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"Cruel Summer" is a song by English girl group Bananarama. It was written by Bananarama and Steve Jolley, Tony Swain , and produced by Jolley and Swain. Released in 1983, it was initially a stand-alone single but was subsequently included on their self-titled second album a year later.
"Cruel Summer" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her seventh studio album, Lover (2019). Swift and Jack Antonoff produced the song, and they wrote it with St. Vincent . "Cruel Summer" is a synth-pop , industrial pop , and electropop song composed of synths , wobbling beats, and vocoder -manipulated vocals.
The group had their first major success in the United States in 1984 with the Top 10 hit "Cruel Summer" (UK No. 8, US No. 9), bolstered by the song's inclusion in the soundtrack to the 1984 film The Karate Kid. The song was ranked No. 44 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s. [11]
Taylor Swift fans don’t always love delayed gratification, but they have embraced it in the case of “Cruel Summer,” a 2019 song they have finally driven to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ...
The song was released in 2019 but didn’t become a smash until 2023, when by popular acclamation her quasi-oldie was all but officially declared the song of summer. (“What’s past is prologue ...
Released in the UK in ’83, peaking at No. 8, the song swept the summer of ’84 upon its US release, with the help from its inclusion in that summer’s smash box-office hit, The Karate Kid.
With this album, Bananarama had their first significant U.S. success with the single "Cruel Summer". It became a top ten hit there (the song had also been a top 10 hit in the UK in 1983), bolstered by the song's inclusion in the soundtrack to the 1984 film The Karate Kid .
Unfortunately, “Cruel Summer” was supposed to be a single in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was happening. Releasing a song called “ Cruel Summer,” thus, wasn't a great idea.