Summer Songs

Summer Songs

The songs of summer.   There are 2 kinds:  the ones that actually revel in the season and all of it’s magical goodness…and the ones that don’t mention summer at all but that you listened to over and over again for the 9 weeks you were out of school while you were experiencing the magical goodness.  Not everyone lives at the beach, so let’s talk mostly about the first kind.

Here’s a list of some of the very best summer songs of all time…yes they are too, don’t say no! You won’t find anything by the Beach Boys or Jan & Dean here because com’on, they’re a given.  These are the unexpected ones…you’ll see what I mean.  I can’t imagine you don’t know them but just in case, here’s the link so you can sing along with me :)  And I hope they make you smile.

https://www.youtube.com/feed/music

In order by date, they are:

·        Wipeout – The Safari’s (1962)

(not the one by the Fat Boys from 1987 but shhhhh…ya, that one too…lol)

·        Summerwind – Frank Sinatra (1966)

“and guess who sighs his lullaby, through nights that never end…”

·        Time of the Season – The Zombies (1968)

“what’s your name…who’s your daddy…”

·        Cruel Summer – Bananarama (1983)

“The city is crowded, my friends are away, and I’m on my own”

·        Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (1991)

“Summer summer summer time" lol

·        Summertime – Kenney Chesney (2005)

“cheap shades and a tattoo and a yoohoo bottle rolling on the floorboard”

·        Summertime – New Kids on the Block (2008)

“Been a few years and I can’t deny, the thought of you still makes me crazy”

·        Summer Nights – Rascall Flats (2009)

“let that igloo cooler mark your piece of paradise”

·        Cruise – Florida Georgia Line (2013)

“we were sippin’ on Southern and singing Marshall Tucker, we were falling in love in the sweet heart of summer”

·        Beat This Summer -  Brad Paisley (2013)

“as long as I live, whatever I do…I ain’t ever gonna beat this summer with you”

·        19 You and Me – Dan & Shay (2014)

“like the tears we cried that day we had to leave, it was everything we wanted it to be”

Now, about those OTHER kinds of songs.  The ones that remind you of your favorite summers from times past, though they don't mention the season at all... 

a big part of one of my favorite summers:

·        True – Spandau Ballet (1983)

“Listening to Marvin all night long…”

When driving in a jeep with your boyfriend, the top down and the radio up, the wind in your hair,  singing as loud as you could and laughing even harder, on a beautiful August day was all there was in the world, and thinking it didn’t get any better than that :)

I hope I have you thinking about your favorite summers and the soundtrack of YOUR life.  There’s only 6 weeks left…get goin' on some memories. Enjoy!