Summertime In the City

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"Summertime In the City"
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Single by Scouting for Girls
from the album The Light Between Us
Released26 August 2012
Recorded2012
Genre Pop
Length3:06
Label Sony Music Entertainment
Songwriter(s) Roy Stride
Scouting for Girls singles chronology
"Love How It Hurts"
(2011)
"Summertime In the City"
(2012)
"Without You"
(2012)

"Summertime In the City" is a single by the English indie pop band Scouting for Girls. It was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 26 August 2012 as the second single from their third studio album, The Light Between Us (2012). The song peaked at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Summertime In the City" was released onto YouTube on 24 July 2012 at a total length of three minutes and three seconds. [1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Summertime In the City"3:06
2."Love How It Hurts" (Live Acoustic)2:52

Chart performance

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [2] 56
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 73

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 26 August 2012Digital download Sony Music Entertainment

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References

  1. Scouting For Girls – Summertime in the City. YouTube
  2. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  3. "Scouting For Girls". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 4 February 2016.