Single:
The 1977 non-album single Celebrate Summer didn’t chart in Australia or at home in the UK.
Album:
The song was included on re-releases of the 1977 T.Rex album Dandy in the Underworld, which didn’t chart in Australia.
Songwriter:
Marc Bolan
Producer:
Marc Bolan
Record label of Australian release:
T.Rex (via EMI)
Marc Bolan & T.Rex perform Celebrate Summer on Marc, ITV, in 1977:
Wikipedia:
Celebrate Summer was the last T.Rex release before Marc Bolan’s death in a car crash on 16 September 1977.
Bolan recorded the song with bandmates Herbie Flowers on bass and Tony Newman on drums, during sessions in April that year following the release of T.Rex’s twelfth studio album Dandy in the Underworld.
Writing for Record Mirror in 1977, Bolan said, “Celebrate Summer has a very definite new wave feel about it. If anyone thinks it is deliberate they are quite right. I know a good thing when I hear it, and am young enough to enjoy adrenalin-rush rock.”
The record failed to garner significant airplay on BBC Radio when it was released, but did generate play on Radio Luxembourg and Radio Clyde.
T.Rex performed the song on Bolan’s British TV series Marc in three different episodes.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Summer
Lyrics:
Hey little girl would you like a dance
Hey little girl want a quick romance
Hey little girl won’t you take a chance
And celebrate summer with me
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