"In Summer" was written by pop
vocal group the Avons' members
Valerie Murtagh,
Elaine Murtagh and Ray Adams for Fury. It was released with the B-side "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", written and first released in July 1959 by American singer
Johnnie Ray. Reviewing for
Disc,
Don Nicholl wrote: "A more lighthearted topside from Billy Fury as he sings the pleasant lilting ballad "In Summer". The sing has a simple appeal about it and Billy catches this without delving into his deeper beat voice". He described "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" as having "a more dramatic Latin pattern and Billy's mood is serious". In
New Record Mirror: Fury "outlines the things he wants to do in summer – and it's a very, very commercial outline" and that "in parts, it doesn't sound much like Bill – but that's because it's so far away from the recent releases of his". The B-side was described as "much like the Fury of late. Warm, emotional, throbbing, dynamic". ==Track listing==