"Summer Jam" | ||||
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Single by The Underdog Project | ||||
from the album It Doesn't Matter | ||||
Released | 24 July 2000 | |||
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Length | 3:30(Summer Jam) 3:50 (Summer Jam 2003) | |||
Label | Polygram | |||
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Producer(s) | Toni Cottura | |||
The Underdog Project singles chronology | ||||
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"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 US like WPOW in Miami and New York City's WKTU.
"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.
Songwriter and composer(s): Vic Krishna, Christoph Brux, Toni Cottura, Craig Scott Smart, Stephan Browarczyk, Shahin Moshirian [1]
Weekly chartsOriginal release (2000)
"Summer Jam 2003", The Underdog Project vs The Sunclub (2003)
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Decade-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Belgium (BEA) [30] | Platinum | 50,000* |
France (SNEP) [31] | Gold | 250,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [32] | Platinum | 500,000‡ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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