"Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams is one of the most famous songs from the 1980's and very still very popular today. Released as a single in 1985 the rock song was only successful in the USA. Over the years in gained its lasting popularity all over the world. The song's lyrics describe the narrator's throwback on the year 1969, which was the best time of his life. He bought his first gituar, had his first girlfriend and founded his first band. Interestingly enough in 1969 Bryan Adams was only nine years old.