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What’s That Song?
If you guessed Summer Breeze by Seals & Crofts, you are correct!
Today’s Bill Campbell What’s That Song, released in 1972, was written and recorded by Jim Seals and Dash Crofts. It is also the title song of the album of the same name. The single made it to #4 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #6 on Billboard‘s Hot 100, while the album peaked at #7 on Billboard‘s album chart. In 2013, Rolling Stone ranked Summer Breeze at #13 on its list of Best Summer Songs of All Time.
Did you know…
- Over the years many artists have covered Summer Breeze, including The Isley Brothers, George Benson and Al Jarreau, Johnny Mathis, Percy Faith, The Three Tenors, and Pharrell Williams
- In 1972, Seals and Crofts performed the Summer Breeze live on the Bobby Darin Amusement Company variety show
Summer Breeze
See the curtains hangin’ in the window
In the evening on a Friday night
A little light a-shinin’ through the window
Lets me know everything’s all right
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind
See the paper layin’ on the sidewalk
A little music from the house next door
So I walk on up to the doorstep
Through the screen and across the floor
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind
Sweet days of summer, the jasmine’s in bloom
July is dressed up and playing her tune
And I come home from a hard day’s work
And you’re waitin’ there
Not a care in the world
See the smile awaitin’ in the kitchen
Through cookin’ and the plates for two
Feel the arms that reach out to hold me
In the evening when the day is through
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
(Summer Breeze lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group)
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