Summer Babe

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"Summer Babe"
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Single by Pavement
from the album Slanted and Enchanted
ReleasedAugust 23, 1991 (1991-08-23)
GenreIndie rock, Noise pop
Length3:16 (album version)
3:13 (single version)
LabelMatador (album version)
Drag City (single version)
DC9
Songwriter(s)Stephen Malkmus
Producer(s)Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg
Pavement singles chronology
"Summer Babe"
(1991) 		"Trigger Cut"
(1992)

"Summer Babe", also known as "Summer Babe (Winter Version)", is the debut single of the American indie rock band Pavement. It was first released as a 7" single (was listed and described as an EP at the time) by Chicago's Drag City Records on August 23, 1991, titled Summer Babe, their only single release on the Drag City label before the band moved to New York-based Matador Records.[1][2][3] The songs on the Drag City single would later be included on the Drag City compilation Westing (By Musket & Sextant), and on Matador's Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe. The song didn't enter the U.S. Billboard charts.[4][5]

A slightly different mix of the song, officially known as Summer Babe (Winter Version), later became the first track on the band's debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, released in April 1992.[6] In 2004, Summer Babe (Winter Version) was ranked number 286 by Rolling Stone magazine on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[7] (In 2010, the list was updated, and now the song is at number 292.[4])

Composition[]

The song was written by Stephen Malkmus, who was either living in Hoboken or Jersey City at the time, and the recording was produced by Malkmus and Scott Kannberg.[8][4]

7" - Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Summer Babe"3:13
2."Mercy Snack: The Laundromat"1:39
3."Baptist Blacktick"2:03
Total length:6:55

References[]

  1. ^ "Pavement - Summer Babe at Discogs". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  2. ^ "Release "Summer Babe" by Pavement - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  3. ^ "Pavement - Summer Babe | Drag City". www.dragcity.com. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Pavement, 'Summer Babe (Winter Version)' | 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  5. ^ "Pavement". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  6. ^ "Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted at Discogs".
  7. ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time : Rolling Stone". 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2018-05-24. (page 3)
  8. ^ Voznik-Levinson, Simon (May 15, 2018). "Stephen Malkmus: My Life in 15 Songs". Rolling Stone.
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