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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Best Summertime / Hot Day Songs

The current national heatwave produced an all-time record high for my hometown yesterday. 108F. Wow! What's your musical soundtrack for these hot, summer days? Here are some songs to prime the pump. These are mostly about summer and heat. What are your favs?



A Hundred and Ten in the Shade - John Fogerty






Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter






Heat Wave - Martha & the Vandellas






Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer - Nat King Cole






Summertime - Will Smith






Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & the Family Stone






In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry






Boys of Summer - Don Henley






Rock Lobster - B-52s






Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters






Summer in the City - The Lovin'  Spoonful






Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran






Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald






Summertime - Janis Joplin






Summer Breeze - Seals & Croft

1 comment:

  1. You didn't include my favorite—"Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams! I also have a soft spot for "Summer Nights" by Van Halen (Hagar). "Smooth" by Rob Thomas with Santana also comes to mind as a good hot weather song. I love this game :D

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