"Long Hot Summer" is a song co-written and recorded by Australian country music artist Keith Urban.

Nate Chinen of The New York Times wrote that the song was "one of the friskier tunes" on the album.

[3] Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song a B grade, saying that it is the "closest he’s come in two albums to capturing his old uptempo spark."

Coyne states the song could function as a "prequel to the melancholy, ''Til Summer Comes Around'".

"[5] The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered on 16 August 2011 on CMT.