Summer Babe (Winter Version)

"Summer Babe (Winter Version)"
Song by Pavement
from the album Slanted and Enchanted
Released April 20, 1992 (1992-04-20) (on the album)
Genre Indie rock
Songwriter(s) Stephen Malkmus
Producer(s) Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg
Summer Babe
EP by Pavement
Released August 23, 1992 (1992-08-23)
Genre Indie rock
Label Drag City Records
Pavement chronology
Slanted and Enchanted
(1992)		 Summer Babe
(1992)		 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
(1994)

"Summer Babe (Winter Version)" is a song by the American indie rock band Pavement. It is the opening track of their debut album Slanted and Enchanted, released in April 1992 on Matador Records.[1]

The song was also released on an EP titled Summer Babe[2] (out on August 23, 1992 through Drag City Records).[3] The song didn't enter the U.S. Billboard charts.[4][5]

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" by Pavement number 286 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[6] (In 2010, the list was updated, and now the song is at number 292.[4])

Composition

The song was written by Stephen Malkmus[4] (Pavement's lead singer and guitarist).

The recording was produced by Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted at Discogs".
  2. ↑ "Pavement - Summer Babe at Discogs". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  3. ↑ "Pavement - Summer Babe". Drag City. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Pavement, 'Summer Babe (Winter Version)' | 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  5. ↑ "Pavement". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  6. ↑ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time : Rolling Stone". 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2018-05-24. (page 3)
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