# WANTED: Songs about the end of Summer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769 "2003-09-05T17:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marlow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Marlow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlow)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/1 "2003-09-05T17:32:15Z")
I was thinking about making a mix CD with the loose concept of summer. Generally warm, poppy numbers to remind me of summer during the winter. Seeing as my opening track is about spring, I thought that it wouldn’t hurt to have the last track be about the end of summer. However, it’s been harder than I thought; the only thing that really comes to mind is the “Boys of Summer” cover by the ataris. So I’m asking the straight dope collective: know any songs about the end of summer? Remember, they’re to be poppy, upbeat numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/2 "2003-09-05T18:19:41Z")
Kirsty MacColl’s “Last Day of Summer” from _Titanic Days_. ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/3 "2003-09-05T18:26:30Z")
Hüsker Dü - Celebrated Summer ---
**Author:** ![big\_alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e56c9b/32.png) [@big\_alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/big_alex)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/4 "2003-09-05T19:03:06Z")
“The Last Good Day Of The Year” - Cousteau ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/5 "2003-09-05T19:04:24Z")
“All Summer Long” by The Beach Boys would probably fit your criteria for something poppy and upbeat. I can suggest some other “end of summer” songs but they’re probably more melancholy than what you’re looking for (e.g., “Summer Wind” by Frank Sinatra and “Summertime” by The Sundays). ---
**Author:** ![7\_up\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/919ad9/32.png) [@7\_up\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/7_up_yours)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/6 "2003-09-05T19:20:04Z")
Speaking of the ataris, their Summer '79 is also about the end of the summer… “Our last day of summer, 1979 / Gotta live it up one time before it’s over / We will make history tonight” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RogueRacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@RogueRacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RogueRacer)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/7 "2003-09-05T19:50:57Z")
If a folksy song will work, I have a suggestion. This is definitely off the beaten path, but a song called “Summer Ran Away” by [Glasnots](http://www.donalhinely.com/Glasnotshistory.htm) comes to mind. Don’t expect any production. It’s just a raw studio cut. Hearing the song always gives me a sense of loss. It reminds me that I’m in for another cold northern winter, but it goes further than that and makes me sad over great things that have to end. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/8 "2003-09-05T20:00:38Z")
Earth Wind and Fire had a snappy hit about the very last day of summer in [September](http://www.inlyrics.com/display/Earth_Wind_And_Fire_Lyrics/September_Lyrics/118723.htm): > [@](#): > > Do you remember the 21st night of September? > Love was changing the minds of pretenders > While chasing the clouds away ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/9 "2003-09-05T20:00:54Z")
Abra Moore’s “Summer’s Ending”/ ---
**Author:** ![sanja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@sanja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sanja)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/10 "2003-09-05T20:09:46Z")
Jane’s Addiction, Summertime Rolls ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/11 "2003-09-05T20:15:20Z")
Dar Williams’ End of the Summer And probably the all-time-classic end of summer song, Urge for Going. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/12 "2003-09-05T20:16:24Z")
Pictures by Boomtang Boys (Or was it Venga Boys? One of them…) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/13 "2003-09-05T20:25:14Z")
**Beach Baby** by Canadian Lighthouse ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/14 "2003-09-05T20:49:00Z")
Wonderful Summer, by Robin Ward. This song made me cry when I was young. You have to hear it to appreciate it…in a 60s kind of way… [http://www.lyricsxp.com/lyrics/w/wonderful\_summer\_robin\_ward.html](http://www.lyricsxp.com/lyrics/w/wonderful_summer_robin_ward.html) ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/15 "2003-09-05T20:55:52Z")
Boys of Summer by Don Henley and also covered in a neat techno remix type thing by DJ Sammy, I believe. Summer Lovin’ from Grease ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/16 "2003-09-05T21:00:43Z")
Two of my songs were mentioned after my first post was eaten, but I can still put in the other ones I had : Counting Crows : “Daylight Fading” - (from Recovering the Satellites) “Hard Candy” - (from album of same name), though it’s about more than just remembering summer. “August and Everything After” might fit, but it’s unreleased (lyrics are released, though). U2 : “Summer Rain” (a B-side to “Beautiful Day”) “Try to Remember” (from ‘The Fantasticks’, sung by various groups) ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/17 "2003-09-06T01:10:49Z")
Summer Song by Chad and Jeremy ---
**Author:** ![Larz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Larz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larz)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/18 "2003-09-06T01:37:56Z")
The Underdog Project - Summer Jam The Dove Shack - Summertime in the LBC ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/19 "2003-09-06T02:15:04Z")
_Urge for Going_ by Joni Mitchell “I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky and it gobbled summer down When the sun turns traitor cold And all the trees are shivering in a naked row I get the urge for going but I never seem to go” ---
**Author:** ![Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Muldoon\_s\_Squishiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muldoon_s_Squishiness)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769/20 "2003-09-06T03:09:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marlow \* > \*\*“Boys of Summer” cover by the ataris. \*\* **Blasphemy!!!** **Suddenly Last Summer** by The Motels [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-songs-about-the-end-of-summer/199769.md?page=2)