Looking for the Summer

"Looking for the Summer"
Single by Chris Rea
from the album Auberge
B-side"Six Up"
Released10 June 1991 (1991-06-10)
Length
  • 5:03 (album version)
  • 3:51 (single version)
LabelEastWest
SongwriterChris Rea
ProducerJon Kelly
Chris Rea singles chronology
"Heaven"
(1991)
"Looking for the Summer"
(1991)
"Winter Song"
(1991)
Music video
"Looking for the Summer (album version)" on YouTube

"Looking for the Summer" is a song by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released on 10 June 1991 by EastWest Records as the third single from his eleventh studio album, Auberge (1991). It was written by Rea and produced by Jon Kelly. "Looking for the Summer" reached No. 49 in the UK and remained in the charts for three weeks. A music video was filmed to promote the single. It also featured in a diner scene in the 1992 Hollywood blockbuster Basic Instinct.