What was summer of 69 about

But while many fans of Adams have always assumed that the musician was singing about the year , Adams has cleared up any confusion or created more confusion, depending on your perspective in subsequent interviews.

It's a metaphor. I never said ," Adams said in a segment of a New Zealand talk show, according to Which makes sense, since, after all, the Canadian musician would've only been nine years old at the time. In fact, it seems Adams was using "69" as a reference to a certain intimate position. But the good thing about this song is there would never be any better song than this one. The song grows on you every time you hear it. It gives you chills, it makes you happy and you kind of want to make love.

We can always love this song, sincerely. I was listening to a lot of Bruce at the time — Bryan was, too — and one of my favourites was Thunder Road.

Realising he was sitting on a song that could ignite his career, Adams stopped at nothing to capture the sound he heard in his head. I basically fought with everyone until it became the way it is today. Such was the slowburn success of the song, however, that its parent album re-entered the chart as late as ; it has sold 12 million copies. What matters is that the song is great. And it is.