Summer Wind (The Desert Rose Band song)

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"Summer Wind"
Single by The Desert Rose Band
from the album Running
B-side "Our Songs"
ReleasedJuly 30, 1988
Genre Country, country rock
Length3:26
Label MCA/Curb
Songwriter(s) Chris Hillman, Steve Hill
Producer(s) Paul Worley, Ed Seay
The Desert Rose Band singles chronology
"He's Back and I'm Blue"
(1988)
"Summer Wind"
(1988)
"I Still Believe in You"
(1988)

'Summer Wind' is a song written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and recorded by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released in July 1988 as the first single from the album Running . The song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, just behind "Darlene" by T. Graham Brown. [1]

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Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [3] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [4] 37

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 104.
  2. "Desert Rose Band Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. November 19, 1988.
  4. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2021.