Song for the Summer

"Song for the Summer" is a song by Welsh rock band Stereophonics. It was released on 27 November 2015 as the third single from their ninth studio album Keep the Village Alive. Lead-singer and guitarist Kelly Jones said of the track "I was in bed one Sunday and it's always the same, as soon as your brain shuts off, the idea comes. The title 'Song for the Summer' just entered my head. I went in the garden, wrote it from top to bottom, phoned Jamie and asked him what he was doing. So we went to the studio recorded it twice and that's the version on the record."

Personnel

 * Stereophonics
 * Kelly Jones - lead vocals, guitar
 * Richard Jones - bass guitar
 * Adam Zindani - guitar, backing vocals
 * Jamie Morrison – drums


 * Additional
 * Mikey Rowe – Wurly
 * David Arnold with Kelly Jones – orchestral arrangements


 * Technical
 * Production – Kelly Jones, Jim Lowe
 * Engineering – Lowe
 * Mixing – Craig Silvey
 * Studio Assistant at ICP Studios – Paul Edouard-Laurendeau
 * Mastering – Greg Calbi


 * Orchestra
 * Leader – John Bradbury
 * Violin section – Eos Chater, Dorina Markoff, John Bradbury, Johnathan Strange, Oli Langford, Christina Emanuel, Tom Pigott-Smith, Jackie Hartley, Peter Hanson, Ralph De Souza, Johnathan Rees, David Woodcock, Debbie Widdup, Natalia Bonner
 * Viola section –Reiad Chibah, Julia Knight, Sue Dench, Nick Barr
 * Cello section – Nick Cooper, Chris Worsey, Adrian Bradbury, Frank Schaefer