"Summertime" is a song written by Greg Johnston and

Andy Stochansky Andy Stochansky is a musician and songwriter from Toronto, living in Los Angeles. Early years Born and raised in Toronto, Stochansky began tinkering with the family piano at the age of five. To stop him from making music with anything he could ...

, and recorded by

Brian Melo Brian Melo (born August 15, 1982) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario who was the winner of the fifth season of ''Canadian Idol'' in 2007. His first studio album, ''Livin' It'', achieved Gold Status in Canada. His second albu ...

for his first album ''Livin' It'' (2007). It was released as the album's third single in

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in 2008.

Background

This is Brian's third single from his debut album. However, the song failed to chart on the

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. The fourth single from the album, "Back to Me," also failed to chart.

Shannon Noll version

Australian singer

Shannon Noll Shannon Noll (born 16 September 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2003, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. He has released five top ten albu ...

covered the song in 2008 and released it as the first single from his first compilation album '' No Turning Back: The Story So Far'' (2008). It was released as a digital download on August 23, 2008, and as a

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on September 13, 2008, in Australia. On September 14, 2008, the track debuted at number eighteen on the

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Australian Artist Chart based on downloads alone. The following week, the single debuted at number fifty-four on the Australian Singles Chart.

Music video

An open call for extras for the video was published on the Sony/BMG Music (Australia) website and via Noll's official mailing list. Originally scheduled to shoot on August 28 (for a September 6 premiere), filming was postponed a week, taking place on September 5, 2008. The video was scheduled to premiere on '' Rage''s Saturday morning line-up on September 13, 2008, the day of the CD single's release, but was postponed due to being incomplete. It finally saw its premiere on September 25, 2008 via Sony BMG's official online musicbo

The video's director, Anthony Rose, was criticised for his use of extras as fans, a common feature of his videos. ''

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'' stated their dislike in a review on September 26, 2008: "Why Sony continues to hire Rose to direct is beyond us. His consistent use of the tacky looking fan backdrop is almost laughable while simultaneously looking forced, bordering on 'try-hard'. How many more of these unbearable videos can Noll have under his belt before someone in management or PR realises he's looking like a pretentious punce with no credibility. Noll is both capable and worthy of much more." The video for "Summertime" was Noll's last video to be directed by Rose.

Track listing

CD single # "Summertime" – 3:42 # "Walls" (live at The Basement) – 3:46

Charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2007 songs 2008 singles Shannon Noll songs Songs written by Andy Stochansky Sony BMG singles