"Sunshine and Summertime" is a song written by

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, Kylie Sackley, and

Rodney Clawson Rodney Dale Clawson (born in Gruver, Texas, United States) is an American country music songwriter. Clawson has written singles recorded by Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Faith Hill, George Strait and Luke Bryan, among others. Biography Clawson w ...

and recorded by American

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singer

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. It was released in June 2006 as the fourth single from Hill’s 2005 album ''

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''. The song reached No. 7 on the US ''

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chart.

Content

The song talks about the highlights of the

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season, including things like, “barefoot ladies and tricked out Mercedes” to “classic colas and ice cold Coronas”.Stylus magazine
on Faith Hill's ''Fireflies'' album

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

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unlike her first two singles released from the album, including her No. 1, "

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". "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 *

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— background vocals *

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— electric guitar * Paul Bushnell — bass guitar *

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— banjo *

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— mandolin *

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— drums, percussion * Paul Franklin — steel guitar * Jimmy Nichols — keyboards * Javier Solis — percussion *

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— acoustic guitar

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

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