Summer! There’s often lots of talk about the weather, short work weeks, camping, cottage time, beaches and having fun but not about summer music. It's the universal language. We all have a good idea in our head of what the best summer songs are. If you think deeply about the songs that soundtrack your summer, you will most likely come up with quite a surprising playlist. We know we did and had summertime fun recalling them.
Here' s our curated playlist to soundtrack your days in the sun. Some songs screamSUMMER and some spark memories of summers gone by. As music is our therapy, it's a lot to listen to. Enjoy!
The Jamies - Summertime, Summertime : 2. Bananarama - Cruel Summer:3. Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World:4. Vivaldi - Summer (The Four Seasons):5. Barenaked Ladies - Lovers in a Dangerous Time:
Memories of growing up in Scarborough, Ontario!6. HAIM - Summer Girl:7. Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime: 8. Beth Orton - Central Reservation:9. The Go Gos - Vacation: 10. Diesel - Sausalito Summer Nights: 11. Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere in Summertime 1982:12. Be Good Tanyas - The Be Good Tanyas - Littlest Birds:13. Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine:14. The Tragically Hip - 50 Mission Cap:15. Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime:16. Phantom Planet - California: 17. Lighthouse - Sunny Days:18. Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl:19. The Lovin Spoonful - Summer In The City:20. Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love: 21. Beck - No Distraction: 22. Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two:
Who does not want to skip rope and play hopscotch to this song?23. Wilco - Heavy Metal Drummer: 24. Snail Mail - Heat Wave: 25. Courtney Barnett - Before You Gotta Go: 26. Alanis Morrissette - Hand In My Pocket: 27. Fontaines D.C. - I Don't Belong:28. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough:29. Simon & Garfunkel - The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy): 30. Len - Steal My Sunshine: 31. Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing in the Street: 32. Sheryl Crow - Soak Up the Sun: 33. Neil Young - Harvest Moon: 34. Spirit of The West - Home For a Rest:35. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide:36. Jungle - Heavy, California:37. Natalie Merchant - Frozen Charlotte: 38. The Cranberries - Dreams: 39. Ria Mae(feat. Serena Ryder) - The World is Falling: 40. Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach:41. Arkells - Where U Goin:42. The Motels - Suddenly Last Summer: 43. Grease - Summer Nights: 44. Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin: 45. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill: 46. Feist - Sea Lion: 47. Serena Rider - Stompa:48. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay: 49. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth:50. That Summer Feelin’’ by Jonathan Richman:51. Wendy Rene - Bar B Q: 52. The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun:53. The Commodores - Easy (Like Sunday Morning):54. Peggy Lee - Fever:55. Blondie - In the Sun: 56. R.E.M.- Night Swimming:57. Christopher Cross - Sailing:58. The Parachute Club - Rise Up: 59. 2 Skinnee J's - BBQ: 60. Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out:61. MC Miker G. and DJ Sven - Holiday Rap:62. The Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon: 63. Bryan Adams - Summer Of ’69: 64. Leon Bridges and Khruangbin - Texas Sun: 65. Billie Eilish - My future: 66. Harry Belafonte - Jump In The Line: 67. The Beach Boys- Surfer Girl (1964): 68. The Style Council - Long Hot Summer:69. The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon:70. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime: 71. Harry Nilsson - Coconut: 72. Summerlong - Kathleen Edwards: 73. Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend:74. Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in L.A: 75. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks: 76. Vance Joy - Riptide: 77. Sarah Harmer - Summertime: 78. Glass Animals - Heat Waves: 79. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby: 80. Tom Waits - Ice Cream Man: 81. Louis Prima - Banana Split for My Baby: 82. Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright: 83. Katy Perry Feat. Snoop Dogg- California Gurls: 84. Bob Dylan - Summer Days: 85. Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness: 86. Peggy Lee - It's A Good Day: 87. Weezer - Island In The Sun: 88. Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole - Somewhere over the Rainbow: 89. Childish Gambino - Summertime Magic: 90. Superchunk - This Summer: 91. Janis Joplin - Summertime: 92. Maggie Rogers - Burning: 93. LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem:
Who wouldn't want to join in?
94. Love this! (Ode to Joy) - Beethoven Symphony No.9:95. Spice Girls - Wannabe: 96. Jaws Theme Song:
97. The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out: 98.Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp (Belgium)
99. Sky Diggers - I Will Give You Everything:
100. Kendrick Lamar - Die Hard ft. Blxst & Amanda Reifer:
101. U2 - Beautiful Day: 102. Steely Dan - Peg: 103. Kate Bollinger - Who Am I But Someone: 104. The Sadies - All The Good: 105. Maggie Rogers - That’s Where I Am: 106. Bill Withers - Lovely Day:
107. Kate Bollinger - Who Am I But Someone: 108. Wham! - Club Tropicana: 109. Van Halen - Dancing In The Street:110. Sade - The Sweetest Taboo: 111. The Aces - Girls Make Me Wanna Die:112. Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance:113. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone: 114. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up: 115. Neil Diamond - Cherry Cherry: 116. Kenny Loggins - Footloose: 117. Jeremy Dutcher - Mehcinut:118. Kenny Loggins - Footloose:119. Jack White - Seven Nation Army: 120. Eurythmics - Here Comes The Rain Again: 121. Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song:
