Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
This week’s theme is “Seasons/Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall.”
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Hot Fun in the Summertime is a 1969 song recorded by Sly and the Family Stone. The single was released in the wake of the band’s high-profile performance at Woodstock, which greatly expanded their fanbase. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and number 3 on the U.S. Billboard soul singles chart in autumn 1969.
FUN FACTS:
- Rolling Stone ranked the song #247 on their list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”
- Hot Fun in the Summertime is a dedication to the fun and games to be had during the summer.
- The song is ranked as the seventh biggest U.S. hit of 1969, and the 65th in Canada.
- Hot Fun in the Summertime is known for its rare use of strings in a Sly and the Family Stone song.
Incredibly, there isn’t a decent live performance of this song to be found online, so I went with a static album cover.
Enjoy!
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Hot Fun in the Summertime
End of the spring and here she comes back
Hi, hi, hi, hi there
Them summer days
Those summer days
That’s when I have most of my fun back
High, high, high, high there
Them summer days
Those summer days
I cloud nine when I want to
Out of school, yeah
County fair in the country sun
And everything is cool
Ooh, yeah
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot fun in the summertime
First of the fall and there she goes back
Bye, bye, bye, bye there
Them summer days
Those summer days
Bop-bop-ba-bop-bop when I want to
Out of school, yeah
County fair in the country sun
And everything is cool
Ooh, yeah
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot fun in the summertime
Great song. I’m looking forward to some hot fun in the summertime.
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I’ll take the fun but the ‘hot?’ We’ve already hit 100° twice in Tucson! 😁
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You and I chose the same song, Felicia! Maybe that means we are daydreaming about summer? 🙂
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This song has made me cloud nine many times.
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