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The Boys of SummerDon Henley

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Song · 1984 · Soft rock

The Boys of Summer

1984

★ 7.3 editorial score

Campbell built the track on a LinnDrum, Petty passed, and Henley wrote middle age onto somebody else's demo.

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Subject

Aging Nostalgia Lost love

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