2008 single by Kid Rock
"
All Summer Long
" is a song by American recording artist
Kid Rock
. It was released in March 2008 as the third single from his seventh studio album,
Rock n Roll Jesus
(2007). It samples
Bob Seger
's song "
Night Moves
", "
Sweet Home Alabama
" by
Lynyrd Skynyrd
and "
Werewolves of London
" by
Warren Zevon
.
[2]
"All Summer Long" was a number-one hit in Australia and six countries across Europe, including the United Kingdom. In the United States, it crossed over to
country radio
, giving Kid Rock his first top-10 country hit. Kid Rock performed the song at the
2009 Grammy Awards
and at
WrestleMania 25
, both in medleys. He also promoted the song in Europe performing at the
MTV Europe Music Awards
and the
World Music Awards
. The song led to the TV special VH-1 Storytellers in November 2008.
Composition
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The song, musically, is a
mashup
of
Bob Seger
's "
Night Moves
",
Lynyrd Skynyrd
's "
Sweet Home Alabama
" and
Warren Zevon
's "
Werewolves of London
".
[3]
This composition originated from a beat developed by
Violent J
of
Insane Clown Posse
while working with
Mike E. Clark
, a mutual collaborator of Kid Rock's, who sampled Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and had put the tape aside for an Insane Clown Posse song,
[4]
which would be released to that year's
Gathering of the Juggalos
, but Clark decided to play Violent J's beat for Kid Rock, who was unimpressed by the track, even though Clark loved it.
[5]
Later, Kid Rock insisted that Clark play the track again, and Kid Rock later came up with the idea to do a mashup of "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and add a new melody, resulting in the new composition "All Summer Long".
[5]
[6]
Eight people are credited for writing "All Summer Long": the songwriters of "Werewolves of London" (Leroy Marinell,
Waddy Wachtel
and
Warren Zevon
), the songwriters of "Sweet Home Alabama" (
Ed King
,
Gary Rossington
and
Ronnie Van Zant
), Matthew Shafer (
Uncle Kracker
), and Robert Ritchie (Kid Rock).
[7]
Chart performance
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"All Summer Long" was Kid Rock's fourth song to chart on the
Billboard
Hot 100
, becoming his third top-40 hit on the Hot 100 and the biggest solo hit of his career.
[8]
It reached number 23 on the Hot 100 based solely on airplay, since Kid Rock had not made his catalog available for legal digital download at the time (therefore, the song received no digital sales). It also became a pop crossover hit, reaching the top 10 on the
Mainstream Top 40
chart.
[9]
"All Summer Long" has also reached the top 10 on
Billboard
'
s
Adult Top 40
.
[10]
The song was Kid Rock's third entry on the
Billboard
Hot Country Songs
chart, after "Picture" and "Single Father" in 2003, reaching number four to become his first top-20 and top-10 single on that chart.
[11]
It was a moderate hit on American rock radio, peaking at number 17 on the
Mainstream Rock Tracks
chart and number 38 on the
Modern Rock Tracks
chart.
[12]
[13]
The song has sold 943,000 copies in the US as of April 2016.
[14]
"All Summer Long" is Kid Rock's first international hit as well. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked atop the
UK Singles Chart
on the week of August 2, 2008, which was its only week at number one.
[15]
In the rest of Europe, the song was available as a physical and digital release and topped the charts of Ireland,
[16]
Austria,
[17]
Germany,
[18]
the Netherlands,
[19]
and Switzerland.
[20]
It reached the top five in
Flanders
,
[21]
Norway,
[22]
and Sweden.
[23]
In addition, it topped the
European Hot 100 Singles
chart for four weeks, ending 2008 as Europe's eighth-most-successful single.
[24]
[25]
In Australia, the song was his first top-10 hit and number-one single,
[26]
while in New Zealand, the song peaked at number three.
[27]
Music video
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The music video for the song was shot in
Nashville, Tennessee
, and features Kid Rock driving a Grand Craft Grand Sport
[28]
boat out on the
Old Hickory Lake
,
[29]
while two teenagers are shown enacting the song's lyrics, taking place in the implied year of 1989 as mentioned in the first verse. Kid Rock is also shown partying with girls or women on a different boat, and singing the song on a platform on the lake during night time. The platform, float & lights are a homage to the "
Playboy
girls" scene in the film
Apocalypse Now
.
[
citation needed
]
As the video ends, the small boat Kid Rock is driving can be seen with the word "cowboy" on the back.
Track listing
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- "All Summer Long"
- "Son of Detroit" (live)
- "Bawitdaba" (live)
Charts
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Chart (2008)
|
Position
|
Australia (ARIA)
[43]
|
10
|
Austria (O3 Austria Top 40)
[44]
|
1
|
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
[45]
|
29
|
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)
[46]
|
52
|
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)
[25]
|
8
|
Germany (Official German Charts)
[47]
|
3
|
Ireland (IRMA)
[48]
|
6
|
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
[49]
|
8
|
Netherlands (Single Top 100)
[50]
|
13
|
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
[51]
|
13
|
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
[52]
|
17
|
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
[53]
|
7
|
UK Singles (OCC)
[54]
|
19
|
US
Billboard
Hot 100
[55]
|
85
|
US Adult Contemporary (
Billboard
)
[56]
|
32
|
US Adult Top 40 (
Billboard
)
[57]
|
15
|
US Country Songs (
Billboard
)
[58]
|
42
|
US Mainstream Top 40 (
Billboard
)
[59]
|
36
|
Chart (2009)
|
Position
|
Hungary (Radios Top 40)
[60]
|
139
|
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)
[61]
|
85
|
Decade-end charts
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Chart (2000?2009)
|
Position
|
Australia (ARIA)
[62]
|
26
|
Germany (Official German Charts)
[63]
|
23
|
|
Certifications
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Release history
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Hit Masters version
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A recording of the song was released digitally by
Hit Masters
, a
karaoke
company whose version was made available in the
iTunes Store
in
North America
. Due to Kid Rock's decision to withhold his music from the iTunes market,
[78]
sales from the karaoke version eventually caused it to overtake Kid Rock's original on the
Billboard
Hot 100
in the United States peaking at number 19. This version also peaked at number 28 on the
Canadian Hot 100
due to digital downloads. As Rock's version remained in the top 30 based on radio airplay alone, Hit Masters jumped into the top 20 due to its sales strength.
[79]
[80]
However, the radio success of "All Summer Long" propelled
Rock N Roll Jesus
back up to number two on the
Billboard
200
, nearly a year after its release.
[81]
Charts
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]
The Rock Heroes version
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]
Another recording of the song by
karaoke
band
the Rock Heroes
was released on iTunes for digital downloads in North America in September 2008. In the U.S. it debuted at number 38 on the
Billboard
Hot 100 and then rose to number 29 the next week, and also in Canada it debuted at number 16 on the Canadian Hot 100 due to digital downloads.
Charts
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See also
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