Some Other Summer

"Some Other Summer" is a song by Swedish pop music duo Roxette, written by Per Gessle and released on 17 June 2016 as the second single from Roxette's tenth studio album, Good Karma. Prior to this, a remix by French DJ Sebastien Drums was issued as a non-album single on 6 November 2015, with Drums also creating a music video for his version of the song. An official music video was not made for Roxette's album version, although a fan-made video became a viral hit after Gessle publicised it via Roxette's official social media accounts. The latter clip proved controversial in parts of eastern Europe.

"Some Other Summer"
Single by Roxette
from the album Good Karma
Released	17 June 2016
Genre	Dance-pop^[1]
Length	3:07
Label	Roxette Recordings Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Per Gessle
Producer(s)	Clarence Öfwerman Christoffer Lundquist Gessle
Roxette singles chronology
"It Just Happens" (2016) "Some Other Summer" (2016) "Why Don't You Bring Me Flowers?" (2016)
Music video
"Some Other Summer" (lyric video) on YouTube

Composition and recording

Per Gessle said composing the track required him to expand on his usual composition style, elaborating: "As a songwriter I'm totally influenced by the 1960s pop tradition where a song consists of different parts like verse, bridge and chorus—with different chords in the different parts. But with today's pop writing style it's more common to use the same chords throughout the song, and instead just change the melody as you go along." He added "I took it as a fun challenge to see if I could write a song with the same four chords repeated over and over, and still make it interesting and the result was 'Some Other Summer', which incidentally set the tone for the whole album since it was the first song we recorded for Good Karma."^[2] The song consists of a repeated pattern of Em–A–D–G up to its second chorus, which is followed by an instrumental bridge of Gm–C–F–A♯ before returning to the Em–A–D–G pattern for the final choruses.^[3]

Critical reception

Brendon Veevers from Renowned for Sound described the track as being "soaked in a cool summer vibe". He called it a "perfect follow up" to preceding single "It Just Happens", and said it could be a "popular radio hit for the approaching European sunny season."^[4] Scandipop opined: "There are two types of amazing Roxette song. The Epic Ballad, and the Camp As Tits Eurodance Number. And with every new album we normally get at least one of each released as a single. Previous single 'It Just Happens' was the very epitome of the former, and [with 'Some Other Summer'] the Swedish duo are camping it up right on schedule".^[5]

Release and promotion

French DJ Sebastien Drums released a remix of the song on 6 November 2015.^[6] He also created a music video for the remix.^[7] An official music video for the Roxette version was not created; instead, a lyric video was uploaded to the duo's YouTube channel on 24 June 2016.^[8] Two months later, a Polish couple uploaded a lip-sync video for the song to their personal YouTube account. It was publicised by numerous media organisations and became a viral hit after Gessle shared it via Roxette's official social media accounts.^[1][9] The video was controversial in parts of eastern Europe, as it consisted of real-life footage of a homosexual couple. The couple went on receive numerous death threats.^[10][11][12]

Track listing

• 2015 Sebastien Drums single (digital download)^[6]

1. "Some Other Summer" (Sebastien Drums Remix) – 3:12
2. "Some Other Summer" (Bottai Remix) – 5:27

• 2016 Roxette single (digital download)^[13]

1. "Some Other Summer" – 3:07
2. "Some Other Summer" (Alexander Brown Remix) - 5:07
3. "Some Other Summer" (Patrick Jordan Remix) – 3:01
4. "Some Other Summer" (Didrick Remix) – 2:55
5. "Some Other Summer" (TRXD) – 3:23

References

1. Curtis M. Wong (30 August 2016). "Iconic '90s Band Helped This Couple Open Up About Their Sexuality". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
2. Editorial Staff (24 June 2016). "TDR Archive » Roxette + summer + new single = Some Other Summer". The Daily Roxette. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
3. "Roxette - Some Other Summer". Chordify. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
4. "Album Review: Roxette – Good Karma". Renowned for Sound. 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
5. "Song: Roxette – 'Some Other Summer'". Scandipop.co.uk. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
6. "Some Other Summer (feat. Roxette) - Single by Sebastien Drums on Apple Music". Apple Music. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
7. Brendon Veevers (2 October 2015). . Renowned for Sound. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
8. "Lyric Video zur neuen Single "Some Other Summer" und vier Remixe des Songs" [Lyric video for the new single "Some Other Summer" and four remixes of songs]. Warner Music Group (in German). 29 June 2016. from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
9. "Gay Polish couple sent death threats after coming out with lipsync video". Attitude. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
10. Karolina Błaszkiewicz (3 September 2016). "Para polskich gejów nagrała klip do znanej piosenki. Za granicą zachwyt, w kraju hejt" [A Polish gay couple recorded a clip for a famous song. Delight abroad, at home hate]. NaTemat.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
11. Jędrzej Słodkowski (2 September 2016). "Roxette polubiło teledysk polskich fanów. W kraju - obelgi i pogróżki. Bo są gejami" [Roxette liked a music video by Polish fans. In the country - insults and threats. Because they are gay]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
12. Adam Dupuis (10 September 2016). "Polish Couple Threatened After Their Roxette 'Some Other Summer' Video Went Viral". Instinct. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
13. "Some Other Summer – EP by Roxette on Apple Music". Apple Music. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2020.