Always Summer

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"Always Summer"
Yellowcard Always Summer Artwork.png
Single by Yellowcard
from the album Southern Air
ReleasedMay 22, 2012
Genre Pop punk
Length3:08
Label Hopeless
Songwriter(s) Ryan Key, Ryan Mendez, Longineu W. Parsons III, Sean Mackin
Producer(s) Neal Avron
Yellowcard singles chronology
"Hang You Up"
(2011)
"Always Summer"
(2012)
"Here I Am Alive"
(2012)

"Always Summer" is the first single from the American rock band Yellowcard's eighth studio album Southern Air . The album was released on August 14, 2012. The song premiered May 21, 2012 on AbsolutePunk at 8:00 PM EST. [1] The site received enough viewers to crash it for about fifteen minutes. AbsolutePunk also said that the premiere drew more visitors to the site than any other time over the past two years. [2] The song was then made available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon the next day. It has received positive reviews. [3] The music video, directed by Robby Starbuck, [4] was released on June 20, 2012. It is the first video to feature new bassist Josh Portman. [5]

Chart performance

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Rock Digital Songs ( Billboard )29
US Alternative Digital Songs ( Billboard )17

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