You know you're old when a 2003 cover of a 1984 song makes you feel nostalgic. Sigh.

17 years later this is still one of the best covers I've ever listened to.

I’m 65. I remember the summers, the girls, friends gone too soon, playing in bands and being carefree. It all passes so fast. I wake up now sometimes thinking I’m 18 until the body reminds me of the mileage…

20 years later and I am still obsessed with this cover. I honestly think it's the best cover song I've ever heard. It's incredible.

2003: gave this CD to my first love, I told him remember us by this song, life happened we went our seperate ways, relationships & breakups, 18 yrs later he's on the road home hears this song out of nowhere, the search began and now we're together on a Sunday morning listening to this one song ❤️

When a classic becomes a classic..again

I was 23, now I'm 42. times goes by. I remember all the good times, friends and lovers. I shed a tear...😪

April, 2024 and I still listen to this song and this era of punk/alternative/emo music and it never gets old.

“Don’t look back, you can never look back”..a lesson learned the hard way

I just heard this song tonight, sitting outside Target waiting for my kid to get off work. I cranked it all the way up. Target folks think I'm a crazy old dad, always blasting his tunes. Rock on, never grow up!

That summer, we drove, picnics by the river, pubs, clubs, girls. We were young, life was so simple. What a song to remember you by my old pal Paul. RIP mate

Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach I feel it in the air The summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets The sun goes down alone I'm driving by your house Though I know you're not home I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun You got your hair combed back And those sunglasses on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I never will forget those nights I wonder if it was a dream Remember how you made me crazy Remember how I made you scream Now I don't understand what happened to our love But, baby, when I get you back I'm gonna show you what I'm made of I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun I see you walking real slow and you're Smiling at everyone And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone Out on the road today I saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac A little voice inside my head said "Don't look back, you can never look back" I thought I knew what love was What did I know? Those days are gone forever I should just let them go, but I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun You got that top pulled down And that radio on, baby Now I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun You got that hair slicked back And those Wayfarers on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone

Don Henley version: pure 1980's sound The Ataris version: pure early 2000's sound Both damn near bring a tear to my eye.

I’m 60 years.... dug the original and digging this version too! Groovy and far out man!!

This song breaks my heart. The passion, the nostalgia, the beauty. All that was and never will be.

It gave me chills when I was 20. It still gives chills at 40.

One of those rare times when a cover stands up to the original but maintains its own soul. Both versions are fantastic and hit you in their own way. One is haunting and classic, and the other is more rocking out with nostalgia

This song got me through Afghanistan, 12-13. I'd put this on repeat, flip a tractor tire 20 times one way, do 20 pushups, 20 situps on the tire, push it back. Do it for an hour. crazy ex back home faking a pregnancy, 7000 miles away, my previous best friend was robbing me blind as I rented him my house. My world, the world I was in, was just falling apart. I just blasted this song through my headphones and flipped the tire.

This cover and seaweeds cover of Fleetwood Mac are my all-time favorite covers. Long live the 90s and 00s

I go back and forth with the original Don Henly and this Ataris version. Love them both. Im 48 and still loving this tune.❤

I was 80 when I first heard this. I'm 106 now and still rocking on......

Original song by Don Henley was bittersweet. Can not get tired of listening to it, close my eyes and it is easy to go back to the 80s. This version by the Ataris blew my mind. Same impact. More power. Outstanding!

Great cover, but Mr. Don Henley is a frickin legend and his original version is amazing 👏!!!

As someone who was in their teens when the Don Henley version came out, I appreciate the way The Ataris not only gave the song a contemporary 2000s sound but also made the lyrics more contemporary by changing "Deadhead sticker" to "Black Flag sticker".

love when a band really covers a song...other then trying to copy it...The Ataris made this classic their own.

This song was playing at the local bar tonight. I'm a child of the very end of the 80s and starting to feel the same sad nostalgic-ish feelings Don Henley evoked in the original. Love how this one is pop-punk which takes me back to my own time growing up (early-90s to mid-2000s.) I love both versions.

The 2000s was simply untouchable, nostalgic camera lense colors, the seemingly dark and gritty tone yet so much fury and adrenaline underneath... Feels just like a fever dream on a hot summer night, what a great decade.

Love the original, but hands down my favourite cover song ever. No one will cover this song as well as The Ataris did.

When a cover of an old song has gotten old and still sounds this good, that song is legendary. Good that people still are listening, sanity still exists.

Everytime I hear this song it takes me back to summer 2003, spending the whole summer being crazy 15 year olds. Camping all over town in the craziest places, midnight walks... It reminds me of my friend. She loved Atari and was the one who introduced us to this song. She will be gone 8 years in August. I miss her, and wish we had answers. some closure. RIP Kylie... I will never forget you or that summer.

