The Boys of Summer
~ Recording by Don Henley
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | The Boys of Summer | Don Henley | Single |
| Geffen Records | 7-29141, 9 29141-7 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:45 | Don Henley | Building the Perfect Beast | Don Henley | Album |
| Geffen Records | 28AP 2976 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:51 | Don Henley | Building the Perfect Beast | Don Henley | Album |
| Geffen Records | GFLD 19267 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:51 | Don Henley | Building the Perfect Beast | Don Henley | Album |
| Geffen Records | 9 24026-2 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:45 | Don Henley | Building the Perfect Beast | Don Henley | Album |
| Geffen Records | GHS 24026 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:51 | Don Henley | Building the Perfect Beast | Don Henley | Album |
| Geffen Records | M2G-24026 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:51 | Don Henley | Building the Perfect Beast | Don Henley | Album |
| Geffen Records | GED 24026, GEFD 24026 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:51 | Don Henley | Building the Perfect Beast (Reissue) | Don Henley | Album |
| Geffen Records | 9 24026-2 |
| 6.6 | The Boys of Summer | 4:50 | Don Henley | The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | OPCS-2692, OPCS-2693, OPCS-2694, PT-23707, PT-23708, PT-23709, PT-23710, R102-33 |
| 6.6 | The Boys of Summer | 4:50 | Don Henley | The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | A-23707/R102-34, A-23708/R102-34, A-23709/R102-34, A-23710/R102-34, OPCD-2692/R102-34, OPCD-2693/R102-34, OPCD-2694/R102-34, R102-34 |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | GEFSD-24834 |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | GEFD-24834 |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits (Columbia House) | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | GEFD-24834 |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | GEFSD-24834 |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records, Universal Music Russia | 260 019-7 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:51 | Don Henley | Building the Perfect Beast | Don Henley | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDCD 705 |
| 2.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:46 | Don Henley | Now That’s What I Call Music! 40 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | 7243 4 96242 2 1, CDNOW 40 |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits (Club Edition) | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Geffen Records | D121415, GEFD-24834 |
| 2.4 | Boys of Summer | 4:45 | Don Henley | Greatest Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 249932 |
| 4.5 | Boys of Summer | 4:53 | Don Henley | Greatest Hits of the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.5 | The Boys of Summer | 4:51 | Don Henley | TM Century: GoldDisc 125 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.190 | The Boys of Summer | 4:50 | Don Henley | Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records - The First Fifty Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 8-431548 |
| 6.11 | The Boys of Summer | 4:50 | Don Henley | Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records: The First Fifty Years | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 431612-2 |
| 18.8 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Mastermix Professional Engineered for DJs: Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | SET225 |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | The Very Best of Don Henley | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:50 | Don Henley | The Very Best of Don Henley | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | 0602527067223 |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:50 | Don Henley | The Very Best of Don Henley | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | DAR CDW 017 |
| 5.8 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Zomer Top 100: Joe FM | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ARS Entertainment (Belgium label), Universal Music Belgium | 06007 5339297 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:49 | Don Henley | Building the Perfect Beast | Don Henley | Album |
| Geffen Records | |
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:50 | Don Henley | The Very Best of Don Henley | Don Henley | Album + Compilation |
| Geffen Records | 460502670239 |
| 1.30 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | Sports Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.18 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | Cottage Music: Yacht Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.24 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | Classic Rock Mixtape | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.31 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | Retro Road Trip | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.5 | The Boys of Summer | 4:49 | Don Henley | Eighties Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.18 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Classic Road Trip Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.31 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | Pub Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.22 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Pub Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.5 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | 80s Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.31 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Classic Pub Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.7 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | 80s Smash Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.14 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | 80’s Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.27 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Cooking at Home: Rock Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.33 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | Rockklassiker | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.4 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Grilla! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.4 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Summer in the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.27 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Rock On | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.5 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Summer in the City | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.26 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Campfire Jams | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.39 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Rock Now | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.6 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | 80s Road Trip | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) | |
| 1.33 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | The Best 80s Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.55 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | The Best Road Trip Album in the World…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 1.48 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | The Best Power Ballad Album in the World…Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| 8.5 | Boys of Summer | 4:49 | Don Henley | Electric 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.3 | The Boys of Summer | 4:43 | Don Henley | End of the Innocence | Don Henley | Single | |||
| 1.4 | Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Mastermix Classic Cuts 6: Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CC006 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:49 | Don Henley | The Boys of Summer | Don Henley | Single | |||
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer (After the Boys of Summer Have Gone) (lp version) | 4:47 | Don Henley | The Boys of Summer | Don Henley | Single |
| Geffen Records | 7-29141 |
| 1.1 | The Boys of Summer | 4:49 | Don Henley | DIGITAL discOVERY | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.16 | The Boys of Summer | 4:44 | Don Henley | DMC Complete Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| DMC (Disco Mix Club) | CDBOX19 |
| Withdrawn | |||||||||
| 1.37 | The Boys of Summer | 4:48 | Don Henley | Sommarplågor | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| FP (UMG Recordings, Inc. digital compilations) | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.2 | The Boys of Summer | 4:47 | Don Henley | Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits | Don Henley | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| engineer and mixer: | Niko Bolas Greg Ladanyi |
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| producer: | Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist) Don Henley Danny Kortchmar Greg Ladanyi |
| electric bass guitar [bass]: | Larry Klein |
| guitar [guitars], percussion and synthesizer: | Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist) |
| guitar synthesizer [synthesizer guitar]: | Danny Kortchmar |
| synthesizer: | Steve Porcaro |
| lead vocals: | Don Henley |
| part of: | The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 209) (order: 209) Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 416) (order: 416) |
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| recording of: | The Boys of Summer |
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Related works
The Boys of Summer
| lyricist and composer: | Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist) Don Henley |
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| later parody versions: | The Voice of Sodom |
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| later translated versions: | Als sneeuw voor de zon |