Summertime (DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince song)

Infobox Single
Name = Summertime


Artist = DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
from Album = Homebase
Released = May 20, 1991 (U.S.)
Format = 7" single, 12" single, cassette single, CD maxi single
Recorded = 1991
Genre = Hip-Hop
Length = 4:31
Label = Jive
Writer = Alton Taylor, Robert Mickens, Robert "Kool" Bell, George Brown, Dennis Thomas, Claydes Charles Smith, Mahone Lamar Hula, K. Fingers, Will Smith, Richard Westfield
Producer = Hula, K.Fingers (of Da Posse Productions)
Last single = "Jazzy's Groove"
(1990)
This single = "Summertime"
(1991)
Next single = "Ring My Bell"
(1991)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Homebase
Type = studio
prev_track = "I'm All That"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Summertime"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Things That U Do"
next_no = 3Extra tracklisting
Album = Greatest Hits
Type = compilation
prev_track = "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "Summertime"
track_no = 5
next_track = "Just Cruisin'"
next_no = 6

"Summertime" is a 1991 Grammy Award winning chart topping Hip-Hop/R&B single by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart. From the duo's 4th album "Homebase", it also reached #1 Rap Single and #4 Billboard Hot 100. It also reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart.

It samples Kool & the Gang's "Summer Madness".

The song earned the duo's second Grammy after "Parents Just Don't Understand" in 1988.

From 1996 to 1998, Children's BBC used the song as their background music (in between programme links).

"Summertime" was remixed by DJ Jazzy Jeff himself, with a September 2007 single release.

The song was also used in a Wal-mart commercial.

A line from the song was sampled for Ludacris' song "Two Miles an Hour" from his album "The Red Light District".

Track listings

12" single:A1. "Summertime" (Single Edit) (3:57):A2. "Summertime" (Extended Club Mix) (5:42):A3. "Summertime" (DJ Jazzy Jeff's Mix) (5:37):B1. "Summertime" (Extended Bass Mix) (5:33):B2. "Summertime" (Street Reclub Mix) (6:03):B3. "Summertime" (DJ Jazzy Jeff's Instrumental) (5:47)

CD Maxi:1. "Summertime" (Single Edit) (3:57):2. "Summertime" (LP Version) (4:35):3. "Summertime" (DJ Jazzy Jeff's Mix) (5:39):4. "Summertime" (Extended Club Mix) (5:43):5. "Summertime" (Extended Bass Mix) (5:36):6. "Summertime" (Street Reclub Mix) (6:06):7. "Summertime" (DJ Jazzy Jeff's Instrumental) (5:50):8. "Summertime" (Instrumental) (4:30)

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