Summer Breeze (song)
| "Summer Breeze" | ||||
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| Single by Seals & Crofts | ||||
| from the album Summer Breeze | ||||
| B-side | "East of Ginger Trees" | |||
| Released | August 1972 | |||
| Genre | Soft Rock | |||
| Length | 3:25 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) | Jim Seals Dash Crofts |
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| Producer | Louie Shelton | |||
| Seals & Crofts singles chronology | ||||
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"Summer Breeze" is the title of a song written and recorded by Seals and Crofts that has been covered by The Isley Brothers, the Three Tenors, and several other artists.
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[edit] Seals & Crofts version
Released from the Summer Breeze album, Seals & Crofts' original version reached number six on the U.S. pop singles chart. Bruce Eder of Allmusic referred to it as "one of those relentlessly appealing 1970s harmony-rock anthems," "appropriately ubiquitous on the radio and in the memory".[1] One of the distinctive backing instruments on Summer Breeze is a child's toy piano. The single reached #6 pop, #4 easy listening on the U.S. Billboard charts in autumn 1972.
Seals & Crofts performed the song live on a 1972 Bobby Darin show.
[edit] In popular culture
The song was used in the 1993 cult film Dazed and Confused, and appeared on the second soundtrack to the film, 1994's Even More Dazed and Confused. It was also used in the 2007 film King of California, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Michael Douglas.
The track was remixed by Philip Steir and Ramin Sakurai in 2004 as part of What Is Hip? Remix Project Volume One, an album featuring remixes of Warner Bros. Records 1970s hits [1]. This updated version, titled "Summer Breeze (Tsuper Tsunami Mix)", was also featured in two 2004 commercials by clothing retailer Gap starring models Bridget Hall and Jessica Miller respectively.
The track was also used in the 2007 animated TV special Shrek the Halls and the 2009 movie, Land of the Lost starring Will Ferrell, Danny McBride and Anna Friel.
[edit] Credits
- Jim Seals: lead & background vocals, saxophone and guitar
- Dash Crofts: background vocals and electric guitar
- Larry Knechtel: piano
- Jim Gordon: drums
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1972) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 6 |
[edit] Isley Brothers version
The song was covered in a harder rock/soulful style by The Isley Brothers as a single in 1974. Issued also on their 1973 album, 3 + 3, it reached number sixty on the pop singles chart, number ten on the R&B singles chart, and number sixteen on the UK singles chart. The Isleys' version is notable not only for the harmonies of the three vocal Isleys O'Kelly, Rudolph and lead singer Ronald but also for the guitar solo by younger brother Ernie.
[edit] Credits
- Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Jr. and Rudolph Isley: lead and background vocals
- Ernie Isley: electric and acoustic guitar & percussion
- Marvin Isley: bass guitar and percussion
- Chris Jasper: piano, keyboards
- George Moreland: drums, percussion
[edit] Type O Negative version
Gothic-metal band Type O Negative recorded a slower, doom metal version of the song for their album Bloody Kisses, and this version was featured during the opening credits of the 1997 horror film I Know What You Did Last Summer.
[edit] Other versions
- George Benson & Al Jarreau (collaboration)
- Three Tenors during their 1996 farewell performance at the Coach and Horses Tavern in Windsor, Ontario
- Spiral featuring Lisa Lamb, later the vocalist with Peach Union
- Nicki Richards
- Jackie Mittoo
- Shaw Blades (Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades), on their 2007 album Influence
- Main Ingredient
- Jed Madela, Only Human Album
- Ramsey Lewis, on his 1974 album Solar Wind
- Gabor Szabo, on his 1972 album Mizrab
- Sampled by Aphrodite – Drum&Bass Remix – Summer Breeze
- Sampled by The Whitlams – I Make Hamburgers
- Remade/Sampled by Jody Breeze – So Fly (Feat. Claudette Ortiz)
- Petty Booka
- J.K. Specific sampled for "summer vacation"
- The CompanY, Destination: Bossa Album
- Blank & Jones, Relax - Edition Three Album
- Jason Mraz, Everwood: Original Television Soundtrack
- Peter Bjorn And John from the Indie Rocks! Compilation
- Guru, Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4: The Hip-Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future on the track "Fine and Free", sang by Vivian Green
- Bob Baldwin, Cool Breeze (1997)[2] and again on Lookin' Back (2009))[3]
- Wayman Tisdale, Way Up! (2006)[4][5]
- Till Brönner, Single from the Album "At the End of the Day", October 2010
- Claude François sung the French cover of that song under the title "De la peine, pas de chagrin".
- Bluegrass version by Dale Ann Bradley, on "Somewhere South of Crazy" (2011)
[edit] In the Media
"Summer Breeze" was recently featured on the 2011 season finale of CSI: Miami, which aired on May 8, 2011.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r17603
- ^ "Cool Breeze overview". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r277668.
- ^ "Lookin' Back overview". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1573339.
- ^ [http://www.allmusic.com/album/r238235 "In The Zone overview"]. Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r238235.
- ^ [http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/06/11/tem_tisdale_whalum_score.html "Tisdale, Whalum score onstage with hot jazz"]. Enquirer.com. http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/06/11/tem_tisdale_whalum_score.html.
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