Summer Girl (song)
Encyclopedia
"Summer Girl" is the debut single by Canadian pop
band Stereos
from their self-titled debut album. It was the song they performed on MuchMusic
's disBAND
reality show, which led them to being signed by Universal Canada
. It was released as a single in 2009. The song is about meeting a girl and wanting to hook up with her despite the fact that she has a boyfriend. They use the Auto-Tune
effect in this song.
On September 29, Stereos released an acoustic version of the song via iTunes
.
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
band Stereos
Stereos
Stereos are a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style including. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series,...
from their self-titled debut album. It was the song they performed on MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...
's disBAND
Disband
Disband was an all girl band in New York City from 1978-1982. The members were artists rather than musicians. The band's sound was a type of a cappella No Wave. Disband performed mostly at art venues like Franklin Furnace, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and Hallwalls...
reality show, which led them to being signed by Universal Canada
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
. It was released as a single in 2009. The song is about meeting a girl and wanting to hook up with her despite the fact that she has a boyfriend. They use the Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune is a proprietary audio processor created by Antares Audio Technologies. Auto-Tune uses a phase vocoder to correct pitch in vocal and instrumental performances. It is used to disguise off-key inaccuracies and mistakes, and has allowed singers to perform apparently perfectly tuned vocal...
effect in this song.
On September 29, Stereos released an acoustic version of the song via iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
.
Music video
In the music video, the band is first shown standing in front of a red car with the word Stereos displayed on the license plate as well as performing at a beach party. The lead singer is shown walking around a beach alongside two girls, and then attends the party later that night with her. Some of the judges on the episode of disBAND that the band was featured on can be seen talking to the lead singer at the party.Charts
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Canadian Hot 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007... |
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