Indian Summer (Brooks & Dunn song)

"Indian Summer" is a song by the American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was written by the duo's members, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, along with Bob DiPiero. As Brooks & Dunn's 49th single, it was released in May 2009 and was the lead-off single to the duo's third greatest hits album #1s… and Then Some, released on September 8, 2009 via Arista Nashville.

"Indian Summer"
Single by Brooks & Dunn
from the album #1s… and Then Some
ReleasedMay 25, 2009
Recorded2009
GenreCountry
Length4:22
LabelArista Nashville
Songwriter(s)Kix Brooks
Bob DiPiero
Ronnie Dunn
Producer(s)Kix Brooks, Ronnie Dunn
Brooks & Dunn singles chronology
"Cowgirls Don't Cry"
(2008)		 "Indian Summer"
(2009)		 "Honky Tonk Stomp"
(2009)

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad describing a couple who fall in love during an Indian summer: a star football player and a cheerleader whom he meets. They fall in love, but are separated by autumn. The girl becomes pregnant and does not want to suffer the prejudices of small-town morals (which would look down on an unmarried, single mother) and therefore decides to escape to California. The song is predominantly sung in the third person, but the final verse reveals the narrator to be the football player in the song, who seems to regret choosing his football career over his love ("I wonder where we'd be / If I'd never scored that last touchdown").

Critical reception

Jim Malec of The 9513 gave the song a thumbs-down rating. Although his review makes note of the song's "ominous tone" and the "genuine longing" in Dunn's voice, he also goes on to say that he considers the lyrics uninspired as they do not flesh out any specifics on either character involved in the storyline.[1]

Music video

The video was released on July 24, 2009 on Country Music Television. It was directed by Shaun Silva. It was filmed in Chowchilla California, in the local high school, home of the Chowchilla Union High School Redskins.[2] The video was voted number 49 On GAC's Top 50 Videos of the Year list.

Chart performance

"Indian Summer" debuted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated for May 23, 2009.[3]

Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 16
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100[5] 1
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[6] 74
gollark: Mastodon's cool, though.
gollark: I suppose they might if it would reduce their moderation burden, but people would complain ("OMG TWITTER IS HARBORING THE OUTGROUP!")...
gollark: I doubt it.
gollark: We had Cambridge Analytica and a gazillion random other things, and yet people probably just go "hmm, this sounds slightly bad, but abstract and not really relevant to me, and besides all my friends are here" and completely ignore it!
gollark: It'll probably take a giant scandal ("Facebook is stealing your credit card information and using it to buy random people illegal drugs!") to make people consider moving, and you know what? They probably won't!

References
  1. Malec, Jim (May 21, 2009). "Brooks & Dunn - "Indian Summer"". The 9513. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
  2. "Brooks & Dunn - "Indian Summer" music video". CMT. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
  3. "Chart listing for "Indian Summer"". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  4. "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 115. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.
  6. "Brooks & Dunn Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.