
1 - Summer in the City (1966) by the Lovin' Spoonful, the most unforgettable summer song.
2 - Cruel Summer (1984) Bananarama, great beat that even sounds like summer, hard not to love it.
3 - School's Out by Alice Cooper, the anthem for every "first day" of summer.
4 - Ho! Summer (2009) by Tackey & Tsubasa, a popular Japanese duo spun this fast upbeat song. If you
can find the original MV, it's hysterically funny; but it's been removed from almost all video sites on the net. Look around and search - it pops up once in a while.
5 - La Isla Bonita (1986) by Madonna, a warm island tune
6 - Summertime Blues performed by Blue Cheer in 1968, Bruce Springsteen in 1978, performed by Rush
in 2004, but originally by Eddie Cochran.
7 - Summer Days (1971) by the Partridge Family, you laugh but this is a great summer song!
8 - Bicycle Race (1978) by Queen
9 - Summertime (1969) Janis Joplin, Big Brother & the Holding Company
10 - Songs from the Wood (1978) by Jethro Tull, a band with many great summer songs, including Moths and Velvet Green. "Summerday Sands," also fits well here.
11 - Summertime (2007) Bon Jovi banged out a pretty good summer song with this track.
12 - Summer Breeze (1972) by Seals & Crofts, a smooth and mellow summer night song.
13 - Indian Summer (1967) by the Doors, along with Summer's Almost Gone, Love Street and Waiting for the Sun. The Doors loves summertime.
14 - This is the Summertime by NEWS, a very popular J-pop band known everywhere except the xenophobic and linguistically challenged USA. Give 'em a try - this song is a lot of fun!
15 - Vacation (1982) by the Go Go's
16 - The Door Into Summer (1967) the Monkees, an under-appreciated song by the semi-pseudo band
17 - Summer of '69 (1984) by Bryan Adams
18 - You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) by Meat Loaf from the first of
many bats our of hell.
19 - Boys of Summer (1984) by Don Henley (formerly of the Eagles)
20 - Suddenly Last Summer (1983) by the Motels
21 - Beach Baby by the First Class
22 - Summer (1976) cool tune by War
23 - Summer Nights from the musical Grease soundtrack, Olivia Newton-John
24 - Mr. Blue Sky by ELO, Electric Light Orchestra, from "Out of the Blue"
25 - Summer is the Man (1967) by the Blues Magoos, a psychedelic trip for warm nights
26 - Taste the Summer (2004) by Duran Duran
27 - Summer Night City (1978) by Abba
28 - Summer of Love (1986) by the B-52's
29 - Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves, another 80's song; they loved summer in the 80's
30 - Celebrate Summer (1977) by T-Rex
31 - A Summer Prayer for Peace (1970) by the Archies, aka Ron Dante
32 - Summer Rain (2000) by U2
33 - Endless Summer Nights (1983) Richard Marx
34 - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (1960) by Brian Hyland
35 - I Go Swimming (1983) by Peter Gabriel
36 - Beachball (2001) by R.E.M.
37 - Surf City (1963) Jan & Dean, and Surfin' USA by the Beach Boys that same year.
38 - Summer Shade by Cody Simpson
39 - The Sun (2002) by Maroon 5
40 - In the Summertime (1970) by Mungo Jerry
Bonus Track: Summer Love (2012) by One Direction (added for my nieces).
Also check out songs for the End of Summer (the inevitable event) on top2040.com.
If we've missed a couple, they're probably at #41 and 42, but this is a good start to your summer play list. Get the sprinkler going and the tans showing, and summer songs on the player.
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