Song of the Day 5/27: War, “Summer”

Didn’t mean to run another War song so soon, but to quote the lyrics, summertime is here. Yes, I know Americans foolishly start their seasons with a celestial solstices and equinoxes (most other countries don’t), but I ascribe to a more commercial definition. It’s not so true anymore, but in my youth Boardwalk businesses opened for the year on Memorial Day weekend and closed on Labor Day, marking the beginning and end of summer. So screw what American calendars say. Summer has begun.

This song was recorded for War’s greatest hits album and released on June 21, 1976. It reached No. 7 and, naturally, was one of the songs of that summer.