"Cruel Summer" (Jolley - Swain -Bananarama) hit at number nine on Billboard for girl group Bananarama (Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward) from the 1983 LP of the same name. Inclusion in the 1984 movie "The Karate Kid" helped the song's success.

Sweden's Ace Of Base (Jonas, Malin and Jenny Berggren with Ulf Ekberg) covered "Cruel Summer" on the 1998 album of same name where it was the lead single. This time "Cruel Summer" peaked at number ten on the Top One Hundred.