The Boys of Summer by Don Henley
The Boys of Summer by Don Henley

The Boys of Summer

Don Henley * Track #1 On Building the Perfect Beast

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The Boys of Summer by Don Henley

Release Date
Mon Oct 29 1984
Performed by
Don Henley
Produced by
Mike Campbell & Greg Ladanyi & Danny Kortchmar & Don Henley
Writed by
Mike Campbell & Don Henley
About

“The Boys of Summer” is track #1 on Don Henley’s 1984 LP Building the Perfect Beast.

It was a huge hit earning numerous awards including the MTV Video of the Year in 1985 and the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance in 1986.

The song explores the concepts of aging and questioning the...

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The Boys of Summer Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I'm driving by your house
Though I know you're not home

[Chorus]
But I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your
Sunglasses on, baby
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

[Verse 2]
I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how I made you scream?
Now I don't understand what happened to our love
But babe, I'm gonna get you back
I'm gonna show you what I'm made of

[Chorus]
I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
I see you walking real slow and
Smiling at everyone
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Out on the road today
I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac
A little voice inside my head said
“Don't look back, you can never look back”
I thought I knew what love was, what did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but...

[Chorus]
I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got the top pulled down and the
Radio on, baby
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
I can see you
Your brown skin shining in the sun
You got your hair slicked back and those
Wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you, my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

The Boys of Summer Q&A

Who wrote The Boys of Summer's ?

The Boys of Summer was written by Mike Campbell & Don Henley.

Who produced The Boys of Summer's ?

The Boys of Summer was produced by Mike Campbell & Greg Ladanyi & Danny Kortchmar & Don Henley.

When did Don Henley release The Boys of Summer?

Don Henley released The Boys of Summer on Mon Oct 29 1984.

What did Don Henley say about "The Boys of Summer"?

About the third verse, Don Henley told NME in 1985:

I was driving down the San Diego Freeway and got passed by a $21,000 Cadillac Seville, the status symbol of the Right-wing upper-middle-class American bourgeoisie – all the guys with the blue blazers with the crests and the grey pants – and there...

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Boys of summer refers to the baseball season being over

While the colloquial “Boys of Summer” can refer to baseball players (originating from the 1972 Roger Kahn book of the same name about the Brooklyn Dodgers; of which that name was taken from a Dylan Thomas poem that had nothing to do with baseball). However, the context of the name in this song refe...

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