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SONG-WE-LOVE: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince’s “Summertime” (1991)

May 20, 2025 Albumism Staff
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Summertime
  • ARTIST: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

  • TITLE: “Summertime”

  • ALBUM: Homebase (1991)

  • RELEASE DATE: May 20, 1991

  • LABEL: Jive/RCA

  • WRITTEN BY: Will Smith

  • PRODUCED BY: K. Fingers (Craig Simpkins), Hula (Lamar Hula Mahone), Roland Edison

  • CHART HISTORY (PEAK): US #4 Billboard Hot 100 | UK #8 Singles

  • OUR FAVORITE LYRICS: “Leanin' to the side but you can't speed through / Two miles an hour so everybody sees you / There's an air of love and of happiness / And this is the Fresh Prince's new definition of summer madness”

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