Indian Summer (Brooks & Dunn song)

"Indian Summer" is a song by the American country music duo Brooks & Dunn. It was written by the duo's members, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, along with Bob DiPiero. As Brooks & Dunn's 49th single, it was released in May 2009 and was the lead-off single to the duo's third greatest hits album #1s… and Then Some, released on September 8, 2009 via Arista Nashville.

Content

The song is a mid-tempo ballad describing a couple who fall in love during an Indian summer: a star football player and a cheerleader whom he meets. They fall in love, but are separated by autumn. The girl becomes pregnant and does not want to suffer the prejudices of small-town morals (which would look down on an unmarried, single mother) and therefore decides to escape to California. The song is predominantly sung in the third person, but the final verse reveals the narrator to be the football player in the song ("I wonder where we'd be / If I'd never scored that last touchdown").

Critical reception

Jim Malec of The 9513 gave the song a thumbs-down rating. Although his review makes note of the song's "ominous tone" and the "genuine longing" in Dunn's voice, he also goes on to say that he considers the lyrics uninspired as they do not flesh out any specifics on either character involved in the storyline.^[1]

Music video

The video was released on July 24, 2009 on Country Music Television. It was directed by Shaun Silva. It was filmed in Chowchilla California, in the local high school, home of the Chowchilla Union High School Redskins.^[2] The video was voted number 49 On GAC's Top 50 Videos of the Year list.

Chart performance

"Indian Summer" debuted at number 48 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated for May 23, 2009.^[3]

Chart (2009)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	16
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100^[5]	1
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[6]	74

References

↑ Malec, Jim (May 21, 2009). "Brooks & Dunn - "Indian Summer"". The 9513. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn - "Indian Summer" music video". CMT. Retrieved July 24, 2009.
↑ "Chart listing for "Indian Summer"". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brooks & Dunn.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 115. ISBN 0-89820-188-8.
↑ "Brooks & Dunn – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Brooks & Dunn.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Brooks & Dunn singles

Brand New Man	"Brand New Man" "My Next Broken Heart" "Neon Moon" "Boot Scootin' Boogie" "Lost and Found"

Hard Workin' Man	"Hard Workin' Man" "We'll Burn That Bridge" "She Used to Be Mine" "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" "That Ain't No Way to Go"

Waitin' on Sundown	"She's Not the Cheatin' Kind" "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" "Little Miss Honky Tonk" "You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" "Whiskey Under the Bridge"

Borderline	"My Maria" "I Am That Man" "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up for Nothing" "A Man This Lonely" "Why Would I Say Goodbye"

The Greatest Hits Collection	"Honky Tonk Truth" "He's Got You"

If You See Her	"If You See Him/If You See Her" (with Reba McEntire) "How Long Gone" "Husbands and Wives" "I Can't Get Over You" "South of Santa Fe"

Tight Rope	"Missing You" "Beer Thirty" "You'll Always Be Loved by Me"

Steers & Stripes	"Ain't Nothing 'bout You" "Only in America" "The Long Goodbye" "My Heart Is Lost to You" "Every River"

Red Dirt Road	"Red Dirt Road" "You Can't Take the Honky Tonk Out of the Girl" "That's What She Gets for Loving Me"

The Greatest Hits Collection II	"That's What It's All About" "It's Getting Better All the Time"

Hillbilly Deluxe	"Play Something Country" "Believe" "Building Bridges" (with Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill) "Hillbilly Deluxe"

Cowboy Town	"Proud of the House We Built" "God Must Be Busy" "Put a Girl in It" "Cowgirls Don't Cry" (with Reba McEntire)

#1s... and Then Some	"Indian Summer" "Honky Tonk Stomp" (with Billy Gibbons)

See also	Discography

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