Song for the Summer

"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" (2016)
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

1. "Stereophonics release "Song For The Summer"". Front View Magazine. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
2. Stereophonics. "Keep the Village Alive (Deluxe)". Apple. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
3. Keep the Village Alive (Deluxe CD). Stereophonics. Stylus Records. 2015.
4. "Stereophonics – Song for the Summer" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
5. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company.