War - Summer Lyrics






Riding 'round town with all the windows down
Eight track playing all your favorite sounds
The rhythm of the bongos fill the park
The street musicians trying to get a start

'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes, it's summer
My time of year
Yes, it's summer
My time of year

Stretched out on a blanket in the sand
Kids of all ages digging Disneyland
Rapping on the C.B. radio in your van
We'll give a big "ten four" to the trucking man

'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes, it's summer
My time of year
Yes, it's summer
My time of year

Young boys playing stick ball in the street
Fire hydrants help to beat the heat
Old man feeding pigeons in the square
Night time finds young lovers walking there

'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes, it's summer
My time of year

In Atlantic City or out in Malibu
Or any where between, I'm telling you
When you feel those balmy breezes on your face
Summer time is the best time any place

'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes, it's summer
My time of year
'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes, it's summer
My time of year
'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes, it's summer
My time of year
'Cause it's summer
Summer time is here
Yes, it's summer





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  1. j.... N....

    This was the second song that was playing on my 8 track player when I discovered masturbation, by accident🐳

  2. M.... S....

    the best music ever

  3. m.... d....

    when music was music .. let's go on a picnic!

  4. M.... G....

    Funkiest thang ridin in 2020

  5. L.... C....

    Dedicated to my friend Ellen Dillon RIP 12/15/2014

  6. w.... ....

    I owned this first on 8 track, now I build custom audio systems. I always test a new system with music from this period, real instruments and more of a 3D listening stage.

  7. J.... R....

    Does anyone remember the female artist that rapped to this cover

  8. B.... D....

    First song I ever remember as a kid

  9. m.... a....

    OOOOOOH this is so smooth this lady is slowly moving it HEY!

  10. I.... J....

    Grew up listening to this music 70’s my kids also know and listen to this cause I always played it and now the grandchildren also know it cause they also listened to it while growing up 😊

  11. D.... W....

    Man I really miss the 70’s

  12. r.... ....

    Wow! This takes me back to my childhood. How many people remember the Spectrum. Concerts, the Philadelphia 76ers Home, and cableTV broadcast, where you actually got to see Darryl Dawkins flipping the bird to the officials on nationwide television. Ahhhh, memories. Check it Out! Ciao!!!

  13. B.... G....

    Captures the spirit in me ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,riding around town with all the windows down .........summertime is here

  14. N.... M....

    The only good..... WAR....on earth !!!!!!!

  15. J.... W....

    I’m young but have an old soul. The “Bernie Mac” tv show brought me here, when him in his family were sweating in the car on their way to the water park vacation. RIP “Uncle Bernie!”

  16. M.... R....

    One of War best rolas!! Qvo Kiki Lomita Bks13

  17. K.... B....

    this music will never go out of style, Britney Spears and her ilk have no holding power!

  18. A.... M....

    This is the kind of jams to sway to and chill. This is music!!!

  19. J.... B....

    I'm Canadian. Long winters where I live. When the snow's gone, I play this. "Eight track playing" lol.

  20. A.... G....

    Why we sing. K Kirk Franklin

  21. R.... K....

    greatest song to play any time of year it helps carry you into the next summer no matter how long it will be coming back around. Keeping SUMMER ALIVE from now to 2020...enjoy life friends...RockinRonny.

  22. m.... p....

    Everytime I hear this song it's makes me happy I live in sunny California :):):)

  23. b.... e....

    when i hear this song i am innocent , pure and free in my musical soul

  24. s.... t....

    Fuckin' Fantastic .

  25. E.... S....

    HATE HATE HATE summer!

  26. D.... K....

    Oops!! Where are my manners??!! Thank you Kandyman 1028. Keep it alive. That feeling only War can bring

  27. D.... K....

    ‘Cause it’s Summer... my time of year. ONLY War can give you that feeling... any time of the year!!! Gotta love ‘em.....

  28. D.... A....

    this song was played in the movie Sand Lot

  29. R.... R....

    "Summer" is a song by the band War, recorded on 4 April 1976 and released on 21 June 1976, midsummer's day, as a single from their greatest hits album in 1976. "Summer" peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart and number four on the R&B chart.

  30. S.... R....

    War
    "Summer"
    #7, 1976.

  31. M.... V....

    It was a magical time for music and fun to be there. And i was there !

  32. B.... g....

    Thank you!

  33. P.... D....

    Hell yes!

  34. A.... E....

    Reminds me of a beautiful time of my life I will never forget

  35. m.... a....

