Good Summer Songs

[NOVoodoo]

What're your go-to summer songs?

I'm grilling for Memorial Day tomorrow and putting together a summer playlist, and I always forget some great ones. Any suggestions?

Not that all good summer songs have "summer" in the title or chorus, but a lot of the classics do -

In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and the Family Stone
Summertime - Both Dead Prez and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Doin' Time (Summertime) - Sublime
Summer - War
All Summer Long - Beach Boys
Summer in the City - Both Lovin Spoonful and Quincy Jones
Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts

Outside of those, I'm throwing on some of the following -

Pretty much anything from the Beach Boys/Jan and Dean
A lot of Zac Brown stuff
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters
Growing Pains - Ludacris
Diamond in the Back - Ludacris
Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
Tuesday Afternoon - Moody Blues
Just My Imagination - The Temptations
Saturday in the Park - Chicago
The One That Got Away - Dee-1
Slow Motion - Juvenile
Walk Don't Run - The Ventures
Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
Moondance - Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
I Get Around - 2pac
Brandy - Looking Glass
Award Tour - A Tribe Called Quest

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Chronic, Snoop & Dre.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

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[NOVoodoo]

Classic track. I think a good summer song's gotta be pretty chill though, more laid back, accessible, and positive. When it comes to summer songs, I think Pac's "I Get Around" is more laid back. Definitely throwing that one on the playlist...

 

[ABM]

No holiday bbq would be complete without some.....ahem.....summer love.

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[julius]

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[ABM]

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That's a great song. I remember it as part of a car commercial a few years ago.

 

[ABM]

That's a great song. I remember it as part of a car commercial a few years ago.

Actually, Dockers & Dodge Ram:

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[PtldPlatypus]

You mentioned Beach Boys all summer long; Kid Rock also has a song called all summer long that is pretty good.

 

[speeds]

Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer (2004), I never get tired of that album. Lots of summery Brooklyn atmosphere. Well produced album.

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[MARIS61]

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[Fez Hammersticks]

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[Run BJM]

Rocked this one a lot last summer:

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[BigGameDamian]

This is the BEST Summer Song ever and I can't believe that no one thought of this. In the summer this is the kind of song you want to play when your on a date and your about to make a move.

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[ABM]

Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest
Moondance - Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Brandy - Looking Glass

Oh, the memories...

 

[NOVoodoo]

This is the BEST Summer Song ever and I can't believe that no one thought of this. In the summer this is the kind of song you want to play when your on a date and your about to make a move.

Skip over the first post? Had that on my initial playlist man... definite summer classic...

Oh, the memories...

So many great songs from that era, it's almost a struggle to put modern songs on a summer playlist. One that I had forgotten about until now is B.J. Thomas, "Hooked on a Feeling," -

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