Summer Girls

"Summer Girls"
Single by LFO
from the album LFO
B-side"Can't Have You"
ReleasedJune 29, 1999 (1999-06-29)
Length4:17
LabelArista
Songwriters
Producers
LFO singles chronology
"Sex U Up (The Way You Like It)"
(1997)		 "Summer Girls"
(1999)		 "Girl on TV"
(1999)

"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 and 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. In 2019, Billboard also ranked the song the 43rd-greatest song of 1999. 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, 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. 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."

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.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA) Platinum 1,300,000

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States June 29, 1999 CD Arista
United Kingdom September 6, 1999
  • CD
  • cassette

References

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  5. ↑ How “Summer Girls” Explains a Bunch of Hits—and the Music of 1999 The Ringer
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