Song for the Summer

2015 single by Stereophonics

"Song for the Summer"

Single by Stereophonics

from the album Keep the Village Alive

Released

27 November 2015 (2015-11-27)

Genre

Rock

Length

2:55

Label

Stylus Records

Songwriter(s)

Kelly Jones

Producer(s)

Jones
Jim Lowe

Stereophonics singles chronology

"I Wanna Get Lost with You"
(2015)

"Song for the Summer"
(2015)

"White Lies"
(2015)

Music video

"Song for the Summer" on YouTube

"Song for the Summer" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It was released on 27 November 2015 as the third single from their ninth studio album Keep the Village Alive. Lead-singer and guitarist Kelly Jones said of the track "I was in bed one Sunday and it's always the same, as soon as your brain shuts off, the idea comes. The title 'Song for the Summer' just entered my head. I went in the garden, wrote it from top to bottom, phoned Jamie and asked him what he was doing. So we went to the studio recorded it twice and that's the version on the record."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kelly Jones

Digital download^[2]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Song for the Summer"	2:55

Personnel

Stereophonics^[3]

Kelly Jones - lead vocals, guitar
Richard Jones - bass guitar
Adam Zindani - guitar, backing vocals
Jamie Morrison – drums

Additional^[3]

Mikey Rowe – Wurly
David Arnold with Kelly Jones – orchestral arrangements

Technical^[3]

Production – Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe
Engineering – Lowe
Mixing – Craig Silvey
Studio Assistant at ICP Studios – Paul Edouard-Laurendeau
Mastering – Greg Calbi

Orchestra^[3]

Leader – John Bradbury
Violin section – Eos Chater, Dorina Markoff, John Bradbury, Johnathan Strange, Oli Langford, Christina Emanuel, Tom Pigott-Smith, Jackie Hartley, Peter Hanson, Ralph De Souza, Johnathan Rees, David Woodcock, Debbie Widdup, Natalia Bonner
Viola section –Reiad Chibah, Julia Knight, Sue Dench, Nick Barr
Cello section – Nick Cooper, Chris Worsey, Adrian Bradbury, Frank Schaefer

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)^[4]	39
UK Indie (OCC)^[5]	38

References

^ "Stereophonics release "Song For The Summer"". Front View Magazine. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ Stereophonics. "Keep the Village Alive (Deluxe)". Apple. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Keep the Village Alive (Deluxe CD). Stereophonics. Stylus Records. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Stereophonics – Song for the Summer" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
^ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.