I didn’t even know there was a pop punk cover of this song. I love it!

Don't look back you could never look back

My band toured with them on Warped Tour 2003 or 2004 I can’t remember...they’d intro the song ‘This is the Best song we never wrote!’

2003: we were emo teens with the world still in front of us. 2020: we're 30s with unfulfilled dreams and fine lines wondering where the time went

Man this era of music is so underrated...this is one of the best covers period. This song, either this version or the original, has such a nostalgia to it naturally

From all these bands that try their own spin on cover songs, this one..this one hits it out of the park. This one gave me goose bumps.

I'm usually luke warm to disappointed on modern covers of good classic rock songs, but I feel this song does the original justice and then some! Damn this is a fun song to rock out to!!

Just discovered this jewel today at 16 yrs old. New favorite song!!

My youth, my friends, my school, my memories... Thank you, life! This is awesome!❤

rock is back! 2024

Dare say...one of the greatest covers ever.

Great energy. Often bands just lack the proper intensity for a cover, this one rocks out.

I'm 94 years old, I first heard this song in the trenches of the somme, these young folk do credit to the old timey melody that kept us going.

They didn’t cover this. They OWNED it.

This song is one of the best "windows down, music up, free as f*ck" songs that there is. You know a song is one of those songs when it makes your chest feel some type of way when you hear it. Got me through my angsty teen years and still inspiring in my 30s.

There's no way I can ever explain how much I love this song!

I love both versions of this song when the original came out I was 2 and when this cover came out I was 21 , now I’m 41 and still listening to them both

The distortion on the rhythm guitar in the chorus is magical.

I've been listening to this cover for over a decade now and I still love it

Lyrics Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach I feel it in the air The summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets The sun goes down alone I'm driving by your house Though I know you're not home I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun You got your hair combed back and these Sunglasses on baby I can tell you My love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I never will forget those nights I wonder if it was a dream Remember how you made me crazy Remember how I made you scream Now I don't understand what happened to our love But baby, when I get you back I'm gonna show you what I'm made of I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun I see ya walkin' real slow smiling at everyone I can tell you My love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone Out on the road today I saw a Black Flag sticker on a cadilac A little voice inside my head said don't look back You can never look back I thought I knew what love was What did I know Those days are gone forever I should just let 'em go but I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun You got the top pulled down and the Radio on baby I can tell you My love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun You got your hair slicked back and those wayfarers on baby I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone

Omg, this song never gets old! I’m so glad these dudes remade it!!! It’s sounds so cool!!! 🫶💫

This was on the radio a lot when I went to Hawaii, dunno why I thought about it randomly

This song makes me feel a very specific emotion that's incredibly hard to describe.

Seems like yesterday when this song came out. I was 20 then now im getting close to 40yrs old. It blows my mind. Where does time go so fast. Still rocks just as much as it did back then

This is probably one of the best covers of all time

Nobodies bitching about which version is better. That's a testament to how good this song really is. Both treatments reveal a great original piece of songwriting.

If you are about 34 and remember the summer this came out going into our sophomore year in highschool than you are truly LEGENDARY.

I am 57. By the time this song was released, I had quit listening to contemporary radio for the most part. This is the first time I remember hearing this cover. This is damn fine. Favorited.

This is just an incredible cover. I got goosebumps the first time I heard it. I’ve always liked this song, but never did I think I could enjoy it like this. This is up there for one of the best covers of all time for me.

2003 ataris were so ridiculous, and so good.

For YEARS I didn't know this was a cover. I've been listening to this song since I was about 11 years old. Now I'm 26. Still one of the best covers of all time. So many memories.

The original was 19 years old when this cover was done. As of writing this comment, the cover is now 19 years old. It's crazy, how is it back in '03, the 80s seemed like forever ago while today in '22, the 00s seemed like they just happened...

I remember blasting this on the way to see my girlfriend at her college an hour away from mine. driving WAY to fast, windows down- pure happiness. we have been together since and that was 18 years ago :)

Best cover song ever. Elvis used to do other artists songs and most times he did made them better but these dudes absolutely killed it. I'm 51 and remember when this song came out, loved it. I can't listen to Don's version anymore. This is perfect, well done dudes!

"nobody on the road nobody on the beach empty lake, empty streets" feels like 2020

This has gotta be one of the best covers I've ever heard. THIS is how a band needs to cover songs

Summer 2003, 15 yrs old at Vans Warped Tour with my little 12 yr old brother..best times. This song reminds me of my bro and man, I miss him so much everyday!! RIP little bro.

Eagles rock'd it...The Ataris fuckin smashed it.....

