This page lists the chart runs for songs called "Summertime" in order of success.
This list combines cover versions and distinct songs that happen to share the same title.
If, alternately, you are looking for songs which have the word "Summertime"
somewhere in the title a better alternative would be to look up the word in the
site index for s.
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince |
Summertime |
1991 |
POP 2 of 1991, US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Jul 1991), US Billboard 4 - Jun 1991 (18 weeks), France 6 - Jul 1991 (1 week), UK 8 - Aug 1991 (13 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 8 - Jul 1991 (8 weeks), Switzerland 11 - Sep 1991 (13 weeks), ODK Germany 12 - Aug 1991 (17 weeks), Germany 14 - Sep 1991 (2 months), Holland 20 - Aug 1991 (8 weeks), UK Songs 2013-23 peak 36 - Jun 2013 (3 weeks), US BB 38 of 1991, ARC 44 of 1991 (peak 2 12 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 68 of 1991 (peak 7 16 weeks), US Radio 76 of 1991 (peak 7 8 weeks), RYM 78 of 1991 |
2 |
Billie Holiday |
Summertime |
1936 |
Europe 1 of the 1930s (1936), Jazz Standard 3, US Billboard 12 - 1936 (2 weeks), nuTsie 70 of 1930s, Scrobulate 84 of jazz, RYM 2 of 1936 |
3 |
Sidney Bechet |
Summertime |
1938 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011 (1939), Music Imprint 2 of 1930s, Australian Nostalgia 52 of 1930-1939, RIAA 74 |
4 |
New Kids On The Block |
Summertime |
2008 |
POP 20 of 2008, UK 34 - Sep 2008 (2 weeks), US Billboard 36 - May 2008 (13 weeks), ODK Germany 55 - Sep 2008 (3 weeks), US Radio 73 of 2008 (peak 19 3 weeks), US Mediabase 86 of 2008 |
5 |
Billy Stewart |
Summertime |
1966 |
Record World 7 - 1966, US Billboard 10 - Jul 1966 (10 weeks), Holland 14 - Oct 1966 (6 weeks), Canada 16 - Aug 1966 (8 weeks), Keener 18 - Aug 1966 (4 weeks), UK 39 - Sep 1966 (2 weeks), DDD 59 of 1966, US Radio 117 of 1966 (peak 10 4 weeks) |
6 |
Janis Joplin |
Summertime |
1970 |
France 9 - Feb 1970 (1 week), Scrobulate 90 of blues, Poland 95 of all time, WXPN 319 |
7 |
C-Block |
Summertime |
1997 |
France 1 - Sep 1997 (3 weeks), ODK Germany 19 - Aug 1997 (11 weeks), Germany 26 - Aug 1997 (2 months) |
8 |
Kenny Chesney |
Summertime |
2006 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 2007), US Billboard 34 - Apr 2006 (20 weeks) |
9 |
Ella Fitzgerald |
Summertime |
1989 |
UK 82 - Jul 1989 (2 weeks), Scrobulate 91 of easy listening |
10 |
The Marcels |
Summertime |
1961 |
UK 46 - Jun 1961 (4 weeks), US Billboard 78 - May 1961 (3 weeks) |
11 |
Steph Pockets |
Summertime |
2005 |
Japan (Tokyo) 10 - Aug 2005 (6 weeks) |
12 |
Gloria Davy |
Summertime |
1955 |
Italy 82 of 1955 |
13 |
Double |
Summertime |
2007 |
Japan (Tokyo) 16 - Jul 2007 (8 weeks) |
14 |
Tina Novak |
Summertime |
2002 |
Japan (Tokyo) 15 - Jun 2002 (11 weeks) |
15 |
Sam Cooke |
Summertime |
1957 |
US Billboard 81 - Oct 1957 (4 weeks), RYM 9 of 1957 |
16 |
Beyonce |
Summertime |
2003 |
Japan (Tokyo) 51 - Sep 2003 (3 weeks) |
17 |
Rosa Maria & Tony Osanah |
Summertime |
1988 |
Brazil 90 of 1988 |
18 |
Shakespeares |
Summertime |
1978 |
Belgium 9 - Mar 1978 (20 weeks), Holland 19 - Jun 1978 (5 weeks) |
19 |
Ricky Nelson |
Summertime |
1962 |
US Billboard 89 - Mar 1962 (2 weeks), RYM 83 of 1962 |
20 |
Wiley |
Summertime |
2008 |
UK 45 - Oct 2008 (2 weeks) |
21 |
Yasmin |
Summertime |
1991 |
Japan (Tokyo) 79 - Aug 1991 (1 week) |
22 |
BZN |
Summertime |
1985 |
Holland 6 - Apr 1985 (9 weeks), Belgium 22 - Jun 1985 (1 week) |
23 |
Another Level & TQ |
Summertime |
1999 |
UK 7 - Sep 1999 (7 weeks) |
24 |
The Sundays |
Summertime |
1997 |
UK 15 - Sep 1997 (4 weeks) |
25 |
Loulie Jean Norman |
Summertime |
1959 |
AFI 52 |
26 |
Santo & Johnny |
Summertime |
1960 |
Canada 30 - Mar 1960 (3 weeks) |
27 |
Chris Columbo Quintet |
Summertime |
1963 |
US Billboard 93 - Jun 1963 (2 weeks) |
28 |
Al Martino |
Summertime |
1960 |
UK 49 - Apr 1960 (1 week) |
29 |
Brainbox |
Summertime |
1969 |
Holland 16 - Oct 1969 (8 weeks) |
30 |
The Zombies |
Summertime |
1972 |
Holland 23 - Jun 1972 (5 weeks) |
31 |
Fun Boy Three |
Summertime |
1982 |
UK 18 - Jul 1982 (8 weeks) |
32 |
Tommy Dorsey |
Summertime |
1949 |
Song of 1949 |
33 |
Peter Gabriel & Larry Adler |
Summertime |
1994 |
Poland 19 - Sep 1994 (7 weeks) |
34 |
Dave 'Baby' Cortez |
Summertime |
1959 |
RYM 120 of 1959 |
35 |
Miles Davis |
Summertime |
unknown |
Scrobulate 41 of jazz |
36 |
Sarah Vaughan |
Summertime |
unknown |
Scrobulate 47 of gotanygoodmusic |
37 |
Marcus Miller |
Summertime |
unknown |
Scrobulate 88 of live |
38 |
John Coltrane |
Summertime |
unknown |
Scrobulate 96 of jazz |
Previous Comments (newest first)
8 Aug 2019
And more-
Brian Wilson, Nina Simone and R.E.M. all covered Gershwin's Summertime aswell, and they're not on this list.
This is a list of chart positions, covers that didn't chart anywhere are not included, we only list hits
7 Aug 2012
Theres more
There is a song called "Summertime" by My Chemical Romance in 2010 that was a huge success
As we say in many places there are various technical reasons why the listings we have here from after 2007 are incomplete