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Kid Rock – All Summer Long [2008]

Kid Rock har datet Playboy playmate og skuespiller Pamela Anderson. “All Summer Long” var Grammy nominert i 2009 i kategorien Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Sangen toppet mange hitlister verden over. I Norge nådde den fjerde plass som beste plassering.

Jeg håper denne videoen får dere i godt humør og sommerfølelsen vekkes til livet.

“All Summer Long” på wiki:

Single by Kid Rock
from the album Rock N Roll Jesus
Released	April 5, 2008 (2008-04-05) (see release history)
Recorded	Allen Roadhouse
Genre	Country rock, Southern rock
Length	4:56 (album version) 3:46 (radio edit)
Label	Atlantic, Top Dog
Writer(s)	Edward King Kid Rock Gary Rossington Uncle Kracker Ronnie Van Zant Robert Wachtel Warren Zevon Leroy Marinell
Producer	Kid Rock with Mike Clark
Certification	Platinum (RIANZ) Gold (RIAA)
Kid Rock singles chronology
“Amen” (2007) “All Summer Long” (2008) “Roll On” (2008)

“All Summer Long” is the title of a song recorded by Kid Rock. It was released in 2008 as the third single from his ninth studio album Rock N Roll Jesus. The song is based on Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” and Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama“.^[1] The idea for the mashup was suggested by Mike E. Clark.^[2] The song has become a Number One hit in several countries, including UK, and has even crossed over to country music radio, giving Kid Rock his first Top Ten country hit. The song was the official theme song to WWE’s pay-per view event, Backlash 2008.

Contents [hide] 1 About the song 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Release history 5 Charts 6 Hit Masters 6.1 Charts 7 The Rock Heroes 7.1 Charts 8 Chart procession and succession 9 References 10 External links

About the song

The song is an up-tempo Southern rocker in which Kid Rock reminisces on his teenage romance during the summer of 1989 on Torch Lake, just north of Traverse City in Northern Michigan, while listening to “Sweet Home Alabama”.

Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone magazine compared its theme to Bob Seger’s “Night Moves“.^[1] The song samples the instrumental part of “Werewolves of London” and the most well known riff of “Sweet Home Alabama” alongside new lyrics by Kid Rock. Lynyrd Skynyrd’s longtime keyboardist Billy Powell plays the piano on the track, including a reprise of his famous piano solo at the end of “Sweet Home Alabama”. Kid Rock would later dedicate his performance at the 2009 Grammy Awards to Billy, shortly after his passing in early 2009.

Critical reception

Manchester Evening News rated the song three out of five stars, commenting that the song “incorporates the swampy riffs, the distinctive guitar solo and gospel choirs effortlessly.”^[3] Billboard praised the song’s style adding that its lyrics “will make listeners nod and smile knowingly as they recall their own glory days.”^[4] Rolling Stone named the song as a “story of sexual awakening” adding “It’s stirring stuff.”^[5] This song was number 18 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.^[6]

Jim Malec, who writes for the country music review site The 9513, gave the song a “thumbs up” rating. Although he referred to the song as “highly derivative” for its use of sampling, and thought that some of the lyrics were poorly written, he also called it “essentially the perfect summer anthem”. Malec’s review goes on to call the song a positive change from the mostly “boring” mainstream country music, adding “Here’s an artist who is willing to show some personality.”^[7]

Music video

The music video for the song was shot in Nashville, Tennessee and features Kid Rock driving a Grand Craft Grand Sport^[8] boat out on the Old Hickory Lake, while two teenagers are shown enacting the song’s lyrics. Kid Rock is also shown partying with girls on a different boat, firing a machine gun whilst smoking a Cuban Cigar, and singing the song on a platform on the lake during night time. The platform, float & lights are an homage to the “Playboy girls” scene in the film Apocalypse Now. As the video ends, the small boat Kid Rock is driving can be seen with the word “cowboy” on the back.

Release history

Region	Date
United Kingdom	July 28, 2008 (2008-07-28)
United States	April 5, 2008 (2008-04-05)

Charts

“All Summer Long” is Kid Rock’s fourth song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, and overall his biggest hit of his career. It reached as high as #23 on the Hot 100, based solely on airplay, since Kid Rock has not made his catalog available for legal digital download (therefore, the song has received no assistance from digital sales on the charts). It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay charts, making it his highest peaking single on this chart. It is his third top 40 hit on the Hot 100. The song has become Kid Rock’s second pop crossover hit (after “Picture“), reaching the top ten on Mainstream Top 40 radio. “All Summer Long” has also reached the top ten on Billboard’s Adult Top 40.

