Peak
46
Weeks
20
Score
1,186
Chart Year
2013
The music video was directed by Roman White and premiered in April 2013. It was filmed on the Santa Monica boardwalk and on Santa Monica Beach in California. Brad himself only appears during the video's final scenes, starting with the second line of the final chorus, at 3.5 minutes in. It tells the story of 2 kids, one male and one female, who meet on the boardwalk and spend the day doing various activities together, including having a tea party on the beach, going on rides, and playing and winning several games. When night falls, they are seen on a carousel together and the male lead is sporting a cowboy hat (possibly referencing a young Paisley.) The female's mother is then seen looking out her window, looking at her watch, and calling her in. She doesn't notice at first, but the mother eventually pulls her out. She then pulls her hand away from her mother, and goes to kiss the boy, before finally getting in the car with her mother (she is looking out the rear mirror with her hands in the air, referencing the fact that she wants to stay with the boy) and leaving. The video ends with a scene revealing that the whole video was a past memory, panning out to reveal that the boy was actually a younger version of Paisley himself. It ends with a note that the girl wrote in the sand, which reads "S+B" in a heart.
Brad Paisley penned this song for his Wheelhouse album in the early hours with Luke Laird and Chris DuBois. "That song we literally wrote at one o'clock in the morning," Laird told Roughstock: "For me, I've already been asleep for a few hours by then! Brad and many artists are on different schedules. They play shows, and then they stay up late. We actually wrote that out at Brad's house. Chris DuBois, who I've written with before, was like, 'Hey man, what do you think about maybe writing with me and Brad?' I was like, 'I'd be honored to do it if he wants to do it!' "I drove out there to his house," continued Laird. "It was Chris DuBois, Brad and me. We were sitting there for a little while, playing around on some different things. He's got his guest house set up as a studio. He cut his whole album out there. So we went upstairs to the studio, and I had this track started. He and Chris had that title. One of them had that, and he was like this music is perfect for that. After banging our heads for a few hours, we got on that song, and he really took to it." Regarding the song's meaning, Laird told Roughstock: "I thought it was cool because I've never really heard him do a song musically like this, but it sounds very authentic to him. The song lets me think of different relationships you have ... like summertime things that you have growing up or a summer fling type deal. The song really captures that. It's got great lyrics with a Brad Paisley vibe." Paisley explained, the song, "is meant to look at one of those love affairs that happens over the course of a summer. Where a guy and a girl fall in love and realize that this is going to be the best summer of their lives. I've thought that many a different summer in my lifetime that 'I'm never going to beat this one.'" There is some unique work with steel guitar on the song. Paisley explained that in one instance it was manipulated, "to where it sounds a little bit like a turntable. That stutter-step loop that happens in the beginning, that's actually a steel guitar."
Like the Ferris wheel goes around and around Well the trouble with up is there's always a down First I'm holding your hand and we're on the boardwalk There's heaven right here on these streets and these docks But the sun keeps setting and the days go fast And the sand on the beach is like an hourglass And I can just feel it, I'm slipping away And babe, I can already say that As long as I live, whatever I do As great as it is you know what's a bummer I ain't never gonna beat this summer with you Baby, it's true The taste in your kiss is so bittersweet I ain't gonna beat, no way I'm gonna beat this summer with you Before you know it it's all gonna stop They'll be rolling up windows and putting up tops Be a cold wind blowing and leaves through the air And you won't find a tan line anywhere Maybe I know that it ain't over yet So let's make the most of what we have left But it's hard living for this moment we're in Knowing it's all gonna end As long as I live, whatever I do As great as it is you know what's a bummer I ain't never gonna beat this summer with you Baby, it's true The taste in your kiss is so bittersweet I ain't gonna beat, no way I'm gonna beat this summer with you Looking at you, girl, standing there, Got your wayfarer's on and the sun in your hair And just like the song in a seashell, you'll be stuck in mind Bouncing around in my head And baby, I can tell As long as I live, whatever I do As great as it is you know what's a bummer I ain't never gonna beat this summer with you Baby, it's true The taste in your kiss is so bittersweet I ain't gonna beat, no way I'm gonna beat this summer with you
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 23, 2013 | 97 | 29 |
| 3 | Apr 6, 2013 | 99 | 27 |
| 4 | Apr 13, 2013 | 92 | 34 |
| 5 | Apr 20, 2013 | 69 | 57 |
| 6 | Apr 27, 2013 | 67 | 59 |
| 7 | May 4, 2013 | 63 | 63 |
| 8 | May 11, 2013 | 68 | 58 |
| 9 | May 18, 2013 | 68 | 58 |
| 10 | May 25, 2013 | 69 | 57 |
| 11 | Jun 1, 2013 | 65 | 61 |
| 12 | Jun 8, 2013 | 63 | 63 |
| 13 | Jun 15, 2013 | 57 | 69 |
| 14 | Jun 22, 2013 | 58 | 68 |
| 15 | Jun 29, 2013 | 52 | 74 |
| 16 | Jul 6, 2013 | 50 | 76 |
| 17 | Jul 13, 2013 | 46 | 80 |
| 18 | Jul 20, 2013 | 57 | 69 |
| 19 | Jul 27, 2013 | 70 | 56 |
| 20 | Aug 3, 2013 | 84 | 42 |
| 21 | Aug 10, 2013 | 95 | 31 |