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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 lyrics are ...
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]
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.
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date,” wrote William Shakespeare in one of his sonnets. Well, Bill, you might be enchanted to meet Taylor Swift, who has been busy proving just how long ...
Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman do not have as much on-camera time as they did during their time as the focal points of Prince’s group, the Revolution. But, in the 35 years since the disbanding ...
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 .
For the faithful, it’s been a mission — first, to get “Cruel Summer” released as a single at all, and then to make sure it became Swift’s tenth No. 1 on the Hot 100. When the “Lover ...