Summer of 2003 was pretty crazy....turned 21 ...traveled all over the place just to say ive been there....beach, Lake, Baseball, amusement parks , whitewater...it was the best summer of my life. This tune was in the background for alot of it.

"Those days are gone forever, I should just let em go, but" I. Just. Can't.

A quick five song banger set list for waking up on this August Sunday morning......... 1. Letters To Cleo - Here and Now 2. Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls 3. Panic! At The Disco - The Ballad Of Mona Lisa 4. The Outfield - Since You've Been Gone and...... 5. The Ataris - The Boys Of Summer Who wouldn't approve of this list???

I was in my mid-20s when I first heard this song, I'm 44 now and this is still my favorite cover song of all time.

Undeniably this is one of the greatest cover songs of all time. I'm completely positive that Don Henley was very proud of The Ataris for this cover of that legendary 1984 hit single by the Eagles' frontman himself, and I'm sure he still is proud of this cover song today whenever he hears it playing on the radio! This song was also featured on that 2003 hit single compilation album "Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 14". And that is living proof of how huge of a hit this cover song really was!

Nobody on the road, Nobody on the beach. I feel it in the air, The summer's out of reach. Empty lake, empty streets, The sun goes down alone. I'm driving by your house Though I know you're not home. But I can see you, Your brown skin shining in the sun. You got your hair combed back And your sunglasses on, baby. And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone. I never will forget those nights. I wonder if it was a dream. Remember how you made me crazy, Remember how I made you scream. Now I don't understand what Happened to our love. But, baby, when I get you back, I'm gonna show you what I'm made of. But I can see you, Your brown skin shining in the sun. I see you walking real slow and you're Smiling at everyone. And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone. Out on the road today I saw a Black Flag Sticker on a Cadillac. A little voice inside my head said: "Don't look back, you can never look back." I thought I knew what love was. What did I know? Those days are gone forever. I should just let them go, but But I can see you, Your brown skin shining in the sun. You got that top pulled down, And that radio on, baby. And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong, After the boys of summer have gone. I can see you, Your brown skin shining in the sun. You got that hair slicked back, And those Wayfarers on, baby. And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong, After the boys of summer have gone. Songwriters: Don Henley / Michael W. Campbell

Just gave me chills 2003 with friends that were family best days of my life east new york Brooklyn stoops when nyc was nyc

I play this when my daughter cries uncontrollably. Instantly she starts dancing LOL She's almost two and its so, so hilarious seeing her enjoy this song.

Great cover version of a classic song! Have it in my car, can listen to it over and over again - just have to watch speed limits when Ataris are on.

Many years later, amazing cover. I always come back to this

Anyone who tells me this isn't better than the original can come get these fists. I don't say that about many covers, but this is the shining example.

It is 2020, I am 52 years old who has listened to Rock my whole life and I heard this for the first time ever yesterday on the radio.

I think Don Henley would be proud of this. Well done guys. Possibly the best cover of an original song ever!!

"A Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac." I heardthis song 100s of times, and just now noticed the subtile, yet well played change.

Remake or cover of this Don Henley 1985 classic twenty years ago! It actually was an improvement! Taking something good and making it even better is quite the accomplishment!

I’m 37 and still enjoying this cover- take me back 😭

I was 15 when this came out, now I'm 31. Good times!!!!

Legends are still here... I listened to this as a teenager.... I'm 36 now lol

One of the best covers ever. True enough to the original but with their own spin. Near perfection.

This song means more to me than I can explain.

Their remake is the perfect blend of the 80s and the 2000's!! Doesnt lose any of its original luster, just grabbed a bit more needed angst along the way 😉❤

My nephew turned me onto this. He said “pure gold”. He was right.

Absolutely one of the best covers out there , I would love to see them rock this out live , it encapsulates everything a great cover should have, just bad ass , full of energy and it makes me feel alive

Love Don Henley but these boys knocked it out of the park!!

I didn't appreciate the early 2000's as much as i should have but when i "look back" music back then was so much better than today's trash.

I graduated from high school the year Ataris released this and spent the summer with friends hanging at a beach shack. Man did this song get a workout that summer and the nostalgia now is unreal.

Takes me back to summer during college working at a country club. Best college job ever, it was literally like the movies. Sun, booze, golf, and girls lots of girls

Everybody's talking about this absolute fantastic masterpiece of music. Nobody is talking about the absolutely amazing video that still gives me chills to this day. Blasting my parents surround system to VIVA back in about 2005. Now I blast this in my car and feel great about everything that has passed since.

Me, head banging to this and playing air guitar, remembering my moody teenage years, now a stay at home, doing laundry and seeing my 2 year old look at me like I am crazy.

November 2023 and this is amazing 😍💥❤‍🔥

This cover is cool. It is always an honour to cover a classic

I got my first kiss while listening to this song💖💖