Last Summer (Lostprophets song)

"Last Summer" is the fourth single from Start Something, the second album by the Welsh rock band Lostprophets. The previous singles, "Burn Burn", "Last Train Home" and "Wake Up (Make a Move)" had all been highly successful on both sides of the Atlantic so this single was under similar pressure; it reached number 13 in the UK Singles Chart.

"Last Summer"
Single by Lostprophets
from the album Start Something
Released23 August 2004
GenrePost-grunge
Length4:07
LabelColumbia, Visible Noise
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Eric Valentine
Lostprophets singles chronology
"Wake Up (Make a Move)"
(2004)		 "Last Summer"
(2004)		 "Goodbye Tonight"
(2004)

The song's B-side, "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex", is a cover of a song by English popstar, and former member of S Club 7, Rachel Stevens.

Music video

The music video, directed by The Malloys, for the single shows lead singer Ian Watkins driving around Venice, California on the last day of the summer school term. As he reaches his destination, the beach, he then goes back to the beginning and drives past the school again but in a different decade — the '70s, '80s, and the present. The song describes the band members enjoying memories past of visiting towns in South Wales such as the seaside town of Porthcawl.

In the music video, around the 3:12 mark, lead singer Daryl Palumbo and bassist Jarvis Morgan Holden of Glassjaw and Head Automatica, respectively, can be seen walking in front of the school. Also at the 2:04 mark the metal band Steel Panther are seen in front of the school.

In the music video, lead singer Ian Watkins is driving a car with the plate number 2BAI222, the same plate number is featured in episode 1 of Numb3rs and episode 1 in the second season of The OC.

Track listing
CD1
No.TitleLength
1."Last Summer" (radio edit)3:59
2."Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" (Rachel Stevens cover)3:36
CD2
No.TitleLength
1."Last Summer" (radio edit)3:59
2."Reptilia" (The Strokes cover)3:34
3."In the Air Tonight" (Phil Collins cover)5:23
EP Version
No.TitleLength
1."Last Summer" (radio edit)3:59
2."Boys Don't Cry" (The Cure cover)2:37
3."Reptilia" (The Strokes cover)3:34
4."Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" (Rachel Stevens cover)3:36
5."In the Air Tonight" (Phil Collins cover)5:23
Vinyl
No.TitleLength
1."Last Summer" (radio edit)3:59
2."Boys Don't Cry" (The Cure cover)2:37

Personnel
  • Ian Watkins – lead vocals
  • Jamie Oliver – synth, turntables, samples, vocals
  • Lee Gaze – lead guitar
  • Mike Lewis – rhythm guitar
  • Stuart Richardson – bass guitar
  • Mike Chiplin – drums, percussion

Chart positions
Year Chart Peak
2004 UK Singles Chart 13
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