Composition
"Summer Love" is an uptempo dance-pop and pop song, with a length of four minutes and thirteen seconds (4:13). According to digital sheet music published at Musinotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, "Summer Love" was written in the key of D minor, in common time with a moderately slow 96 beat-per-minute tempo. Timberlake's vocal range in the song spans from the low note of D4 to the high note of A5. Its instrumentation is consisted of keyboards, drums, guitar, piano and handclaps. Bill Lamb of About.com concluded that the single has a "big fat" synth melody that is inspired by the music genres from the 1990s. He also noted that the song is inspired by the works of Timberlake's former band 'N Sync. Barry Schwartz of Stylus Magazine praised the song and commented that "with its good foot hesitation boom-clap and cascading chorus synthline" "Summer Love" shows Timberlake's best vocals on FutureSex/LoveSounds. Schwartz further stated that "the beat drops out while he sings in perfect harmony, 'Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame girl'". Opposite of Schwartz, Bill Lamb criticized Timberlake's vocals on the song while calling them "swooning" and according to him "they become more desperate on the bridge". Lyrically, the single is about "wanting to fall in love with the lusty seasonal lover". Lamb dismissed the lyrical content of "Summer Love" calling it a "weak attempt at blending street cred with summer swoon" that is not at their best.
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