{{Short description|1999 single by LFO}} {{Other uses|Summer Girl (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Summer Girls | cover = SummerGirlsLFO.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = LFO | album = LFO | B-side = Can't Have You | released = {{start date|1999|06|29}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = 4:17 | label = Arista | writer = * Rich Cronin * Dow Brain * Brad Young | producer = {{flatlist| * Dow Brain * Brad Young }} | prev_title = Sex U Up (The Way You Like It) | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Girl on TV | next_year = 1999 }} "'''Summer Girls'''" is a song by American pop group LFO. It was released on June 29, 1999, as the lead single from their debut album, ''LFO'' (1999). "Summer Girls" reached number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In 2010, ''Billboard'' magazine named it the 14th-biggest summer song of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/513566/top-30-summer-songs|title=Top 30 Summer Songs|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> In 2019, ''Billboard'' also ranked the song the 43rd-greatest song of 1999.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8505742/greatest-songs-of-1999-top-99|title=The 99 Greatest Songs of 1999: Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> This was the band's first single to feature Devin Lima as a member of the group after original member Brian "Brizz" Gillis left the group.
==Background and content== The song was written by Rich Cronin, Dow Brain, and Brad Young. Cronin said the song included numerous inside jokes,<ref name="globe"> {{cite news | author = Raman, Sheela | title = Rich Cronin's comeback Six years after 'Summer Girls,' the leader of LFO battles leukemia | newspaper = The Boston Globe | date = July 7, 2005 | url = https://archive.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/07/07/rich_cronins_comeback/ | access-date = January 9, 2009 | quote = "I just thought back to when I was young, happy, no worries," he says. 'Summer Girls' was all about a summer on the Cape. Inside jokes. I never thought that anyone besides my close friends would ever hear it." But the song was leaked to a radio station and climbed Billboard charts. }}</ref> and that he never anticipated its success. He claimed this was because the song was made strictly for a demo tape, but was leaked to WWZZ, a top 40 radio station in Washington, D.C.<ref name="globe"/> Radio station Program Director Dale O'Brien received an unmixed copy of the song from Kelly Schweinsberg, GM of LFO's initial label, Logic Records. He listened to it a few days later, his "jaw dropped, and the song was added in a hot second."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=LFO's Pop-Culture-Soaked 'Summer Girls' Takes Organic Route To Radio|date=August 7, 1999|url={{Google books|id=mAgEAAAAMBAJ|page=70|plainurl=yes}}|page=70|access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref>
==Music video== The music video was directed by Marcus Raboy and was released on July 20, 1999. It was filmed at Coney Island in New York.<ref>[https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/7/29/8934482/lfo-summer-girls-1999-music-abercrombie-fitch-song How “Summer Girls” Explains a Bunch of Hits—and the Music of 1999] The Ringer</ref><ref>[https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/lfo-still-likes-girls-who-wear-abercrombie-and-hopes-you-do/article_c3d8c2dd-8e35-5898-8714-db41b1cef1b8.html LFO still likes girls who wear Abercrombie (and hopes you do)] Buffalo News</ref>
==Track listings== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''US CD and cassette single; Australian CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Summer Girls|year=1999|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records|id=07822-13692-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Summer Girls|year=1999|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Arista Records|id=07822-13692-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Summer Girls|year=1999|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Logic Records, Arista Records|id=74321 69349 2}}</ref> # "Summer Girls" – 4:17 # "Summer Girls" (instrumental) – 4:17 # "Can't Have You" – 4:02
'''European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Summer Girls|year=1999|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Logic Records, Arista Records|id=74321 70088 2}}</ref> # "Summer Girls" – 4:17 # "Summer Girls" (instrumental) – 4:17
'''UK cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Summer Girls|year=1999|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Logic Records, Arista Records|id=74321 70115 4}}</ref> # "Summer Girls" – 4:17 # "Can't Have You" – 4:02 {{col-2}} '''UK CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Summer Girls|year=1999|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=Logic Records, Arista Records|id=74321 70115 2}}</ref> # "Summer Girls" – 4:17 # "Summer Girls" (instrumental) – 4:17 # "Summer Girls" (video) – 4:17
'''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Summer Girls|year=1999|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Logic Records, Arista Records|id=74321 70116 2}}</ref> # "Summer Girls" – 4:17 # "Can't Have You" – 4:02 # "Summer Girls" (instrumental) – 4:17 {{col-end}}
==Charts== {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1999) !Peak<br/>position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=172}}</ref> |71 |- {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|18|chartid=8449|rowheader=true|access-date=October 13, 2020}} |- !scope="row"|Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/1999.pdf|title=Canadian Top 20 in 1999|website=Cross Canada Countdown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407221908/http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/1999.pdf|archive-date=April 7, 2005|accessdate=November 13, 2023}}</ref> |16 |- !scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-09-25.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=39|page=16|date=September 25, 1999|access-date=October 13, 2020}}</ref> |52 |- !scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-09-18.pdf|title=EHR Top 50|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=38|date=September 18, 1999|page=22|access-date=April 10, 2024}}</ref> |30 |- {{single chart|Germany|56|artist=Lyte Funkie Ones|song=Summer Girls|songid=95519|rowheader=true|access-date=May 21, 2017}} |- !scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1999/week-44|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 44, 1999|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref> |12 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|79|artist=Lyte Funkie Ones|song=Summer Girls|rowheader=true|access-date=May 21, 2017}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|14|artist=Lyte Funkie Ones|song=Summer Girls|rowheader=true|access-date=May 21, 2017}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|26|date=19990918|rowheader=true|access-date=May 21, 2017}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|36|artist=Lyte Funkie Ones|song=Summer Girls|rowheader=true|access-date=May 21, 2017}} |- {{single chart|UK|16|date=19990918|rowheader=true|access-date=May 21, 2017}} |- !scope="row"|UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-09-11.pdf|title=The Airplay Chart|magazine=Music Week|date=11 September 1999|page=23|access-date=23 May 2025}}</ref> |21 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1999-08-28/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=August 28, 1999|url-access=subscription|access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref> |3 |- !scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/1999-09-04/|title=Pop Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=September 4, 1999|url-access=subscription|access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref> |18 |- !scope="row"|US Rhythmic Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rhythmic-40/1999-09-04/|title=Rhythmic Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=September 4, 1999|url-access=subscription|access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref> |29 |} {{Col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1999) !Position |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url={{Google books|id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ|pg=SL680-PA48|plainurl=yes}}|title=1999: The Year In Music – Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=52|page=YE-48|date=December 25, 1999|access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref> |38 |- !scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1999|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=7|issue=52|page=54|date=December 24, 1999}}</ref> |68 |} {{Col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=LFO|title=Summer Girls|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|salesamount=1,300,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63|title=Best-Selling Records of 1999|magazine=Billboard|volume=112|number=4|page=63|date=January 22, 2000|access-date=June 4, 2015|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>|refname="US cert"}} {{table end}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United States |June 29, 1999 |CD |rowspan="2"|Arista |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Girls-Lfo/dp/B00000JLKA|title=Summer Girls|publisher=Amazon|access-date=July 24, 2021}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |September 6, 1999 |{{hlist|CD|cassette}} |<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-08-28.pdf|title=Reviews – For Records Released on 6 September 1999: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=12|date=August 28, 1999|access-date=July 24, 2021}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/7/29/8934482/lfo-summer-girls-1999-music-abercrombie-fitch-song How "Summer Girls" Explains a Bunch of Hits—and the Music of 1999]
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