Released April 11, 2006 Genre Country | Recorded 2005 Label BNA | |
Length 3:26 (album version)
3:07 (single version) Writer(s) Craig Wiseman
Steve McEwan | ||
"Summertime" is a song written by Craig Wiseman and Steve McEwan, and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Chesney. It was released in April 2006 as the third single from Chesney's album The Road and the Radio. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
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Background and writing
Co-writer Craig Wiseman told The Boot that he and McEwan had been working on "My Old Friend" for Tim McGraw until he took a break from writing and went out on the back steps of his office. Wiseman said "It was that first night when it stays warm, and you can smell the grass growing. I walked outside and was like, 'Man ... summertime! Smell that!' It was that first warm night of summer. It was great." He also said that the next day he was driving in to write with Steve and he couldn't stop saying "Summertime!". Once he got to the office he pulled up a drumbeat and kept saying it. Wiseman said that he didn't originally want to call the song 'Summertime' because he wanted to be original, but he just kept coming back to that title.
Content
The song talks about many different activities that take place in the summer.
Music video
The music video was made, and premiered after the single's actual chart run, and while "Beer in Mexico" was climbing the charts. The video was shot at various concerts, and was directed by Kenny Chesney and Shaun Silva. It was also Kenny's directorial debut.
Chart performance
"Summertime" charted for one week at number 60 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated for November 26, 2005. It re-entered at number 31 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of April 15, 2006.