Summer Jam (song)

"Summer Jam"
Single by The Underdog Project
from the album It Doesn't Matter
B-side Summer Jam (Sunclub Remix)
Released July 24, 2000
September 22, 2003 (vs Sunclub)
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Genre 2-step, dance, freestyle
Length 3:28 (original)
3:48 (vs Sunclub)
Label Polygram
Writer(s) Vic Krishna, Christoph Brüx, Toni Cottura, Craig Scott Smart, Stephan Browarczyk, Shahin Moshirian
Producer Toni Cottura
The Underdog Project singles chronology
"Summer Jam"
(2000)		 "Tonight"
(2000)
Alternative cover
2003 release

"Summer Jam" is a 2-step garage dance song written by and sung by Canadian singers Vic Krishna and Craig Smart from The Underdog Project. It was released on November 14, 2000. It is the first single from their album "It Doesn't Matter". The song was considered a big hit in Europe, it stayed at number three on Germany pop charts and was number one on both charts in Belgium and number one in the Netherlands. After that, the single aired in some of the most popular radio stations in USA like WPOW in Miami and New York City's WKTU. The song was released in the UK in 2001, and re-released as "Summer Jam 2003" in 2003.

This song features samples of the original hit from 1997 "The Sunclub - Fiesta"

Contents

Lyrics, music

Song writer/composer(s): Vic Krishna, Christoph Brüx, Toni Cottura, Craig Scott Smart, Stephan Browarczyk, Shahin Moshirian[1]

Track listings

2000 release

CD single - Germany
  1. "Summer Jam" (original radio edit)
  2. "Summer Jam" (2-step radio edit)
  3. "Summer Jam" (accapella)
  4. "Summer Jam" (Dennis The Menace club mix)

2003 release

CD single
  1. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ F.R.A.N.K.'s summermix radio version) — 3:48
  2. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ Hardwell bubbling mix / F edit) — 3:40
CD single
  1. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ F.R.A.N.K.'s summermix radio version) — 3:48
  2. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ F.R.A.N.K.'s summermix extended Version) — 5:08
  3. "Summer Jam 2003" (DJ hardwell bubbling mix) — 5:08
12" maxi
  1. "Summer Jam 2003" (dubaholics wailing mix) — 5:16
  2. "Summer Jam 2003" (original extended mix) — 4:30
  3. "Summer Jam 2003" (free heads mix) — 6:30
  4. "Summer Jam 2003" (free heads dub)

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 10
German Singles Chart[3] 3
Italian Singles Chart[2] 17
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 17
Chart (2003)1 Peak
position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[4] 1
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[4] 1
Danish Singles Chart[4] 2
Dutch Top 40[5] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[4] 3
German Singles Chart[3] 86
Swedish Singles Chart[4] 36
Swiss Singles Chart[4] 24
UK Singles Chart[6] 14

1 "Summer Jam 2003", The Underdog Project Vs The Sunclub

Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[7] 1
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[8] 2
Dutch Top 40[5] 1
French Singles Chart[9] 30

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Belgium[10] Platinum July 19, 2003 40,000
France[11] Diamond December 18, 2003 500,000
Germany[12] Gold 2000 150,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"For You" by Peter		 Belgian (Flanders) number one single
June 14, 2003 - August 9, 2003 (9 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Allemaal" by Win Soutaer
Preceded by
"Get Busy" by Sean Paul		 Dutch Top 40 number one single
June 14, 2003 - August 9, 2003 (9 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)"
by Lumidee
Preceded by
"Sur un air latino" by Lorie		 Belgian (Wallonia) number one single (first run)
July 26, 2003 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Je voulais te dire que je t'attends"
by Jonatan Cerrada
Preceded by
"Je voulais te dire que je t'attends"
by Jonatan Cerrada		 Belgian (Wallonia) number one single (second run)
August 23, 2003 - September 9, 2003 (4 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"DJ" by Diam's

References

  1. ^ http://www.mp3lyrics.org/u/underdog-project/summer-jam/
  2. ^ a b c "Summer Jam", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  3. ^ a b German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Summer Jam 2003", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  5. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 2003" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%202003.pdf. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  6. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved March 28, 2008)
  7. ^ 2003 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 17, 2008)
  8. ^ 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 17, 2008)
  9. ^ 2003 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 17, 2008)
  10. ^ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved September 17, 2008)
  11. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved September 17, 2008)
  12. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Summer+Jam')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Summer%2BJam&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved September 17, 2008. 

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