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| "Summer Girls" | ||||
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| Single by Lyte Funky Ones | ||||
| from the album LFO | ||||
| Released | June 29, 1999 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Recorded | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Pop rap | |||
| Length | 4:17 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Writer(s) | Rich Cronin Dow Brain Brad Young |
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| Producer | Dow Brain Brad Young |
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"Summer Girls" is the title of a song recorded by the pop group Lyte Funky Ones. It was released in June 1999 as the lead single from their album, LFO. The song reached the Top 30 in the US in July 1999 and peaked at number three in August 1999.
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Background and content [link]
The song was written by Rich Cronin, Dow Brain, and Brad Young. Cronin said that the song included numerous inside jokes,[1] and that he never anticipated its success. He claimed this was because the song was made strictly for a demo tape, but was leaked to WWZZ, a top 40 radio station in Washington, D.C..[1] PD Dale O'Brien at the radio staton got an unmixed copy of the song from Kelly Schweinsberg, GM of LFO's initial label, Logic Records. He listened to it a few days later, his "jaw dropped, and the song was added in a hot second."[2] Many of the song's rhyming lines appear to be randomly inserted. It is considered the most popular song by the boy band.
"Summer Girls" is often identified by one of the lines in the chorus: "I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch"[3] and "You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch."[4] The song was also featured in the movie Longshot, in which LFO appeared.
The song has myriad of primarily 1980's and early 1990s cultural references, including: Cherry Coke, Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone, Alex P. Keaton, New Edition, Kevin Bacon in Footloose, New Kids on the Block, Beastie Boys, Larry Bird, William Shakespeare, Abercrombie and Fitch, Michael J Fox, Cherry Pez, "Paul Revere", Mr. Limpet, Chinese Food, pogo sticks, Candy Girl, The Color Purple and Fun Dip.
Music video [link]
The music video was directed by Marcus Raboy and was released on July 20, 1999.
In popular culture [link]
Rapper Eminem parodied the song's chorus in his track, "Marshall Mathers", from his 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP.
"Summer Girls" was certified Platinum by RIAA[5] and reached the number-one position on the Billboard Hot Single Sales in 1999. In 2010 Billboard magazine named it the number sixteenth biggest summer song of all-time.[6] However, Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio ranked the song at #53 on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever, stating that "Stream-of-consciousness writing might be better off left to slightly deeper thinkers."[7]
Track listing [link]
- US single
- "Summer Girls" – 4:17
- "Summer Girls" (instrumental) – 4:17
- "Can't Have You" – 4:02
- European single
- "Summer Girls" – 4:17
- "Summer Girls" (instrumental) – 4:17
- "Summer Girls" (video) – 4:17
Charts [link]
Peak positions [link]
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End of year charts [link]
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References [link]
- ^ a b Raman, Sheela (2005-07-07). "Rich Cronin's comeback Six years after 'Summer Girls,' the leader of LFO battles leukemia". The Boston Globe. https://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/07/07/rich_cronins_comeback/. Retrieved 2009-01-09. ""I just thought back to when I was young, happy, no worries," he says. 'Summer Girls' was all about a summer on the Cape. Inside jokes. I never thought that anyone besides my close friends would ever hear it." But the song was leaked to a radio station and climbed Billboard charts."
- ^ Billboard, August 7, 1999
- ^ ""I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch" search result from Google". https://www.google.com/search?q=I+like+girls+that+wear+Abercrombie+and+Fitch.
- ^ ""You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch" search results on Google". https://www.google.com/search?q=you+look+like+a+girl+from+Abercrombie+and+Fitch.
- ^ RIAA Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - LFO singles. RIAA.com
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/#/features/top-30-summer-songs-1004101310.story?tag=hpflash6
- ^ Wilkening, Matthew (September 11, 2010). "100 Worst Songs Ever -- Part Three of Five". AOL Radio. https://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/09/11/100-worst-songs-ever-part-three-of-five/. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ https://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp
- ^ https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=LFO&titel=Summer+Girls&cat=s
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". https://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
https://wn.com/Summer_Girls
Podcasts:
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by LFO (Lyte Funky Ones)
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by Ralph McTell
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by LFO
Summer Girls
by: LFO (Lyte Funky Ones)Yeah, I Like it when the girls stop by
In the summer
Do you remember?
Do you remember
When we met that summer...
Chorus 1:
New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the
summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer,
since that summer
Hip-hop mama layed Spic & Span
Met you one summer and it all began
You're the best girl that I ever did see
The great Larry Bird, jersey 33
When you take a sip, you buzz like a hornet Billy
Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of SORNETS
Call me Willy Whistle cause I can't speak baby
Somethin' in your eyes went and drove me crazy
Now I can't forget you and it makes me mad Left one
day and never came back
Stayed all summer then went back home
McCaullay Culkin wasn't home alone
Fell deep in love, but now we ain't speakin'
Michael J. Fox was Alex P. Keaton
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch
Chorus 2
New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think it's fly when girls stop by for the
summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer,
since that summer
Cherry Pez, Coke, Crush Rock, Stud Boogie
Used to hate school, so I had to play hookie
Always been hip to the b-boy style
Known to act wild and make a girl smile
Love New Edition and the "Candy Girl"
Remind me of you because you rock my world
You come from Georgia where the peaches grow
They drink lemonade and speak real slow
You love hip-hop and rock & roll
Dad took off when you were 4 years old
There was a good man named Paul Revere
I feel much better baby when you're near
You love Fun Dip and Cherry Coke
I like the way you laugh when
I tell a joke When I met
you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrobie and Fitch
Chorus 3
New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls stop by for the
summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer,
since that summer
In the summertime girls got it goin' on
Shake and wiggle to a hip-hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike
Boogaloo shrimp and pogo sticks
My mind takes me back there oh so quick
Let you off the hook like my man Mr. Limpit
Think about that summer and I bug cause I miss it
Like the color purple, macaroni and cheese
Ruby red slippers and a bunch of trees
Call you up, but what's the use
I like Kevin Bacon, but I hate Footloose
You came in the door I said it before
I think I'm over you, but I'm really not sure
When I met you I said my name was Rich
You look like a girl from Abercrombie and Fitch
Chorus 4
New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls stop by for the
summer, for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer,
since that summer
In the summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worthwhile and some are so so
Summer girls come and summer girls go
Some are worthwhile and some are so so
Summertime girls got it goin' on
Shake and wiggle to a hip hop song
Summertime girls are the kind I like
I'll steal your honey like I stole your bike
Chorus 5:
New Kids on the Block had a bunch of hits
Chinese food makes me sick
And I think its fly when girls
stop by for the summer,for the summer
I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch
I'd take her if I had one wish
But she's been gone since that summer,
since that summer