I got my first real six-string Bought it at the Five and Dime Played it till my fingers bled Was the summer of '69 Me and some guys from school Had a band and we tried real hard Jimmy quit, Jody got married I should've known we'd never get far Oh, when I look back now That summer seemed to last forever And if I had the choice Yeah, I'd always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life Ain't no use in complainin' When you got a job to do I spent my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I met you, yeah Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that you'd wait forever Oh, and when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, oh Man, we were killin' time We were young and restless We needed to unwind I guess nothing can last forever Forever, no Yeah And now the times are changin' Look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play that old six-string I think about you, wonder what went wrong Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that it'd last forever Oh, and when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, uh-huh It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah Me and my baby in a '69, oh, oh It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 (Yeah)
I got my first real six-string Bought it at the Five and Dime Played it till my fingers bled Was the summer of '69 Me and some guys from school Had a band and we tried real hard Jimmy quit, Jody got married I should've known we'd never get far Oh, when I look back now That summer seemed to last forever And if I had the choice Yeah, I'd always wanna be there Those were the best days of my life Ain't no use in complainin' When you got a job to do I spent my evenings down at the drive-in And that's when I met you, yeah Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that you'd wait forever Oh, and when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, oh Man, we were killin' time We were young and restless We needed to unwind I guess nothing can last forever Forever, no Yeah And now the times are changin' Look at everything that's come and gone Sometimes when I play that old six-string I think about you, wonder what went wrong Standin' on your mama's porch You told me that it'd last forever Oh, and when you held my hand I knew that it was now or never Those were the best days of my life Oh, yeah Back in the summer of '69, uh-huh It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah Me and my baby in a '69, oh, oh It was the summer, summer, summer of '69 (Yeah)
“Summer of ’69” foi escrita por Bryan Adams em parceria com o compositor de longa data Jim Vallance e produzida por Adams junto ao renomado engenheiro Bob Clearmountain.
Lançada como quarto single do álbum *Reckless*, a faixa chegou às rádios em 27 de maio de 1985 e rapidamente se tornou um dos maiores sucessos da carreira de Adams, atingindo a quinta posição na Billboard Hot 100 dos EUA.
O videoclipe, dirigido por Steve Barron, alterna cenas coloridas do presente com flashbacks em preto‑e‑branco e recebeu uma indicação de Melhor Vídeo Masculino no MTV Video Music Awards de 1986.
Apesar de evocar o espírito dos anos 60, a letra foi inspirada nas próprias memórias de adolescência de Adams e Vallance, que relembram suas primeiras experiências tocando em bandas.
A canção conquistou certificações multi‑platinum no Reino Unido, Austrália e Nova Zelândia, consolidando‑a como um clássico do rock pop e heartland rock.
“Summer of ’69” tem sido incluída em grandes eventos ao vivo, como a apresentação de Adams no Live Aid, e continua sendo um destaque frequente em seus shows e nas playlists de rádio ao redor do mundo.
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