Summer Babe (Winter Version) Lyrics

[Chorus]
Every time I sit around, I find I'm shot
Every time I sit around, I find I'm shot
Every time I turn around, my friend
Every time I sit around, my friend
Every time, every time, every time, every time, every time
Every time, you're my
Summer babe
Summer babe
Summer babe
Summer babe

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“Summer Babe (Winter Version)” is the first song off of Pavement’s 1992 album Slanted and Enchanted. The song was ranked number 292 by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

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What did Pavement say about "Summer Babe (Winter Version)"?
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We didn’t know how to record. We used reverb on the drums — the cheapest, worst reverb ever.

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‘Summer Babe’ is the start of Pavement front-loading their albums with the catchiest song first. Shots fired by Pavement! It’s just three chords, if you can call them that, so musically, it’s all about what you can wrestle from those chords. How far can you go? The lyrics are kinda silly. It mentions ‘Ice Ice Baby’. There’s some imagery from Stockton, California, where we recorded it, mixed in with a cryptic story about a girl and a guy. I don’t think it makes all that much sense, but it’s got some cool imagery.

I was living in Hoboken or Jersey City when I wrote it. I said, ‘I’m not gonna mess around with this noisy art thing. I’m going to make some real songs that people remember.’ So I had ‘Summer Babe’, and I played it for Kannberg. One thing I can say that’s good about Scott — I can say many things, but one thing specifically — is you know when he likes something. I remember showing it to him, and he’s like, ‘Yeah, that’s good, dude, you gotta do that one.’

Stephen Malkmus in Rolling Stone in 2018

Is there a live performance of this song available?
Genius Answer


Live at Glastonbury Festival, 1999

Credits
Written By
Mastering
Bass Guitar
Lead Vocals
Recorded At
Louder Than You Think Studios, Stockton, CA
Release Date
April 20, 1992
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