It reached the top five in Flanders, Norway, and Sweden. In the rest of Europe, the song was available as a physical and digital release and topped the charts of Ireland, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked atop the UK Singles Chart on the week of August 2, 2008, which was its only week at number one. "All Summer Long" is Kid Rock's first international hit as well. The song has sold 943,000 copies in the US as of April 2016. It was a moderate hit on American rock radio, peaking at number 17 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 38 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song was Kid Rock's third entry on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, after "Picture" and "Single Father" in 2003, reaching number four to become his first top-20 and top-10 single on that chart. "All Summer Long" has also reached the top 10 on Billboard 's Adult Top 40. It also became a pop crossover hit, reaching the top 10 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. It reached number 23 on the Hot 100 based solely on airplay, since Kid Rock had not made his catalog available for legal digital download at the time (therefore, the song received no digital sales). "All Summer Long" was Kid Rock's fourth song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his third top-40 hit on the Hot 100 and the biggest solo hit of his career. Įight people are credited for writing "All Summer Long": the songwriters of "Werewolves of London" (Leroy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel and Warren Zevon), the songwriters of "Sweet Home Alabama" ( Ed King, Gary Rossington and Ronnie Van Zant), Matthew Shafer ( Uncle Kracker), and Robert Ritchie (Kid Rock). Clark was not credited for production on the song. Later, Kid Rock insisted that Clark play the track again, and Kid Rock later came up with the idea to do a mashup of "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" and add a new melody, resulting in the new composition "All Summer Long". Clark labeled the compact disc containing the unfinished track as "Werewolf Bite" and initially planned to use it on a free single which would be released to that year's Gathering of the Juggalos, but decided to play it for Kid Rock, who was unimpressed by the track, even though Clark loved it. Clark added several other elements, including a snare drum from a drum machine that Kid Rock later told Clark that he loved because it was the same brand of drum machine used on Michael Jackson's " Beat It". Joseph Bruce from Insane Clown Posse was a huge fan of "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon, so Clark had the song on his iPod, and when listening to his iPod on shuffle, Clark decided that he had to create a track sampling the song. By this point, he no longer wanted to use samples in his production. Clark was working with both Insane Clown Posse and Kid Rock at the same time when he developed the initial track that became "All Summer Long", and listened to music on his iPod as a source of inspiration. The song led to the TV special VH-1 Storytellers in November 2008. He also promoted the song in Europe performing at the MTV Europe Music Awards and the World Music Awards. Kid Rock performed the song at the 2009 Grammy Awards and at WrestleMania 25, both in medleys. In the United States, it crossed over to country radio, giving Kid Rock his first top-10 country hit. "All Summer Long" was a number-one hit in Australia and six countries across Europe, including the United Kingdom. It was inspired by Bob Seger's song " Night Moves", and also samples " Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd and " Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon. It was released in March 2008 as the third single from his seventh studio album, Rock n Roll Jesus (2007). " All Summer Long" is a song by American recording artist Kid Rock.
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