"Summer Wine" is a song written by

Lee Hazlewood Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) 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 1960 ...

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

Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sandra Sinatra (born June 8, 1940) is an American singer and actress. She is the elder daughter of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra ( Barbato), and is best known for her 1966 signature hit " These Boots Are Made for Walkin'. Nancy Sinatr ...

and Lee Hazlewood in 1967.

Lyrics

Lyrically, "Summer Wine" describes a man, voiced by Hazlewood, who meets a woman, Hokom/Sinatra, who notices his silver spurs and invites him to have wine with her. After heavy drinking, the man awakens hungover to find his spurs and money have been stolen by the mysterious woman. He then declares a longing for more of her "wine".

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood version

The Nancy & Lee version was originally released on Sinatra's ''Nancy in London'' album in late 1966 and later as the B-side of her " Sugar Town" single in December 1966. The song itself became a hit, reaching No. 49 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in April 1967. It also reached No. 14 in Australia. In early 1968, "Summer Wine" was included on Sinatra and Hazlewood's album of duets, ''

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'' LP. It was the first of Sinatra and Hazlewood's string of hit duets. In May 2017, retail clothier, H&M, used Nancy & Lee's version in their "The Summer Shop 2017" ad campaign and as a result, the track debuted at No. 1 on ''Billboard'' magazine and Clio's Top TV Commercials chart for May 2017.

Charts

Covers

In 1968 the song was covered by Kela Gates in Spanish with the Peruvian band Los Belkings with the title ''Néctar de verano''. In 1967 the French Canadian Robert Demontigny with Claude Valade has covered this song in French titled ''Vin d'été''. A French cover called ''"Le Vin de l'été"'' was also released by

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and Gérard Klein in 1969 (French lyrics by

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). A Hebrew cover called also "Yen Kayitz" (=Summer Wine) was released by

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and

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in 1976 to the translation of

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. The song was later

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by:

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with Nancy Boyd,

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featuring Bono (on the 2002 live album '' VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin''), Ultima Thule, Gry with

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and his orchestra,

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, Scooter (on the

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album ''

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''), Jack Grace and Moimir Papalescu and The Nihilists (with the male and female parts switched). A cover version by

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, recorded for the soundtrack of ''

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'', was the 4th best-selling single of 2007 in Germany and was certified Platinum by the BVMI. "Summer Wine" was also covered by

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and

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on the cult Australian music game show '' RocKwiz''. A Flemish cover called ''Toverdrank'' (Magic Potion) (on the album ''Een man zoals ik'' (English: A man like me) was performed by Guido Belcanto and An Pierlé in 2011. Two different German cover versions were released by

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(with Nancy Sinatra) in 1996 and by Claudia Jung &

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in 2011. An Icelandic cover called ''Sumarást'' (Summer love) was released by Hljómsveit Ingimars Eydal in 1968 and by

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and

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in 2007 for the movie Astrópía. On April 18, 2013,

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released a music video for her and

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's (from

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) cover of "Summer Wine" by

. The Canadian singer Cœur de pirate recorded a cover for "Summer Wine", which was used on the "Trauma" TV series soundtrack. On September 11, 2019, French singer

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and

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(

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) performed an English/French cover version of Summer Wine at Olympia in Paris. The cover was officially released in July 2020.

References

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