Summer Madness (instrumental)
| "Summer Madness" | ||||
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| Single by Kool & The Gang | ||||
| from the album Light of Worlds | ||||
| Released | September 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Jazz-funk[1] | |||
| Length | 4:16 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kool & the Gang, Alton Taylor | |||
| Kool & The Gang singles chronology | ||||
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"Summer Madness" is an instrumental tune that was released in 1974 by Kool & the Gang on their album Light of Worlds. It reached number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 36 on the Hot Soul Singles charts.[2] It has subsequently become one of the most sampled R&B compositions of all time. In the early summer of 1996, Epic Records, a division of Sony Music, reissued and released the song as a CD and cassette single. [3][4] As of 2018, over 145 recordings had sampled it.[4]
Uses[]
"Summer Madness" has been used in various media:
- It appears in the 1976 film Rocky.[5]
- In most season 1 and season 2 episodes of the classic 1996-2004 Nickelodeon TV series Hey Arnold!, created by Craig Bartlett.
- In the 2001 film Baby Boy, an American coming-of-age film written, produced and directed by John Singleton.
- In the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, on the Fever 105 radio channel; also appears in the first trailer for the game.
- In the 2004 film You Got Served, in a scene where it is revealed that one of the supporting characters has died.
- In a 2006 Nike shoe commercial featuring LeBron James' "The LeBrons".
- In the 2006 Tony Hawk's Project 8 soundtrack.
- In the 2012 film Hit and Run starring Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell.
- In the 2015 film I Believe in Miracles by Jonny Owen
- In the 2021 series .
- In 2021 Israel Adesanya used this song during his walkout at UFC 259
References[]
- ^ Gorton, TJ (July 30, 2018). "BeatCaffeine's 100 Best Jazz-Funk Songs". BeatCaffeine. Archived from the original on August 25, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
- ^ "Breaks With Tradition: Kool & The Gang's "Summer Madness"". September 17, 2018.
- ^ "Summer Madness by Kool & the Gang – Songfacts". www.songfacts.com.
- ^ a b "Five Hip Hop Tracks That Sampled Kool & The Gang's Summer Madness". future-classic-music.
- ^ "Kool and the Gang – History". Kool and the Gang Official Site. Red Light Management. Archived from the original on December 9, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
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- 1996 songs
- Jazz-funk songs
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