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Summer Love (Justin Timberlake song)

Summer Love (Justin Timberlake song)

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"Summer Love" is a song written by Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as two Emmy Awards. He got his big break when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate...

, Timothy Mosley
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American Grammy Award-winning record producer, singer and rapper. Timbaland has produced albums and singles for a number of artists from the mid-1990s to the present day..Timbaland's first full credit production work was in...

, and Nate Hills
Danja
Floyd Nathaniel Hills , better known as Danja , is an American Grammy winning record producer, composer and songwriter.-History:Hills, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, took up drums and piano in his early teens...

, released as the fourth single from Timberlake's second album FutureSex/LoveSounds
FutureSex/LoveSounds
FutureSex/LoveSounds is the second studio album by American pop and R&B singer Justin Timberlake, released September 12, 2006 on Jive Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during November 2005 to July 2006 at Thomas Crown Studio in Virginia Beach, Virginia...

. The song was released as a radio single
Promotional recording
A promotional recording, or promo , is a recording issued on vinyl, CD, cassette tape, VHS, or DVD and distributed free in order to promote a commercial recording...

. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 at #74 and peaked at #6. The FutureSex/LoveSounds digital download version has "Summer Love" as a solo purchase without "Set the Mood Prelude", while the prelude is attached to "Until the End of Time
Until the End of Time (Justin Timberlake song)
"Until the End of Time" is an R&B/Pop song performed by Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé Knowles, written by Justin Timberlake, Tim Mosley, and Nate Hills...

". The CD pressing contains the prelude at the end of "Summer Love".
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"Summer Love" is a song written by Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as two Emmy Awards. He got his big break when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate...

, Timothy Mosley
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American Grammy Award-winning record producer, singer and rapper. Timbaland has produced albums and singles for a number of artists from the mid-1990s to the present day..Timbaland's first full credit production work was in...

, and Nate Hills
Danja
Floyd Nathaniel Hills , better known as Danja , is an American Grammy winning record producer, composer and songwriter.-History:Hills, born in Virginia Beach, Virginia, took up drums and piano in his early teens...

, released as the fourth single from Timberlake's second album FutureSex/LoveSounds
FutureSex/LoveSounds
FutureSex/LoveSounds is the second studio album by American pop and R&B singer Justin Timberlake, released September 12, 2006 on Jive Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during November 2005 to July 2006 at Thomas Crown Studio in Virginia Beach, Virginia...

. The song was released as a radio single
Promotional recording
A promotional recording, or promo , is a recording issued on vinyl, CD, cassette tape, VHS, or DVD and distributed free in order to promote a commercial recording...

. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 at #74 and peaked at #6. The FutureSex/LoveSounds digital download version has "Summer Love" as a solo purchase without "Set the Mood Prelude", while the prelude is attached to "Until the End of Time
Until the End of Time (Justin Timberlake song)
"Until the End of Time" is an R&B/Pop song performed by Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé Knowles, written by Justin Timberlake, Tim Mosley, and Nate Hills...

". The CD pressing contains the prelude at the end of "Summer Love". The song is the fourth single from FutureSex/LoveSounds to reach #1 on Mediabase's Mainstream Top 40 chart, making Timberlake the first artist ever to have four straight Top 40 radio #1's from the same album. For the German and New Zealand market there was a live performance released as music video. In Europe the single's B-side was "Until the End of Time
Until the End of Time (Justin Timberlake song)
"Until the End of Time" is an R&B/Pop song performed by Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé Knowles, written by Justin Timberlake, Tim Mosley, and Nate Hills...

".

The song samples the intro from "Give in to Me
Give In To Me
"Give In to Me" is the tenth track on Michael Jackson's 1991 studio album Dangerous. The single peaked at #1 in New Zealand for 4 consecutive weeks, and at #2 on the UK Singles Chart. It features former Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash...

", a song by Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson , known as the "King of Pop", was an American musician and one of the most commercially successful and influential entertainers of all time...

.

Music video


There is a video clip for "Summer Love" (played on TV) from a live performance from Justin's Futuresex/LoveShow concert in Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden
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, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 with Timberlake performing "Summer Love" with a few dancers and background singers but no official video clip.

Versions and remixes

  1. "Summer Love/Set the Mood (Prelude)" (Album version) - 6:24
  2. "Summer Love" (Album version) - 4:18
  3. "Summer Love" (Remix featuring Sam Rhansum
    Sam Rhansum
    Sam Rhansum aka Rhansum is an American rapper, record producer, DJ, and actor from Nashville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia.Even as an unsigned, independent artist, Sam Rhansum’s music is featured in worldwide high profile outlets such as BET’s top rated show "American Gangster" where he scored...

    )
  4. "Summer Love" (Remix featuring Stat Quo
    Stat Quo
    Stanley Benton, better known as Stat Quo, is an American rapper. He is a co-founder—with LT Moe—of the Grown Man Music ,. Benton attended University of Florida, where he majored in economics and international business in 2000...

    ) - 3:54
  5. "Summer Love" (UltiMix) - 5:03
  6. "Summer Love" (Remix featuring One-2) - 5:31
  7. "Summer Love" (Remix featuring Fabolous
    Fabolous
    John David Jackson , better known by his stage name Fabolous, is an American recording artist. Growing up in the Brooklyn area of New York City, he was among the first east coast rappers influenced by Southern hip hop sounds and secondly became popular through his hit single "Can't Deny It" in...

     and Dale
    Dale
    A dale is a valley. Dale or dales may also refer to:-Places:*Dale , places whose names include "dale" but which are not named "Dale"United Kingdom*Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales*Yorkshire Dales, England...

    )
  8. "Summer Love" (featuring Erre XI) (Luny Tunes
    Luny Tunes
    Luny Tunes are a Dominican reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Saldaña and Víctor Cabrera , who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s.-Biography:...

     Reggaeton
    Reggaeton
    Reggaeton is a form of urban music that became popular with Latin American youth in the early 1990s. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton's predecessor was originated in Panama as reggae en español...

     Remix)
  9. "Summer Love" (Remix featuring No Mercy) - 4:11

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austria Top 75 50
Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart premiered in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...

8
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 15
Romanian Airplay chart 15
Swedish Singles Chart  38
German Singles Chart 39
South African Singles Chart 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

6
U.S. Billboard Pop 100
Pop 100
The Pop 100 was a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and was released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It ranked songs based on airplay on mainstream top 40 radio stations, singles sales, and digital downloads.-History:...

5
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 13
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream
Top 40 Mainstream
Pop Songs is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay charts...

1