Sunshine and Summertime

"Sunshine and Summertime" is a song written by John Rich, Kylie Sackley and Rodney Clawson, and recorded by American country music singer Faith Hill. It was released in June 2006 as the fourth single from the album Fireflies that reached the Country Top 10 in 2006, peaking at number 7 on the Hot Country Songs charts.

About the song

"Sunshine and Summertime" was a song that talked about the highlights of the Summer season, including things like, “barefoot ladies and tricked out Mercedes” to “classic colas and ice cold Coronas”.^[2]

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 100 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.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[1]

Greg Barnhill — background vocals
Bekka Bramlett — background vocals
Tom Bukovac — electric guitar
Paul Bushnell — bass guitar
Dan Dugmore — banjo
Stuart Duncan — mandolin
Shannon Forrest — drums, percussion
Paul Franklin — steel guitar
Jimmy Nichols — keyboards
Javier Solis — percussion
Bryan Sutton — acoustic guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	70

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	44

References

1 2 Fireflies (CD booklet). Faith Hill. Nashville, Tennessee: Warner Bros. Records Nashville. 2005. 48794-2.
↑ Stylus magazine on Faith Hill's Fireflies album
↑ "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Faith Hill.
↑ "Faith Hill – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Faith Hill.
↑ "Best of 2006: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2006. Retrieved July 11, 2012.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Faith Hill singles

Take Me as I Am	"Wild One" "Piece of My Heart" "But I Will" "Take Me as I Am"

It Matters to Me	"Let's Go to Vegas" "It Matters to Me" "Someone Else's Dream" "You Can't Lose Me" "I Can't Do That Anymore"

Faith	"This Kiss" "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Tim McGraw) "Let Me Let Go" "Love Ain't Like That" "The Secret of Life"

Breathe	"Breathe" "The Way You Love Me" "Let's Make Love" (with Tim McGraw) "If My Heart Had Wings"

Cry	"Cry" "When the Lights Go Down" "One" "You're Still Here" "Baby You Belong"

Fireflies	"Mississippi Girl" "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Tim McGraw) "The Lucky One" "Sunshine and Summertime" "Stealing Kisses"

The Hits	"Lost" "Red Umbrella"

Joy to the World	"A Baby Changes Everything"

Other singles	"It's Your Love" (with Tim McGraw) "There You'll Be" "Where Are You, Christmas?" "I Need You" (with Tim McGraw) "Sing" (with Annie Lennox) "Come Home" "American Heart" "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Tim McGraw)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/22/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.