Bananarama turned a miserable summer in London into one of their biggest hits. "Cruel Summer" was inspired by a scorching heat wave in 1983 before the song found an even bigger audience through The ...

40 years before Taylor Swift declared it was a "Cruel Summer" in 2023, British pop girl group Bananarama did so with their 1983 hit of the same name. The dark synth pop smash hit just ranked No. 14 on ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. This June, Swift finally granted her fans’ wishes and released the four-year-old song as a single, even ...