SUMMER PLAYLISTICLE: The Rolling Stone Hot 40 [1998]

In the Special Double Issue of Summer 1998, Rolling Stone #790/791, one of HERC's favorite scribes, Rob Sheffield, wrote a feature entitled The Rolling Stone Hot 40 - The Greatest Summer Songs Of All Time.  Music Editor Joe Levy explained the chronological list's rules and guidelines:

"...not just songs that hit big in the summer months, but songs that defined the season itself - songs that made you sweat and mentioned sweat.  This made it easier to edit down the list of more than 500 songs submitted by ROLLING STONE's editors and writers..."

Songs from 1958-1997 populate the list, with the decade of the Sixties dominating the list with 17 songs and the year 1966 leading all other years with 6 entries.  As far as artists, several have two tracks apiece on the list: Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, Beach Boys, Madonna and The Rolling Stones.

title	artist	year
Summetime Blues	Eddie Cochran	1958
Walk - Don't Run	The Ventures	1960
Let's Twist Again	Chubby Checker	1961
Misirlou	Dick Dale	1962
Heat Wave	Martha & the Vandellas	1963
Surf City	Jan & Dean	1963
Dancing In The Street	Martha & the Vandellas	1964
I Get Around	The Beach Boys	1964
Under The Boardwalk	The Drifters	1964
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones	1965
Good Day Sunshine	The Beatles	1966
Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys	1966
Summer In The City	The Lovin' Spoonful	1966
Sunny Afternoon	The Kinks	1966
Sunshine Superman	Donovan	1966
Cold Sweat	James Brown	1967
Light My Fire	The Doors	1967
Hot Fun In The Summertime	Sly & the Family Stone	1969
In The Summertime	Mungo Jerry	1970
School's Out	Alice Cooper	1972
Let's Get It On	Marvin Gaye	1973
Margaritaville	Jimmy Buffett	1977
Rockaway Beach	Ramones	1977
Miss You	The Rolling Stones	1978
Good Times Roll	The Cars	1979
Hot Stuff	Donna Summer	1979
Rock Lobster	The B-52's	1979
Vacation	The Go-Go's	1982
Holiday	Madonna	1983
Cruel Summer	Bananarama	1984
The Boys Of Summer	Don Henley	1984
Into The Groove	Madonna	1985
Walking On Sunshine	Katrina & the Waves	1985
Going Back To Cali	LL Cool J	1988
It Takes Two	Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock	1988
Fight The Power	Public Enemy	1989
Summer Babe	Pavement	1991
Waterfalls	TLC	1995
California Love	2Pac and Dr. Dre	1996
Walkin' On The Sun	Smashmouth	1997

Here's a playlist of the chronological order of songs.

"Good Day Sunshine" by The Beatles was included in the list but is not yet available on Spotify.  

You can listen to the entire Hot 40 
over on Songza.