"Summer Sunshine" is a song by Irish band

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, 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

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Composition

According to lead vocalist

Andrea Corr Andrea Jane Corr (born 17 May 1974) is an Irish musician and actress. Corr debuted in 1990 as the lead singer of the Celtic folk rock and pop rock group The Corrs along with her three elder siblings Caroline, Sharon and Jim. Aside from singi ...

, "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". Set in

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, "Summer Sunshine" is composed in the key of

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with a

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of 124 beats per minute.

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

UK CD1 # "Summer Sunshine" – 2:53 # "Summer Sunshine" ( Fernando Garibay Remix) – 3:06 UK CD2 # "Summer Sunshine" (single version) # "Summer Sunshine" (acoustic) # "Summer Sunshine" (Ford Remix edit) # "Summer Sunshine" (video) # "Silver Strand" (live acoustic) # Behind the scenes at the video European CD single # "Summer Sunshine" # "Summer Sunshine" (acoustic version) Australian CD single # "Summer Sunshine" # "Summer Sunshine" (acoustic version) # "Summer Sunshine" (Fernando Garibay Remix)

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the European CD single liner notes. Studios * Mixed at MacMan Digital (Los Angeles, California, US) * Mastered at Marcussen Mastering (Los Angeles, California, US) * Acoustic version recorded and mixed at Sanctuary Westside Studios (London, UK) The Corrs * The Corrs – writing **

– lead vocals, backing vocals,

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– violin, backing vocals **

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– acoustic and electric guitars, piano, keyboards **

Caroline Corr Caroline Georgina Corr (born 17 March 1973) is an Irish singer and drummer for the Celtic folk rock band the Corrs. In addition to the drums, she plays the ''bodhrán'', ''cajón'', percussions and piano. The Corr siblings were appointed honora ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals,

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Additional musicians *

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– piano * Max Surla – orchestral arrangement and performance Others *

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– production, programming, mixing * Tim Martin – recording * Steve MacMillan – recording, mixing *

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– mastering *

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– artwork design and direction * Kevin Westenberg – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2004 singles 2004 songs Atlantic Records singles The Corrs songs Music videos directed by Kevin Godley Number-one singles in Hungary Songs written by Andrea Corr Songs written by Caroline Corr Songs written by Jim Corr Songs written by Sharon Corr