AndypandyUK - Long Hot Summer

AndypandyUK
Aug 29, 2025 07:14am
<p><span class="ql-emojiblot" data-name="sunny"><span contenteditable="false"><span contenteditable="false"><span contenteditable="false"><span contenteditable="false"><span contenteditable="false"><span class="ap ap-sunny">☀</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <strong>Summer’s Last Song Challenge : Part B:</strong> Here's a song that hardly anybody will know, but its title fits the theme and so does its laid back lazy summery sounding backing. With <em>four </em>heatwaves over the summer months here it has been hard to sleep (and sing) at times. I'm still not looking forward to it getting colder and darker though and would like it to stay warm.</p><p><br></p><p>This song was released in 1983 and reached No.3 in both the UK and in Ireland. It charted in New Zealand (No.12), Australia (No.28) and Canada (No.41) too. Performed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Style_Council" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Style Council</a>, the band that Paul Weller, lead singer of the <span style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78); background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);">rock band </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jam" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); color: rgb(78, 78, 78);">The Jam</a><span style="color: rgb(78, 78, 78); background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);">, formed</span> when they disbanded.</p><p><br></p><p>The background image of a field of buttercups I took myself while out walking. <span class="ql-emojiblot" data-name="rosette"><span contenteditable="false"><span contenteditable="false"><span contenteditable="false"><span contenteditable="false"><span contenteditable="false"><span class="ap ap-rosette">🏵</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>