Format Music download Length 3:35 | Label EMI Nashville | |
Released February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) Writer(s) John OsborneT. J. OsborneCraig Wiseman | ||
"21 Summer" is a song by American country music duo Brothers Osborne. The song was released in February 2016 as the duo's fourth single overall. Duo members John and T.J. Osborne co-wrote the song with Craig Wiseman.
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The song is a nostalgic song recalling a former love that the narrator had in the summertime. John Osborne said, "It’s about looking back on a time in your life, regardless of how a previous relationship went. Whatever went wrong seemed to drift away and you only remember the glow of it, and the beauty of it and the importance of it."
The brothers originally cut a demo of the song featuring a vocal hook. When recording the full version of the song with producer Jay Joyce, the hook was played on John's guitar and echoed by the brothers' sister, Natalie, along with bassist Pete Sternberg and Lucie Silvas, who is John Osborne's wife. Drummer Adam Box plays a muted snare drum with a mallet. The brothers said that they wanted the song to have a vibe similar to a Jackson Browne song.
Commercial performance
The song peaked at No. 25 on the Hot Country Songs chart and No. 24 on Country Airplay. It has sold 138,000 copies in the United States as of November 2016.
Music video
The music video was directed by Justin Clough and premiered in August 2016, starring Stirling Everly, the grandson of Don Everly of The Everly Brothers.