New Featured Unknown/Underrated Song: "Hot Summer Nights" by Walter Egan

We know Walter Egan from his big hit "Magnet & Steel".  But here's another one that should have been.  The group Night had fairly good success with it, but they didn't reach the Top 10 with it either.  The radio industry in all its collective wisdom ranked the song at a peak of #55 in 1978.  Listen to it often and it may become one of your favorite songs.

"Hot Summer Nights"

Walter Egan

Words and Music by Walter Egan

There was a time, not too far gone

When I was changed by just a song
On the radio, in my car
The pounding electric guitar

Then the time came to make our stand
We started up a four-piece band
And the heat felt like spotlights

In the heart of a hot summer night, yeah
Hot summer nights
Hot summer nights

Return with me to when times were best
We were friends that could pass any test
We shared our hopes, our dreams, and our goals
And the fundamental roles.

As we sang in the hot, dark rooms
Happy just to play our tunes
We felt good when we did it right
We felt good on a hot summer night, yeah

Hot summer nights
Hot summer nights, yeah

So it lives, and it always will
Those songs we sung are in us still
Ringing out with all their might
In the heart of a hot summer night, yeah

Hot summer nights
Hot summer nights, yeah