"Summer Wine" is a song written by Lee Hazlewood

Lee Hazlewood

Lee Hazlewood , born Barton Lee Hazlewood was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s.Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous...

. It was originally sung by Suzi Jane Hokom and Lee Hazlewood in 1966, but it was made famous by Nancy Sinatra

Nancy Sinatra

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 and Lee Hazlewood in 1967. This version was originally released as the B-side of "Sugar Town

Sugar Town

"Sugar Town" is a song written by songwriter-producer Lee Hazlewood and first recorded by American singer Nancy Sinatra in 1966. As a single released under the Reprise label, it peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 1966, while reaching number one on the Easy Listening...

" the previous year, before featuring on the Nancy & Lee LP

LP album

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 in 1968. It was the first of Sinatra and Hazlewood's string of popular duets.

Lyrically, "Summer Wine" describes a man, voiced by Hazlewood, who meets a woman, Sinatra, who notices his silver spurs and invites him to have wine with her. After heavy drinking, the man awakens hungover

Hangover

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 to find his spurs and money have been stolen by the mysterious woman; the subtext of which being they experienced intercourse and as repayment she misappropriated them (them being his "silver spurs a dollar and a dime").

Covers

The song was later covered

Cover version

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 by Demis Roussos

Demis Roussos

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, Bono

Bono

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 of U2

U2

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 with The Corrs

The Corrs

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, Ultima Thule

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, Gry

Gry (band)

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 with FM Einheit and his Orchestra, Anna Hanski & Lee Hazlewood, Scooter

Scooter (band)

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 (on the 2000

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 album Sheffield

Sheffield (album)

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), and by Ville Valo

Ville Valo

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 & Natalia Avelon

Natalia Avelon

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 for the soundtrack of Das Wilde Leben

Das Wilde Leben

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. The version by Ville Valo & Natalia Avelon was the 4th best-selling single of 2007 in Germany and was certified Platinum by the BVMI.

"Summer Wine" was also covered by Ed Kuepper

Ed Kuepper

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 and Clare Bowditch

Clare Bowditch

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 on the cult Australia

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n music game show Rockwiz

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