"Summerlove Sensation"
Single by Bay City Rollers
from the album Rollin'
Released1974 (1974)
GenreGlam rock[1]
LabelBell
Songwriter(s)Phil Coulter, Bill Martin
Bay City Rollers singles chronology
"Shang-A-Lang"
(1974)		 "Summerlove Sensation"
(1974)		 "All of Me Loves All of You"
(1975)
Music video
"Summerlove Sensation" (TopPop, 1974) on YouTube

"Summerlove Sensation" is a song originally recorded by the Bay City Rollers. It was part of their 1974 album Rollin'. In the same year it was also released as a single. The single peaked at no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 53
Ireland (IRMA)[3] 5
Japan
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 3

Sylvie Vartan version (in French)

"Petit rainbow"
Single by Sylvie Vartan
Released1977 (1977)
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Phil Coulter, Bill Martin, Pierre Grillet
Producer(s)Jacques Revaux
Sylvie Vartan singles chronology
"Le temps du swing"
(1976)		 "Petit rainbow"
(1977)		 "Georges"
(1977)

The song was later reworked into French under the title "Petit rainbow". It was recorded by Sylvie Vartan and released in 1977 as a single. In France her version of the song spent one week at no. 1 on the singles sales chart (from 7 to 13 October 1977).[5]

Track listing

7" single (1977, France etc.)

A. "Petit rainbow" ("Summer Love Sensation") (3:33)
B. "Bla bla bla" (2:46)[6]

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
France (singles sales)[5] 1

Other versions

Bobby Vinton covered "Summerlove, Sensation" in 1978. His version reached #44 on the U.S. Billboard Easy Listening chart during the summer of that year.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Young Love: Weenyboppers and Boy Bands". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ↑ "BAY CITY ROLLERS | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  3. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Summerlove Sensation". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  5. 1 2 "Petit rainbow - Sylvie Vartan - Hit-Parade.net". Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  6. ↑ "ultratop.be - Sylvie Vartan - Petit rainbow". Ultratop. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 249.
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