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The song was written by Adams and Jim Vallance, and released on his album Reckless in 1984. James Douglas Vallance, born May 31 1952 in Chilliwack British Columbia, is a Canadian musician and songwriter who has co-written with Reckless is the fourth studio album by the Canadian rock artist Bryan Adams. Immediately after the single release in 1985, the song became a hit in the US, reaching #5 on the Billboard Top 100 and remaining there for two weeks. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the As Adams' popularity grew in the 1990s and 2000s, the song has had a resurgence and has subsequently become a hit all over the world.

"Summer of '69" was voted the #1 song to drive to in Canada in 2006, some 22 years after its release. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page ^[1]

1 Content and meaning
2 Characters
3 Personnel
4 Covers
5 References in other works
6 Notes
7 External links

Content and meaning

The song has been conventionally interpreted as a nostalgic, somewhat melancholy recollection of an erstwhile era during which the singer was among a group of optimistic adolescents. The term nostalgia describes a longing for the past often in idealized form The Adolescents are a Hardcore punk band formed in 1980 in Fullerton, California. ^[2]

In his recent Anthology (Bryan Adams album) (2005) as well as the song's intro during live concerts, Adams stresses "Summer of '69" has "nothing to do with the year 1969," as Adams was only nine years old at the time. ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19 He has implied it is a reference to the sex position: "… [A] double entendre, it's about sex, much like [one of Adams' professed favorite songs] Bob Seger's 'Night Moves,'" which follows a similar theme of nostalgia and summer love. 69, also known by its French name soixante-neuf (sixty-nine is a sexual position in which two people orient themselves so that each person's mouth is near the other's Not to be confused with Puns which employ multiple phrases A double entendre is a Figure of speech similar to the Pun, in Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and Musician. " Night Moves " is a song written and performed by Heartland rocker Bob Seger, from his 1976 album Night Moves. ^[3]

Co-writer Jim Vallance strongly disagrees, confirming the conventional interpretation. James Douglas Vallance, born May 31 1952 in Chilliwack British Columbia, is a Canadian musician and songwriter who has co-written with He notes Jackson Browne's "Running on Empty (song)" as his own influence, recalling Adams cited the film Summer of '42 as his. Clyde Jackson Browne (born October 9, 1948) is a German -born American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician. Summer of '42 is a 1971 American " coming-of-age " motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher ^[4] He has added, "… Bryan Adams is a great writer, a great singer, and a great friend. He's entitled to his recollections as to what inspired the song 'Summer of '69. ' My recollections just happen to be different than his. "^[2]

Characters

The line "Jimmy quit, Jody got married" refers to two actual people. "Jimmy" is Jim Wesley, Adams' drummer in his early days (1979–1983) who quit the band because he and Bryan did not get along; he went on to sell carpeting as a means to earn money he wasn't making as a musician. As of 2008, Jody Perpick still worked for Adams as his tour manager and sound engineer. Jody Perpick is a Canadian former musician and current Sound Engineer for top selling artist Bryan Adams. ^[4]

Personnel

Bryan Adams (co-writer): rhythm guitar, vocals
Keith Scott: lead guitar
Dave Taylor: bass
Pat Steward: drums
Jim Vallance (co-writer): percussion

Covers

MxPx (from "On the Cover"), Tooth & Nail Records, 1995. Keith Douglas Scott (born 20 July 1954) is a Canadian Guitar player MxPx is a punk band that officially formed on July 6 1992 in Bremerton, Washington, United States as teenagers On the Cover is an EP of song covers by the American Pop punk band MxPx, released on November 28,
Bowling for Soup (from "Let's Do It for Johnny!"), Jive Records, 2000. Bowling for Soup is an American Rock band who originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994. Let's Do It for Johnny! is the major-label debut of Bowling for Soup, released on May 16 2000 by Jive Records.
Starsound Orchestra (from "Plays the Hits Made Famous by BA") Delta Records, 2001.
Libertine (from "Slowdown") Twenty Stone Blatt, 2004. Libertine has come to mean one devoid of any restraints especially one who ignores or even spurns religious norms accepted morals and forms of behaviour sanctioned by the larger society A slowdown is an Industrial action in which employees perform their duties but seek to reduce productivity or efficiency in their performance of these duties
Travis Matte and The Zydeco Kingpins (from "Zydeco Train"), Mhat Productions, 2005.
Less than Jake (from "Wood Panel Racer Wagon with Mags"), Very Small Records, 1996. Less Than Jake is an American Ska punk band from Gainesville Florida.
Tenacious D performed a cover of the song on their 2002 tour. Tenacious D is a Satirical Rock band formed in Los Angeles California.
Ryan Adams performed a cover of the song when he played at The Emmore Theatre, 2005. David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American alt-country / rock Singer-songwriter from Jacksonville
Shayne Ward covered this song during an episode of X-factor. Shayne Thomas Ward (born October 16, 1984) is an English pop singer who rose to prominence in the United Kingdom and Ireland
The song was covered by the punk rock band NOFX. NOFX (pronounced "no ef-ex") is an American Punk rock band that was formed in Los Angeles California (now based in San Francisco
The Top 6 guys sang this song in their tribute to Bryan Adams at the American Idol season 7 grand finale. The seventh season of American Idol, the annual reality show and singing competition began on January 15, 2008 and concluded

References in other works

"Jesus of Suburbia" by Green Day (from the album American Idiot), Reprise Records, 2004). " Jesus of Suburbia " was the fifth and final single to be released from Green Day 's seventh studio album American Idiot. Green Day is an American rock trio American Idiot (also known as Green Day presents American Idiot is the seventh studio album by American Punk rock band Green Day, released on September Inspired the "City of the Damned" section; the two songs were subsequently mashed-up in American Edit. American Edit is a mash-up album released by Party Ben and Team9 under the shared alias Dean Gray.
"Summer of 0079. Universal Century is the English name for the original timeline of the Gundam Anime Metaseries. " Inspired the anime film about Mobile Suit Gundam from the viewpoint of Amuro Ray. (anime in Japanese, is a televised Anime series created by Sunrise. Written and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack ^[5]
"Time Won't Let Me Go" by The Bravery refers to this song in the line "Never had a Summer of 69". " Time Won't Let Me Go " is a song by New York -based Rock band The Bravery and is featured on their second Album The Sun The Bravery is an American rock band from New York City that consists of Sam Endicott, John Conway Anthony Burulcich Michael Zakarin

Notes

^ "Rhythms of the Road" in the Toronto Globe and Mail, 6 August 2006. The Globe and Mail is a Canadian English language nationally distributed Newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities
^ ^a ^b "Summer of '69," on SongFacts. com.
^ Dave Marsh (liner notes), Anthology, 2005.
^ ^a ^b "Summer of '69," on JimVallance. com.
^ Summer of 0079, rec. arts. anime in Google Groups. Google Groups is a free service from Google where groups of people have discussions about common interests

External links

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