Sunshine and Summertime
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"Sunshine and Summertime" is the fourth single from American
country singer Faith Hill
's album Fireflies
that reached the Country Top 10 in 2006, peaking at #7 on the Hot Country Songs
charts.
season, including things like, “barefoot ladies and tricked out Mercedes” to “classic colas and ice cold Coronas”).
at No. 70, but failed to chart the Pop 100
unlike her first two singles released from the album, including her No. 1, "Mississippi Girl
".
"Sunshine and Summertime" was Hill's last solo Top 10 hit to date, as well as her last major hit from the album.
United States
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country singer Faith Hill
Faith Hill
Faith Hill is an American country singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw. Hill has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and accumulated eight number-one singles and three number-one albums on the U.S...
's album Fireflies
Fireflies (Faith Hill album)
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that reached the Country Top 10 in 2006, peaking at #7 on the Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts.
About the song
"Sunshine and Summertime" was a song that talked about the highlights of the SummerSummer
Summer is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice...
season, including things like, “barefoot ladies and tricked out Mercedes” to “classic colas and ice cold Coronas”).
Chart performance
"Sunshine and Summertime" was one of five singles released from Hill's highly-successful return-to-roots 2005 Country album, Fireflies. "Sunshine and Summertime" debuted outside the Country Top 40 in mid-2006, following the successof her previous Top 10 Country hit, "The Lucky One". The song peaked inside the Country Top 10 in Summer 2006, at No. 7. The song also charted on the Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
at No. 70, but failed to chart the Pop 100
Pop 100
The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States until its discontinuation in 2009...
unlike her first two singles released from the album, including her No. 1, "Mississippi Girl
Mississippi Girl
"Mississippi Girl" is a 2005 song recorded by country music singer Faith Hill and the lead single from her album Fireflies. A Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in late 2005, it was her first Number One on the country music charts since 2000's "The Way You Love Me".-About...
".
"Sunshine and Summertime" was Hill's last solo Top 10 hit to date, as well as her last major hit from the album.
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.- Greg Barnhill — background vocals
- Bekka BramlettBekka BramlettRebekka Ruth Lazone "Bekka" Bramlett is a singer from the United States. She is the daughter of popular music duo Delaney and Bonnie....
— background vocals - Tom BukovacTom BukovacTom Bukovac is an American session musician.Bukovac began playing guitar at age ten, and started playing his first shows at age thirteen. He grew up in Willowick, Ohio and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1992, where he found work playing for Tanya Tucker, Lionel Cartwright and others...
— electric guitar - Paul Bushnell — bass guitar
- Dan Dugmore — banjo
- Stuart DuncanStuart DuncanStuart Duncan is a bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Born in Quantico, Virginia and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band, he has been a member of the Nashville Bluegrass Band since 1985, and is a much-in-demand session musician...
— mandolin - Shannon Forrest — drums, percussion
- Paul FranklinPaul Franklin (musician)Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
— steel guitar - Jimmy Nichols — keyboards
- Javier Solis — percussion
- Bryan SuttonBryan SuttonBryan Sutton is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicked acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays many other instruments including mandolin, banjo, and electric guitar....
— acoustic guitar
Chart performance
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 70 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 7 |