| "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" | ||||
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| Single by Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| from the album Magic | ||||
| Released | January 15, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | March–April 2007 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:20 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bruce Springsteen | |||
| Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien | |||
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"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" is a song by American recording artist Bruce Springsteen, from his album Magic.
Matched with a pop-oriented melody, Springsteen's full-throated singing, and a pop-orchestral arrangement,[1] the lyric portrays a series of warm small-town vignettes:
- Frankie's Diner, an old friend on the edge of town,
- The neon sign spinning round,
- Like a cross over the lost and found.
- Fluorescent lights flicker over Pop's Grill,
- Shaniqua brings the coffee and asks "Fill?"
- and says, "Penny for your thoughts now my boy, Bill"
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" has been cited as a singularly "breezy" song on the album,[2] though A. O. Scott of The New York Times notes: "Not that 'Girls in Their Summer Clothes' is untouched by melancholy. Its narrator, after all, stands and watches as the girls of the title 'pass me by.'"[3] Jay Lustig of The Star-Ledger writes that the song "unfolds gradually and at its own eccentric pace, with the music, and Springsteen's vocals, getting progressively more intense."[1] At the 51st Grammy Awards, the song was nominated for Best Rock Song and Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance, winning the former.[4]
- ^ a b Jay Lustig (2007-09-25). "'Magic' in the air". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ^ Levine, Stuart. Springsteen’s ‘Magic’ is a rockin’ good time, MSNBC.com, Sept. 25, 2007. Accessed November 5, 2007.
- ^ Scott, A. O. In Love With Pop, Uneasy With the World, The New York Times, September 30, 2007. Accessed November 5, 2007.
- ^ Wallace, Lindsay (2009-02-10). "Bruce Springsteen Exclusive: 'I Didn't Even Know I Was Up For A Grammy!'". MTV News. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-07.