meet Them |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Hummingbird |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
"Summer Breeze" is a 1972 song 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 US 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.
Released nine days ahead of their 1972 Summer Breeze album, Seals and Crofts' original version reached No. 6 on the 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.
A remixed version of the song was featured in a commercial for the Gap in 2004,[5] and the duo would also re-record the song for their album Traces later that year, which became a hit on the Adult Contemporary charts.
piano
bass
drums
| Chart (1972–73) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 16 | |
| Canada RPM Top Singles [7] | 6 | |
| New Zealand (Listener)[8] | 14 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] | 6 | |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 4 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] | 6 |
| Summer Breeze | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Isley Brothers |
| Album: | 3 + 3 |
| A-Side: | Summer Breeze (Part 1) |
| B-Side: | Summer Breeze (Part 2) |
| Released: | March |
| Genre: | Soul |
| Length: | 6:12 |
| Label: | T-Neck |
The song was covered in a harder rock-soulful style by the Isley Brothers as a single in 1974. Issued also on their 1973 album 3 + 3, it reached number sixty on the pop 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 Soul Train in 1974. It was featured in season 8, episode 18 of 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).[13]
lead & background vocals
bass guitar, percussion
piano, keyboards
| 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 |
The Ray Conniff Singers recorded a version in 1973, which appeared on the I Can See Clearly Now (a.k.a. Clair) album, and was released in the UK as a 45 on the CBS label (S CBS 1196) in January 1973.
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]
| Summer Breeze | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Type O Negative |
| Album: | Bloody Kisses |
| Released: | 1995[21] |
| Recorded: | 1993 |
| Studio: | Systems Two, Brooklyn |
| Genre: | Gothic metal |
| Length: | 4:49 |
| Label: | Roadrunner Records |
| Producer: | Peter Steele, Josh Silver[22] |
| Prev Title: | Christian Woman |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | My Girlfriend's Girlfriend |
| Next Year: | 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.
All songs written by Peter Steele unless otherwise noted.
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]
In 2009, the Swedish indie pop/rock trio Peter Bjorn and John released a version of the song (vocals in English).
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 412.
. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 278.