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Summer of '69" is a song recorded by the Canadian musician
Bryan Adams, from his fourth album,
Reckless. The song is about a dilemma between settling down or trying to become a rock star. The song was written by Adams and
Jim Vallance, a long-time writing partner of Adams. "Summer of '69" was produced by Adams and
Bob Clearmountain. It was released in June 1985 under
A&M Records as the fourth single from
Reckless.