The Eagles' singer and drummer Don Henley's "The Boys Of Summer" (Don Henley - Mike Campbell) is the lead single from the 1984 LP "Building The Perfect Beast". Don peaked at number five on Billboard's Top One Hundred and topped the Rock Tracks chart. Mr. Henley won the Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

The album "So Long Astoria" by The Ataris (John Collura, Mike Davenport, Chris Knapp, Kristopher Roe) features the speedier, heavier cover of "Boys Of Summer". On this outing the song reached number two on the Rock Chart and number twenty on the Top One Hundred in 2003.