Summer Babe (Winter Version)

"Summer Babe (Winter Version)" is a song by the American indie rock band Pavement. It is the opening track of their debut album Slanted and Enchanted, released in April 1992 on Matador Records.[1]

"Summer Babe (Winter Version)"
Song by Pavement
from the album Slanted and Enchanted
Released	April 20, 1992 (on the album)
Genre	Indie rock, Noise pop
Songwriter(s)	Stephen Malkmus
Producer(s)	Stephen Malkmus, Scott Kannberg

Summer Babe EP/Single
EP by Pavement
Released	August 23, 1991
Genre	Indie rock, Noise pop
Label	Drag City Records
Pavement chronology
Perfect Sound Forever (1991) Summer Babe EP/Single (1991) Slanted and Enchanted (1992)

The song was initially released as an EP/single titled Summer Babe[2] (out on August 23, 1991 through Drag City Records),[3] the first of two singles to be released from Slanted and Enchanted (the other being "Trigger Cut"). The song didn't enter the U.S. Billboard charts.[4][5]

In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" by Pavement number 286 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[6] (In 2010, the list was updated, and now the song is at number 292.[4])

Composition

The song was written by Stephen Malkmus and the recording was produced by Malkmus and Scott Kannberg.[4]

Track Listing (EP/Single)

1. "Summer Babe" – 3:13
2. "Mercy Snack: The Laundromat" – 1:39
3. "Baptist Blacktick" – 2:03

References

1. "Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted at Discogs".
2. "Pavement - Summer Babe at Discogs". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
3. "Pavement - Summer Babe". Drag City. Retrieved 2018-05-24.,
4. "Pavement, 'Summer Babe (Winter Version)' | 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2011-04-07. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
5. "Pavement". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
6. "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time : Rolling Stone". 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2018-05-24. (page 3)