It marks Kid Rock’s third entry on the American Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, after “Picture” and “Single Father”, both in 2003, and has reached #4 on the country charts, his first top twenty and top ten on that chart. It was a moderate hit on U.S. rock, peaking at #17 on Mainstream Rock Tracks, and #38 on Modern Rock Tracks.

The song is Kid Rock’s first international hit as well. The song went to #1 in the UK knocking off Dizzee Rascal’s Dance Wiv Me and being replaced by Katy Perry’s controversial song, I Kissed A Girl. In Europe, where there are physical and digital releases of the single, it has also topped the charts in The Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It has reached the top five in Norway, Sweden, Turkey and Poland. In Australia the song is his first top ten and number one single.

Chart (2008)   Peak position   Australian Singles Chart[9] 1 Austrian Singles Chart[10] 1 Canadian Radio & Records Country Singles 4 Canadian Hot 100[11] 12 Danish Singles Chart[10] 7 Dutch Singles Chart[12] 1 Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1 French Singles Chart[10] 28 German Singles Chart[10] 1 New Zealand Singles Chart[13] 3 Irish Singles Chart[10] 1 Italian Singles Chart 7

Chart (2008)   Peak position   Norwegian Singles Chart[10] 4 Swedish Singles Chart[10] 3 Swiss Singles Chart[10] 1 Turkey Top 20 Chart[14] 4 UK Singles Chart 1 UK Rock Chart 1 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 23 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[15] 14 U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs[15] 4 U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[15] 17 U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[15] 38 U.S. Billboard Pop 100[15] 16

Hit Masters

“All Summer Long”
Single by Hit Masters
Released	August 12, 2008
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2008
Genre	Rock
Length	3:48
Label	Hip Kiddy Records
Producer	Hit Masters

A recording of the song was released digitally by “Hit Masters”, a karaoke company whose version was made available in the iTunes Store in North America. Due to Kid Rock’s decision to withhold his music from the iTunes market,^[16] sales from the karaoke version eventually caused it to overtake Kid Rock’s original on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States peaking at number 19. This version also in peaked at number 28 on the Canadian Hot 100 due to digital downloads. As Rock’s version remained in the top thirty based on radio airplay alone, Hit Masters jumped into the top twenty due to its sales strength.^[17][18] However, the radio success of “All Summer Long” propelled Rock N Roll Jesus back up to number two on the Billboard 200, nearly a year after its release.^[19]

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	19
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	28
Canadian Hot 100	28
Hot Canadian Digital Singles	16

The Rock Heroes

“All Summer Long”
Single by The Rock Heroes
Released	September 2008
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2008
Genre	Rock
Length	4:56
Label	Big Eye

Another recording of the song by a karaoke band called “The Rock Heroes” has been released on iTunes for digital downloads in North America. In the U.S. it debuted at number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 and then rose to number 29 the next week, and also in Canada it debuted at number 16 on the Canadian Hot 100 due to digital downloads in both countries.

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	29
Canadian Hot 100	16
Hot Canadian Digital Singles	8

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by “Feel the Rush” by Shaggy featuring Trix & Flix	German Top100 Singles Chart number-one single June 27, 2008 – August 22, 2008	Succeeded by “Das hat die Welt noch nicht gesehen” by Söhne Mannheims
Preceded by “Love Is You” by Thomas Godoj	Austrian Singles Chart number-one single June 20, 2008 -	Succeeded by “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry -
Preceded by “Bring en hei” by Baschi	Swiss Singles Chart number-one single July 6, 2008
Preceded by “All I Ever Wanted” by Basshunter	Irish Singles Chart number-one single July 24, 2008
Preceded by “American Boy” by Estelle featuring Kanye West	Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
Preceded by “Dance Wiv Me” by Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome	UK Singles Chart number-one single August 3, 2008
Preceded by “Stilte in de storm” by Jan Smit	Dutch Singles Chart number-one single August 2, 2008	Succeeded by “Sweet About Me” by Gabriella Cilmi
Preceded by “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry	Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single August 25, 2008 – September 8, 2008	Succeeded by “Just Dance” by Lady GaGa featuring Colby O’Donis

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