    Its really hot today and thats why i remembered this song on my head. Good memories back of the 90s

  36. I.... ....

    STILL my top number one Summer Song! <3

    I.... ....

    My time of year...........oooh ooohooooh

  37. J.... M....

    Chilln with War summer july 20th 2019

  38. H.... S....

    Still have my 8-track player and tapes. PLEASE bring back those days.

  39. U.... T....

    The difference between 70s music and 80s music is 70s musicians focused on music first, whereas 80s musicians focused on "image" first. This is why the former moves you, while the latter rings hollow.

  40. c.... w....

    Sound slower than how i remembered

  41. O.... t....

    Oh, it was O.K. to where Hawaiian shirts back then, no computers or cell phone or even beepers. The technology of the day was c b radios and record turn tables and 8 track cassettes.

  42. O.... t....

    Summer 1976, I just grad from high School, my first car was the 1965 Rambler Ambassador 4 dr sedan.

    O.... t....

    Same year I graduated. My first car was a vw bug

    O.... t....

    @Kerry Dahlberg I was 6 going on 7, but remember 76 very well.

  43. K.... R....

    Who in heaven's name is listening in July 2019?

    K.... R....

    Kenneth Russell Cameron. 😭

    K.... R....

    Hey, It's Summer! Check it Out! Ciao!!!!

    K.... R....

    Kenneth Russell me

    K.... R....

    @Thomas Norman Good Man. Check it Out! Ciao!!!

  44. J.... P....

    Love it

  45. M.... O....

    About to watch these fireworks on the lake playing this classic. Perfect night out to enjoy them.

  46. e.... f....

    def youse time of year !!!!

  47. G.... G....

    Back wen it was alot better then now 6 29 2019 😇🇺🇸

  48. G.... G....

    Now here in Calif high rents homeless garbage over crowded illegals n there drama looks like a third world country 🇺🇸

  49. G.... G....

    Back wen I was a kid in the 1970s in northern calif 🇺🇸😇

  50. P.... ....

    Temperature on June 28 2019 is 95 F. Had a bad day at work.
    Heard this song on the radio and it helped calm me down.


    Thanks War!!!!


    PS - Why this group is not in the RRHOF is beyond a shame.

  51. o.... s....

    And God heard this song ....and saw Dat it was good...and She smiled..

  52. T.... ....

    #VATOLOCOZ4EVA

  53. d.... ....

    This is what I used to listen to when I was at the beach at Malibu surfing in high school smoking a good doobie

  54. D.... R....

    Drinking a cold one to this..Cheers!!

  55. C.... K....

    Wonderful! Beautifully written, produced, and played. Talent.

  56. O.... ....

    I'm at Point Pleasant Beach right now listening to it!!😎

  57. a.... ....

    Summertime is here

  58. M.... H....

    I did not know they had an album version of this SUMMERTIME CLASSIC

  59. R.... E....

    An amazing song from the absolutely worst summer of my life so far.

  60. M.... H....

    I have always loved War and their music. I have all their albums. They should be considered for the Rock n Roll hall of fame. M. Hogan , first day of Summer, 2019!!! Have a great summer.

  61. F.... V....

    I remember crusin in my 78 chev Monte Carlo lifted front was a bad ride. War was always on my cassette player and all of their bad ass jams.

  62. M.... G....

    Hi sounds great I love it summer have a nice one thank you

  63. c.... f....

    My time of year

  64. O.... ....

    Sandlot 2 brought me here!!😂

  65. A.... R....

    I remember Riding in my uncle's 1975 dodge good time van as a kid. On the tire cover on the back said If you see me rocking don't come a knocking. We jammed out to WAR all the time. Great times

  66. C.... J....

    Sorry my eyes were closed had to snap out of it.

  67. M.... G....

    War Summer cool 😎😎😎

  68. C.... P....

    War is a unique sounding band, a blend of many cultures, and produced many great hits.

    C.... P....

    And yet the OriGinal multi-platinum/gold recording artists, three time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees, and the last artists to jam with Jimi Hendrix, are still not in the R&RHoF, while they have inducted many others who cover and sample WAR's originality; The Beastie Boys, NWA, 2PAC, Janet Jackson, Donna Summer, Bobby Womack, Bob Marley, and Eric Burdon was their lead singer for a couple of years, their hit together, 'Spill The Wine', and he's in the R&RHoF also. WAR fans are asking, #WhyCantWARgetIn? to the R&RHoF?

  69. V.... C....

    One of my all time favorites I need to hear it just before then it's officially summer !!!!!💜😁😎

    V.... C....

    Exactly!!

