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{{Infobox song
| name = Girls in Their Summer Clothes
| cover = Girls in Their Summer Clothes.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
| album = [[Magic (Bruce Springsteen album)|Magic]]
| released = January 15, 2008
| recorded = March–April 2007
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[pop rock]]
| length = 4:20
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| writer = Bruce Springsteen
| producer = [[Brendan O'Brien (music producer)|Brendan O'Brien]]
| prev_title = [[Radio Nowhere]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Working on a Dream (song)|Working on a Dream]]
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|J8PB1a1c9zA&ob|"Girls in Their Summer Clothes"}}}}
}}

"'''Girls in Their Summer Clothes'''" is a song by American recording artist [[Bruce Springsteen]], from his album ''[[Magic (Bruce Springsteen album)|Magic]]''.

Matched with a pop-oriented melody, Springsteen's full-throated singing, and a pop-orchestral arrangement,<ref name="nsl-rev">{{cite news | url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2007/09/magic_in_the_air.html | title='Magic' in the air | author=Jay Lustig | newspaper=[[The Star-Ledger]] | date=2007-09-25 | access-date=2008-08-08}}</ref> the lyric portrays a series of warm small-town vignettes:

:''Frankie's Diner, an old friend on the edge of town,''
:''The neon sign spinning round,''
:''Like a cross over the lost and found.''
:''Fluorescent lights flicker over Pop's Grill,''
:''Shaniqua brings the coffee and asks "Fill?"''
:''and says, "Penny for your thoughts now my boy, Bill"''

"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" has been cited as a singularly "breezy" song on the album,<ref name="MSNBC">Levine, Stuart. [https://www.today.com/popculture/springsteen-s-magic-rockin-good-time-wbna20975488 Springsteen’s ‘Magic’ is a rockin’ good time], [[MSNBC.com]], Sept. 25, 2007. Accessed November 5, 2007.</ref> though [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' notes: "Not that 'Girls in Their Summer Clothes' is untouched by melancholy. Its narrator, after all, stands and watches as the girls of the title 'pass me by.'"<ref name="NYT">Scott, A. O. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/arts/music/30scot.html In Love With Pop, Uneasy With the World], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 30, 2007. Accessed November 5, 2007.</ref> Jay Lustig of ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'' writes that the song "unfolds gradually and at its own eccentric pace, with the music, and Springsteen's vocals, getting progressively more intense."<ref name="nsl-rev"/> At the [[51st Grammy Awards]], the song was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance|Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance]], winning the former.<ref name="MTV">{{cite news | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604738/20090210/springsteen_bruce.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214150322/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1604738/20090210/springsteen_bruce.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 14, 2009 | title=Bruce Springsteen Exclusive: 'I Didn't Even Know I Was Up For A Grammy!' | author=Wallace, Lindsay | publisher=[[MTV News]] | date=2009-02-10 | access-date=2009-03-07}}</ref>

==Releases==
It was released for [[iTunes]] [[Music download|digital download]] on January 15, 2008, as a single-like "bundle"<ref name="sfm"/> consisting of two audio tracks and an accompanying video.<ref name="sfm">{{cite press release|url=http://www.shorefiremedia.com/index.php?a=pressrelease&o=1587 |title=Columbia Records Premieres "Girls In Their Summer Clothes" Music Video Exclusively On The iTunes Store Today |publisher=[[Shore Fire Media]] |date=2008-01-15 |access-date=2008-08-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716063657/http://www.shorefiremedia.com/index.php?a=pressrelease&o=1587 |archive-date=2011-07-16 }}</ref> As such the "Winter Mix" of the song was presented, which featured a single not doubled Springsteen vocal track, some added or enhanced percussion parts, and similar small changes. In addition to the Winter Mix, a live version was included. The release achieved minor chart success, reaching positions 95 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],<ref name="bb">{{cite web | url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=bruce springsteen|chart=all}} | title= Artist Chart History - Bruce Springsteen | publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | access-date=2008-08-08}}</ref> 67 on the [[Pop 100]],<ref name="bb"/> and 62 on [[Hot Digital Songs]].<ref name="bb"/> It also hit 27 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock charts.

The [[music video]] for the song (entitled "'''Girls in Their Summer Clothes (Winter Mix)'''") was directed by [[Mark Pellington]]. Filmed on the [[Jersey Shore]] on a cold winter day, it showed girls and women of various ages, interspersed with shots of Springsteen strumming his vintage [[Gibson J-45]] acoustic guitar. The backing [[E Street Band]] was not shown. Parts of the video mirrored the song's imagery, especially the diner scene.

==Live performances==
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" was regularly featured on the 2007–2008 [[Magic Tour (Bruce Springsteen)|Magic Tour]], often as the first encore song, although it suffered being dropped during a number of shows in early portions of 2008. One such first leg of tour performance was recorded and included in the January 2008 digital download bundle.

Although the song's lush pop-orchestral production approach was extended on many of the tracks of Springsteen's 2009 album ''[[Working on a Dream]]'', "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" was little played on Springsteen and the E Street Band's associated [[Working on a Dream Tour]].

==Grammy nominations and award==
In typically delayed fashion, the song garnered two nominations for the [[Grammy Awards of 2009]]: [[Best Rock Song]] and [[Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.backstreets.com/news.html | title=Things Been A Little Tight ... But Grammy Honors 'Girls' | publisher=Backstreets.com | date=2008-12-04}}</ref> It won the first, but lost the second to [[John Mayer]]'s "[[Gravity (John Mayer song)|Gravity]]". Springsteen subsequently confessed that he had not been tracking this closely: "I didn't even know I was up for a Grammy! I opened the newspaper on Monday and saw that I had won, and thought, 'Well, that's great!'"<ref name="MTV"/>

==Track listing==
#"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (Winter Mix) - 4:20
#"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (Live) - 5:17
#"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" (Video) - 4:21

==References==
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{{Grammy Award for Best Rock Song}}

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[[Category:2007 songs]]
[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:Bruce Springsteen songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bruce Springsteen]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Brendan O'Brien (record producer)]]
[[Category:Columbia Records singles]]
[[Category:Grammy Award for Best Rock Song]]
[[Category:Music videos directed by Mark Pellington]]

Girls in Their Summer Clothes - Revision history

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