Summer Jam (The Underdog Project song)

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"Summer Jam"
Underdog Summer J single cover.jpg
Single by The Underdog Project
from the album It Doesn't Matter
Released24 July 2000
Genre
Length3:30(Summer Jam)
3:50 (Summer Jam 2003)
Label Polygram
Songwriter(s)
  • Vic Krishna
  • Christoph Brüx
  • Toni Cottura
  • Craig Scott Smart
  • Stephan Browarczyk
  • Shahin Moshirian
Producer(s) Toni Cottura
The Underdog Project singles chronology
"Summer Jam"
(2000)
"Tonight"
(2000)
Alternative cover
Summer jam 2003.jpg
2003 release

"Summer Jam" is a song by German-Belgian dance music group the Underdog Project. Released on 24 July 2000 as the lead single from their album It Doesn't Matter , the song was considered a big hit in Europe, peaking at #3 in both Germany and Portugal, #5 in Hungary, #10 in Austria, #14 in Italy, and #17 in Switzerland. After that, the single aired on some of the most popular radio stations in the United States like WPOW in Miami and New York City's WKTU.

Contents

"Summer Jam 2003", released in 2003, featured samples of the Sunclub's 1997 hit "Fiesta De Los Tamborileros" and was similarly successful, topping the charts in both Belgium and the Netherlands and reaching the top 5 in Denmark, France, and Romania, the top 20 in the UK, and the top 40 in Sweden and Switzerland.

Lyrics and music

Songwriter and composer(s): Vic Krishna, Christoph Brux, Toni Cottura, Craig Scott Smart, Stephan Browarczyk, Shahin Moshirian [1]

Track listings

"Summer Jam"

CD single - Germany
  1. "Summer Jam" (Original Radio Edit)
  2. "Summer Jam" (2-step Radio Edit)
  3. "Summer Jam" (Acappella)
  4. "Summer Jam" (Dennis The Menace Club Mix)
UK CD single (2001)
  1. "Summer Jam" (Radio Edit) - 3:29
  2. "Summer Jam" (Full Version) - 4:30
  3. "Summer Jam" (The B-15 Project Remix) - 5:28
  4. "Summer Jam" (Mr. Shabz Remix) - 3:53
  5. "Summer Jam" (Free Heads Club Mix) - 6:30
  6. "Summer Jam" (Greenfields Pancake Jam) - 5:47

"Summer Jam 2003"

CD single
  1. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ F.R.A.N.K.'s Summermix Radio Version) — 3:48
  2. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ Hardwell Bubbling Mix F Edit) — 3:40
CD single
  1. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ F.R.A.N.K.'s Summermix Radio Version) — 3:48
  2. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ F.R.A.N.K.'s Summermix Extended Version) — 5:08
  3. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ Hardwell Bubbling Mix) — 5:08
12" maxi
  1. "Summer Jam 2003" (Dubaholics Wailing Mix) — 5:16
  2. "Summer Jam 2003" (Original Extended Mix) — 4:30
  3. "Summer Jam 2003" (Free Heads Mix) — 6:30
  4. "Summer Jam 2003" (Free Heads Dub)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA) [31] Platinum50,000*
France (SNEP) [32] Gold250,000*
Germany (BVMI) [33] Platinum500,000

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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