  70. a.... k....

    SUMMER 2019 😄☀️

  71. R.... S....

    Head bobbin, being a young fool, too cool for school, like a bee looking for the honeys to pollinate their flowers......

  72. C.... C....

    Great musicians !

  73. D.... K....

    THERE SOMTHING ABOUT SUMMER TIME THAT BRING BACK MEMORYS THIS SONG IS PART OF SUMMERS GONE BY

  74. R.... K....

    Just think...S...U....M....M.....E.....R the best time of year, I was born in July, " YIPPY" great no doubt eh? RockinRonny

  75. s.... ....

    One of the best songs ever.

  76. w.... ....

    1976 My kind of year

  77. L.... S....

    Just went out in one of the first real summer days in town this year and came home listening to this.

  78. M.... H....

    Was/is addicted to War. Grew up with their music. Love their music which is distinctively their’s. You know when War is in the house...Their beat is their signature

  79. V.... B....

    Thinking about the good ole days with a glass of wine

    V.... B....

    Live a little; have a joint. After all, it is legal now.

  80. d.... ....

    🤘😑🤘

  81. V.... H....

    Who still hearing this in 2019

    V.... H....

    Whewwwww, the memories!!

    V.... H....

    Fuck you, dumb!

    V.... H....

    @DoubleBlack ` shut up! For real! This music is for real and you're NOT!

  82. R.... C....

    I was a teenager when this song was released. The best time of my life! I will never forget the good times I had listening to this song.

  83. l.... ....

    The OriGinal artists of WAR at LowriderBand.com are multi-platinum/gold recording artists, three time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees, and were the last band to jam with Jimi Hendrix. But the R&RHoF keeps snubbing WAR to induct artists who cover and sample WAR's originality; The Beastie Boys, NWA, 2PAC, Janet Jackson, and more. Declare WAR for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame! Time is 'Slippin' Into Darkness' for the original five alive of WAR to be inducted in person. Peace.

  84. A.... A....

    One bad song takes you way back to the 70'S! Remember the very 1st time I heard it

  85. M.... B....

    This is what love feels like

  86. V.... O....

    Yup 24/7 and it will take you there every time over and over again I love it.

  87. R.... A....

    Using my cell phone I listen to this song on the beach in Naples Florida and 2019, warm air warm sand laying on the beach what a great song to listen to.

  88. T.... J....

    THE COOLEST SONG EVER!

  89. t.... J....

    one of the best group in the 70s one of the greatest group ever

  90. m.... ....

    A little 10 year old bad ass kid growing up in the inner city of South Memphis. When kids really relished the end of the school year. All we talked about is getting a summer job to have money for when school started back up and of course the public pool and all day movie marathon at Muhammad Ali Town II Cenima on Old Beal Street & 3rd. Even during those days we knew we had it good, even tho most of us were poor as hell! Damn those were some good times. This song takes me way back to those days.

  91. W.... F....

    Shout out sandlot2

  92. M.... S....

    This is the first song that my high school sweetheart and I danced to back in 1976 brings back fond memories.

  93. D.... H....

    Dina Walton... you cannot! I can't begin to describe the high I'm on playing in Howard Scott's band!!

  94. M.... B....

    A great interracial band from the 70's. Too bad black folks forgot how to make good music. They forgot all about melody, harmony and instruments. Nowadays its no instruments, harmony or melody. Its all violent,racist bullshit with some stupid asshole reading the "lyrics" he came up with, where you hear the words "bitch" or "nigga" ten times every 30 seconds

  95. R.... H....

    Grew up in 70's listening to WAR! My sons were young back then & now they are grown up & listen to them too!

  96. M.... R....

    NOW DIS SOME GOOD GOOD MUSIC HERE.

  97. D.... M....

    Age 56, early March - Prince Edward Island, Canada. Just smoked a totally legal joint, swept the snow off the deck, pointed my lounger at the sun, shut my eyes and I was there. You know the place.

    D.... M....

    Dan Mayberry thanks for taking me there too!!

    D.... M....

    @Stephanie Bolling all part of the service 😎

    D.... M....

    Dan Mayberry greatly appreciated and always so good to find like minded people 😎 feel free to share any other musical goodies with me. Stef

  98. M.... ....

    Waiting patiently for it to come.

  99. P.... P....

    WOW! It truly doesn't get any better than this. The summer I lost my innocence! Thank you Sandy. Still love ya!

  100. M.... D....

    This in the mountains, meat on the grill, shooting rifles, ice chest full of Coronas, & off roading 👌🏼