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Summer Jam (The Underdog Project song)

2003 single by The Underdog Project

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ1531504
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"Summer Jam" is a song by German-Belgian dance music group the Underdog Project. Released on 24 July 2000 as the lead single from their album It Doesn't Matter, the song was considered a big hit in Europe, peaking at number three in both Germany and Portugal, number five in Hungary, number 10 in Austria, and number 17 in Switzerland. It was later aired on some of the most popular radio stations in the United States, such as WPOW in Miami and New York City's WKTU.

"Summer Jam 2003", released in 2003, featured samples of Sunclub's 1997 hit "Fiesta De Los Tamborileros" and was similarly successful, topping the charts in both Belgium and the Netherlands and reaching the top five in Denmark, France, and Romania, the top 20 in the UK, and the top 40 in Sweden and Switzerland.

Lyrics and music

Songwriter and composer(s): Vic Krishna, Christoph Brux, Toni Cottura, Craig Scott Smart, Stephan Browarczyk, Shahin Moshirian

Track listings

"Summer Jam"

CD single - Germany

"Summer Jam" (Original Radio Edit)

"Summer Jam" (2-step Radio Edit)

"Summer Jam" (Acappella)

"Summer Jam" (Dennis The Menace Club Mix)

UK CD single (2001)

"Summer Jam" (Radio Edit) - 3:29

"Summer Jam" (Full Version) - 4:30

"Summer Jam" (The B-15 Project Remix) - 5:28

"Summer Jam" (Mr.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000, 2003, 1997, 2001—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2003-09-22. The account is most persuasive where Summer, Underdog and Project can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from Summer Jam (The Underdog Project song)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.