Summer Sunshine

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"Summer Sunshine"
CorrsSummerSunshineCD1.jpg
Single by the Corrs
from the album Borrowed Heaven
Released17 May 2004 (2004-05-17)
Length2:55
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) The Corrs
Producer(s) Olle Romo
The Corrs singles chronology
"When the Stars Go Blue"
(2002)		"Summer Sunshine"
(2004)		"Angel"
(2004)

"Summer Sunshine" is a song by Irish band the Corrs, the opening track from their fourth studio album, Borrowed Heaven (2004). The song was released as the album's first single on 17 May 2004, reaching number 12 in the band's native Ireland and number six on the UK Singles Chart. In Hungary, "Summer Sunshine" peaked at number one for two weeks. Elsewhere, the song reached number two in Spain and peaked within the top 20 in Australia, Italy, and the Netherlands. The music video was directed by Kevin Godley.

Contents

Composition

According to lead vocalist Andrea Corr, "Summer Sunshine" is a joyful-sounding song with melancholy lyrics. She explained that the song is about a "secret love that you can never quite get over, a forbidden love that lives in your head". [1] Set in common time, "Summer Sunshine" is composed in the key of F major with a tempo of 124 beats per minute. [2]

Music video

Shot in London on 15 and 16 March 2004, the video portrays a couple inside a dark house, which the Corrs are tearing down. The house is eventually reduced to ruins but the couple emerge from it, safe and in the sunshine.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the European CD single liner notes. [5]

Studios

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States26 April 2004 Atlantic [1]
Australia17 May 2004CD [29]
United Kingdom [30]

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