Song of the Summer

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Aly & AJ - Symptom of Your Touch: 7 Now that's what I call sunny pop rock!

André Laos - Yield (Original Mix): 9 Perfect summer music festival DJ drop

ANRI - Last Summer Whisper: 10 Oh man this is great, love city pop. I am definitely not a biased popheads co-host, whose rate starts in September

Ava Max - Ghost: 8 #thankyouavamax

Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (Isaak Original): 9 A classic makes my body do weird movements beyond my control dance track

Best Coast - Wish He Was You: 8 Not the classic Best Coast album I associate with summer (even if its the same timeframe), but still pretty great

Bonnie Pink - So Wonderful: 6 Sort of wonderful

Chairlift - I Belong in Your Arms: 9 I'm swinging my arms back and forth because I feel so free and alive

Chela - Romanticise: 8 Love her voice in spite of the immediate reaction of people singing the word "Feel Good"

Coheed and Cambria - Blood Red Summer: 8 Love me a Coheed & Cambria "woah-oh"

CSR - Euratcha!: 8 They would've done better in Introspective Indie Pop

Daft Punk, (feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky: 10 Nothing but respect for the true legends of the penis

De Schuurman - Urban Gunz: 8 Now it's a party

DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - Charmed: 10 Alright, I get it now, it's pretty crazy

Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love: 5 Oh its this song

Groove Armada - Superstylin': 9 Turn that mf up

Ini Kamoze - Here Comes the Hotstepper - Heartical Mix: 10 Oh shit here he comes!!!

Ivete Sangalo - Festa: 7 Now it's a party

Jean Dawson - Power Freaks: 9 Guess it's as good a time as any to check this dude out, super fun energetic track

Kiezsa - Hideaway: 10 Absolute all-timer bop

Kilo Kish - NICE OUT: 9 Can't believe I get to drop another fat high score on Kilo Kish this soon

Len - Steal My Sunshine: 10 Now that I'm hearing their voices again I realize how much the Charly Bliss cover follows its exact spirit

M Flo & Crystal Kay - Reeewind!: 8 The beginning sounded way too much like they were gonna launch into a Steal My Sunshine cover

Mac Miller - Dang!: 9 Anderson .Paak is one of the most summer coded artists around

McKinley Dixon - make a poet Black: 8 Normally a 10, McKinley's that dude rn, but not getting any summer vibes off it

Moloko - Sing it Back (Boris Dlugosch Mix): 8 Close to a dingy nightclub type voice

Paul McCartney - Temporary Secretary: 7 My plane's landing in semi rough conditions right now and I'm gonna be so pissed if this is the last song I hear

PinkPantheress & Ice Spice - boys a liar pt. 2: 8 Chicago PinkPantheress: Da Boy's a Liar

Rachel Chinouriri - All I Ever Asked: 7 The "ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh" thing it's centered around is kinda irritating, rest of the song is pretty tight

Remi Wolf - Prescription (extended): 4 Remi Wolf's usually cool but goddamn (extended) is working against it this feels like ninety hours have passed

Royksopp and Robyn - Do It Again: 5 Potential apologies to all the songs in this part of the rate bc I'm hitting cranky mode rn, and not the fun kinds

S Club 7 - Bring It All Back: 8 Now it's an S Club Party

SG Lewis - Impact: 7 Honestly Robyn's the least interesting part of this song

Silk Sonic - Skate: 11 It's a match made in summer :coolfish: :coolfish:

Stella Donnelly - How Was Your Day?: 8 Terrible, but you're doin alright

Tame Impala - Borderline: 7 Yessir yessir yessir

The Courtneys - Silver Velvet: 8 This is bubble- [is shot]

The Gibson Brothers - Ooh What a Life: 9 The proto song of the summer, idk if that was a xylophone but whatever it was kicked ass

The Shangri Las - The Sweet Sounds of Summer: 7 I'mma listen to this under a tree

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl: 10 Whenever it came time for the family road trip, packing the right CDs was key. With my dad in the driver's seat, big in the rotation were rock greatest hit albums: Springsteen, Styx, U2, Journey, Guns N Roses, etc played well in the van. But the one song that most symbolized to me that vacation had started, that we were en route to escape to this year's summer fun, was the opening track off ol' reliable: Tom Petty's greatest hits. Those first notes can still bring me back to years of blended together memories of miles upon miles of highway. Even nowadays, when Spotify playlists rule the road and I'm occasionally behind the wheel, summer doesn't truly start until American Girl plays over the car speakers.

Weezer - Island in the Sun: 10 Can Rivers Cuomo even get a tan? Inquiring minds want to know

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