| Sweet Summer Lovin' | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dolly Parton |
| Album: | Great Balls of Fire |
| B-Side: | Great Balls of Fire |
| Released: | August 6, 1979 |
| Recorded: | 1978 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:17 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Dean Parks Gregg Perry |
| Prev Title: | You're The Only One |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Starting Over Again |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"Sweet Summer Lovin'" a song written by Bud Reneau and Blaise Tosti, and recorded by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released in August 1979 as the second single from the album Great Balls of Fire. "Sweet Summer Lovin'" reached number 7 on the U.S. country charts.[1] (It was the first Dolly Parton single in two years not to top the charts.) It also topped the charts in Yugoslavia.
Though not a double-A-sided single, per se, the flip side, Parton's cover of "Great Balls of Fire", did receive a modest amount of radio airplay during the single's chart tenure.
| Chart (1979) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 6 | |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 8 | |
| Yugoslavian Singles Chart | 1 |
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 262.