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==Background and content==
==Background and content==
The song was written by [[Rich Cronin]], [[Dow Brain]], and Brad Young. Cronin said the song included numerous [[inside joke]]s,<ref name="globe">
The song was written by [[Rich Cronin]], [[Dow Brain]], and Brad Young. Cronin said the song included numerous [[inside joke]]s,<ref name="globe">
  {{cite news  | author = Raman, Sheela  | title = Rich Cronin's comeback Six years after 'Summer Girls,' the leader of LFO battles leukemia  | newspaper = The Boston Globe | date = July 7, 2005 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/07/07/rich_cronins_comeback/  | access-date = January 9, 2009 | quote =  "I just thought back to when I was young, happy, no worries," he says. 'Summer Girls' was all about a summer on the Cape. Inside jokes. I never thought that anyone besides my close friends would ever hear it." But the song was leaked to a radio station and climbed Billboard charts. }}</ref> and that he never anticipated its success. He claimed this was because the song was made strictly for a [[demo tape]], but was leaked to [[WWZZ]], a top 40 [[radio station]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="globe"/> PD Dale O'Brien at the radio station got an unmixed copy of the song from Kelly Schweinsberg, GM of LFO's initial label, Logic Records. He listened to it a few days later, his "jaw dropped, and the song was added in a hot second."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=LFO's Pop-Culture-Soaked 'Summer Girls' Takes Organic Route To Radio|date=August 7, 1999|url={{Google books|id=mAgEAAAAMBAJ|page=70|plainurl=yes}}|page=70|access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref>
  {{cite news  | author = Raman, Sheela  | title = Rich Cronin's comeback Six years after 'Summer Girls,' the leader of LFO battles leukemia  | newspaper = The Boston Globe | date = July 7, 2005 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/07/07/rich_cronins_comeback/  | access-date = January 9, 2009 | quote =  "I just thought back to when I was young, happy, no worries," he says. 'Summer Girls' was all about a summer on the Cape. Inside jokes. I never thought that anyone besides my close friends would ever hear it." But the song was leaked to a radio station and climbed Billboard charts. }}</ref> and that he never anticipated its success. He claimed this was because the song was made strictly for a [[demo tape]], but was leaked to [[WWZZ]], a top 40 [[radio station]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="globe"/> Radio station [[Director_of_network_programming|Program Director]] Dale O'Brien received an unmixed copy of the song from Kelly Schweinsberg, GM of LFO's initial label, Logic Records. He listened to it a few days later, his "jaw dropped, and the song was added in a hot second."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=LFO's Pop-Culture-Soaked 'Summer Girls' Takes Organic Route To Radio|date=August 7, 1999|url={{Google books|id=mAgEAAAAMBAJ|page=70|plainurl=yes}}|page=70|access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref>


The song has myriad, primarily 1980s and early 1990s, cultural references, including [[Cherry Coke]], [[Macaulay Culkin]] in ''[[Home Alone]]'', [[Michael J. Fox]], his ''[[Family Ties]]'' character [[Alex P. Keaton]], [[New Edition]], [[Kevin Bacon]] in ''[[Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose]]'', [[New Kids on the Block]], [[Larry Bird]], [[Abercrombie and Fitch]], [[Pez|Cherry Pez]], [[The Incredible Mr. Limpet|Mr. Limpet]], [[Paul Revere]], [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese food]], [[pogo stick]]s, [[Eric B. and Rakim]], "[[Candy Girl (New Edition song)|Candy Girl]]", ''[[The Color Purple]]'', [[Michael Chambers|Boogaloo Shrimp]], and [[Fun Dip]]. The song also references ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' and [[Shakespeare's sonnets]].{{or|date=November 2024}}
The song has myriad, primarily 1980s and early 1990s, cultural references, including [[Cherry Coke]], [[Macaulay Culkin]] in ''[[Home Alone]]'', [[Michael J. Fox]], his ''[[Family Ties]]'' character [[Alex P. Keaton]], [[New Edition]], [[Kevin Bacon]] in ''[[Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose]]'', [[New Kids on the Block]], [[Larry Bird]], [[Abercrombie and Fitch]], [[Pez|Cherry Pez]], [[The Incredible Mr. Limpet|Mr. Limpet]], [[Paul Revere]], [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese food]], [[pogo stick]]s, [[Eric B. and Rakim]], "[[Candy Girl (New Edition song)|Candy Girl]]", ''[[The Color Purple]]'', [[Michael Chambers|Boogaloo Shrimp]], and [[Fun Dip]]. The song also references ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' and [[Shakespeare's sonnets]].{{or|date=November 2024}}

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other "Summer Girls" is a song by American pop group LFO. It was released on June 29, 1999, as the lead single from their debut album, LFO (1999). "Summer Girls" reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2010, Billboard magazine named it the 14th-biggest summer song of all time.[1] In 2019, Billboard also ranked the song the 43rd-greatest song of 1999.[2] This was the band's first single to feature Devin Lima as a member of the group after original member Brian "Brizz" Gillis left the group.

Background and content

The song was written by Rich Cronin, Dow Brain, and Brad Young. Cronin said the song included numerous inside jokes,[3] and that he never anticipated its success. He claimed this was because the song was made strictly for a demo tape, but was leaked to WWZZ, a top 40 radio station in Washington, D.C.[3] Radio station Program Director Dale O'Brien received an unmixed copy of the song from Kelly Schweinsberg, GM of LFO's initial label, Logic Records. He listened to it a few days later, his "jaw dropped, and the song was added in a hot second."[4]

The song has myriad, primarily 1980s and early 1990s, cultural references, including Cherry Coke, Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone, Michael J. Fox, his Family Ties character Alex P. Keaton, New Edition, Kevin Bacon in Footloose, New Kids on the Block, Larry Bird, Abercrombie and Fitch, Cherry Pez, Mr. Limpet, Paul Revere, Chinese food, pogo sticks, Eric B. and Rakim, "Candy Girl", The Color Purple, Boogaloo Shrimp, and Fun Dip. The song also references The Wizard of Oz and Shakespeare's sonnets.Template:Or

Music video

The music video was directed by Marcus Raboy and was released on July 20, 1999. It was filmed at Coney Island in New York.[5][6]

Track listings

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Charts

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Certifications

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Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States June 29, 1999 CD Arista [24]
United Kingdom September 6, 1999 Template:Hlist [25]

References

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External links

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