Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 27. Chapters: All for You (Ace of Base song), All That She Wants, Always Have, Always Will (Ace of Base song), Beautiful Life (song), Beautiful Morning, C'est la Vie (Always 21), Cecilia (Ace of Base song), Cruel Summer (song), Don't Turn Around, Donnie, Everytime It Rains, Hallo Hallo (Ace of Base song), Happy Nation (song), Life Is a Flower, List of songs recorded by Ace of Base, Living in Danger, Lucky Love, Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry, The Juvenile, The Sign (song), Tokyo Girl, Travel to Romantis, Unspeakable (song), Waiting for Magic, Wheel of Fortune (Ace of Base song), Whenever You're Near Me. Excerpt: "Cruel Summer" is a pop song originally written and performed by Bananarama that was a top ten hit in Britain in 1983. Singer Sara Dallin said the song "played on the darker side (of summer songs): it looked at the oppressive heat, the misery of wanting to be with someone as the summer ticked by. We've all been there!" "Cruel Summer" was not an immediate international success when it was released. Although it hit #8 on the UK Chart, its international popularity soared after its inclusion in the 1984 feature film The Karate Kid; this was a year after the song's original release (the song was released in 1984 in the US). The group did not allow the song to be included in the film's soundtrack, but regardless it was their first top ten hit (#9) in the USA. When Bananarama were still struggling to make money in their early years, they even performed the song at a beauty contest in Hawaii. The song has since been revived in various forms. It appeared in several television commercials, was included on the soundtrack to the movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, and was covered by other acts, such as Ace of Base, who scored an international hit with it (their version even reached...