Summer (Calvin Harris song)

"Summer"
Single by Calvin Harris
from the album Motion
Released14 March 2014
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:44
Label
Songwriter(s)Calvin Harris
Producer(s)Calvin Harris
Calvin Harris singles chronology
"Under Control"
(2013)
"Summer"
(2014)
"Blame"
(2014)
Music video
"Summer" on YouTube

"Summer" is a song by Scottish DJ and singer Calvin Harris, released on 14 March 2014 as the second single from his fourth studio album, Motion (2014).[1] Like his earlier single "Feel So Close" and his later single "My Way", Harris returns as a vocalist on "Summer".[2] The accompanying music video was directed by Emil Nava and premiered on 6 April 2014.

The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Harris's sixth UK number-one single.[3] It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his second top ten hit as a lead artist and third overall, and had sold over a million copies in the United States within 4 months of its release.[4] "Summer" has received nominations for British Single and British Artist Video of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards.[5]

  1. ^ Corner, Lewis (14 March 2019). "Calvin Harris premieres new single 'Summer' – listen". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ Benjamin, Jeff (14 March 2019). "Calvin Harris Returns as a Vocalist on New Single "Summer"". Fuse. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  3. ^ Lane, Daniel (4 May 2014). "Calvin Harris scores his sixth UK Number 1 single with Summer". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. ^ Grein, Paul (2 July 2014). "Chart Watch: Diss Or Not, Iggy Azalea Is Still #1". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. ^ Hann, Michael (15 January 2015). "Sam Smith, George Ezra and Ed Sheeran dominate Brits nominations". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2015.