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"Summer Babe (Winter Version)"
Song by Pavement
from the album Slanted and Enchanted
ReleasedApril 20, 1992 (1992-04-20) (on the album)
GenreIndie rock, Noise pop
Songwriter(s)Stephen Malkmus
Producer(s)Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg
Summer Babe EP/Single
EP by
ReleasedAugust 23, 1991 (1991-08-23)
GenreIndie rock, Noise pop
LabelDrag City Records
Pavement chronology
Perfect Sound Forever
(1991)
Summer Babe EP/Single
(1991)
Slanted and Enchanted
(1992)

"Summer Babe (Winter Version)" is a song by the American indie rock band Pavement. It is the opening track of their debut album Slanted and Enchanted, released in April 1992 on Matador Records.[1]

The song was initially released as an EP/single titled Summer Babe[2] (out on August 23, 1991 through Drag City Records),[3] the first of two singles to be released from Slanted and Enchanted (the other being "Trigger Cut"). The song didn't enter the U.S. Billboard charts.[4][5]

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" by Pavement number 286 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[6] (In 2010, the list was updated, and now the song is at number 292.[4])

Composition

The song was written by Stephen Malkmus and the recording was produced by Malkmus and Scott Kannberg.[4]

Track Listing (EP/Single)

  1. "Summer Babe" – 3:13
  2. "Mercy Snack: The Laundromat" – 1:39
  3. "Baptist Blacktick" – 2:03

References

  1. ^ "Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted at Discogs".
  2. ^ "Pavement - Summer Babe at Discogs". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  3. ^ "Pavement - Summer Babe". Drag City. Retrieved 2018-05-24.,
  4. ^ a b c "Pavement, 'Summer Babe (Winter Version)' | 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  5. ^ "Pavement". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  6. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time : Rolling Stone". 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2018-05-24. (page 3)