Frank Sinatra - Summer Wind (Lyrics) [HD]

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Frank Sinatra sings 'Summer Wind' from the 1997 Reprise 2xCD compilation album 'The Very Best of Frank Sinatra'. The song was recorded in Hollywood on May 16, 1966, and arranged by Nelson Riddle. The lyrics are in the video and below with comments about the song.

Note: Bruce Springsteen has said that if he had to pick just one song to listen to for the rest of his life it would be this one.

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Summer Wind (Singer: Frank Sinatra)

The summer wind came blowin' in from across the sea
It lingered there to touch your hair and walk with me
All summer long, we sang a song
And then we strolled that golden sand
Two sweethearts and the summer wind

Like painted kites
Those days and nights they went flyin' by
The world was new beneath a blue umbrella sky
Then softer than a piper man
One day it called to you
I lost you, I lost you to the summer wind

The autumn wind and the winter winds
They have come and gone
And still the days, those lonely days, they go on and on
And guess who sighs his lullabies
Through nights that never end
My fickle friend, the summer wind

The summer wind
Warm summer wind
The summer wind

Songwriters: Heinz Meier, Hans Bradtke, Johnny Mercer
[Lyrics from Musixmatch]

Wikipedia states:

"Summer Wind" is a 1965 song, originally released in Germany as "Der Sommerwind" and written by Heinz Meier and German language lyrics by Hans Bradtke. Johnny Mercer re-wrote the song into English along the same themes as the original, which talked of the changing of the seasons using the Southern European sirocco wind as a metaphor. In America, it was first recorded by Wayne Newton and subsequently by Bobby Vinton and Perry Como.

The song is best known for a 1966 recording by Frank Sinatra which peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the Easy Listening chart. The Sinatra version originally appeared on his album, Strangers in the Night. A variety of singers and bands have covered the song since, including Shirley Bassey, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Michael Bublé and James Dean Bradfield. Barry Manilow, Westlife, and Willie Nelson have included the song on their albums of jazz standards.

During an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Bruce Springsteen said he would choose Sinatra's version of the track when asked to hypothetically pick only one song to listen to for the rest of his life. Likewise, in an interview on the Yes Network's CenterStage, Bob Costas named "Summer Wind" his favorite song.