The Boys of Summer

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single song

"The Boys of Summer" is a 1984 rock song by Don Henley, acclaimed for its nostalgic lyrics and atmospheric production, and widely regarded as one of his signature solo hits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Building the Perfect Beast ⓘ
artist Don Henley ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ⓘ
awardYear 1986 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 12 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 5 ⓘ
chartPositionUSMainstreamRock 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
decade 1980s ⓘ
describedAs one of Don Henley’s signature solo songs ⓘ
genre heartland rock ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasBPM around 88 ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Bell X1 ⓘ
DJ Sammy ⓘ
The Ataris ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
includedInList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:45 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Jean-Baptiste Mondino ⓘ
nominatedFor MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year ⓘ
notableLyric "Don’t look back, you can never look back" ⓘ
"I can see you, your brown skin shining in the sun" ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1984 ⓘ
partOf Building the Perfect Beast ⓘ
performer Don Henley ⓘ
producer Danny Kortchmar ⓘ
Don Henley ⓘ
Mike Campbell ⓘ
recordedIn 1984 ⓘ
recordLabel Geffen Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1984-10-26 ⓘ
tempo mid-tempo ⓘ
theme lost love ⓘ
lost youth ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
passing of time ⓘ
usesInstrument drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
vocalist Don Henley ⓘ
writer Don Henley ⓘ
Mike Campbell ⓘ

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Don Henley → notableWork → The Boys of Summer ⓘ
All She Wants to Do Is Dance → previousSingle → The Boys of Summer ⓘ
Building the Perfect Beast → hasPart → The Boys of Summer ⓘ
Building the Perfect Beast → notableWork → The Boys of Summer ⓘ
Donald Hugh Henley → notableWork → The Boys of Summer ⓘ