The following conversation took place last month after HERC posted about Rolling Stone magazine’s 1998 list titled “The Rolling Stone Hot 40 - The Greatest Summer Songs Of All Time.”
And here it is:
| Year | Song | Artist |
| 1966 | Summer in the City | The Lovin' Spoonful |
| 1967 | Groovin' | The Young Rascals |
| 1968 | Grazing in the Grass | Hugh Masekela |
| 1969 | Hot Fun in the Summertime | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 1970 | In the Summertime | Mungo Jerry |
| 1971 | Spanish Harlem | Aretha Franklin |
| 1972 | Saturday in the Park | Chicago |
| 1973 | Will It Go Round in Circles | Billy Preston |
| 1974 | Beach Baby | First Class |
| 1975 | Love Will Keep Us Together | Captain & Tennille |
| 1976 | Summer | War |
| 1977 | Margaritaville | Jimmy Buffet |
| 1978 | Summer Nights | John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John |
| 1979 | Morning Dance | Spyro Gyra |
| 1980 | Late in the Evening | Paul Simon |
| 1981 | Gemini Dream | The Moody Blues |
| 1982 | Hot in the City | Billy Idol |
| 1983 | (Keep Feeling) Fascination | Human League |
| 1984 | Cruel Summer | Bananarama |
| 1985 | California Girls | David Lee Roth |
| 1986 | Digging Your Scene | The Blow Monkeys |
| 1987 | La Bamba | Los Lobos |
| 1988 | Pour Some Sugar on Me | Def Leppard |
| 1989 | Bust a Move | Young MC |
| 1990 | Don't Wanna Fall in Love | Jane Child |
| 1991 | Summertime | DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince |
| 1992 | Bang Bang | David Sanborn |
| 1993 | Whoomp! (There It Is) | Tag Team |
| 1994 | Cantaloop | US3 |
| 1995 | Boombastic/Summer Time | Shaggy |
| 1996 | California Love | 2 Pac |
| 1997 | Walkin' on the Sun | Smashmouth |
| 1998 | Ray of Light | Madonna |
| 1999 | Smooth | Santana feat. Rob Thomas |
| 2000 | Thong Song | Sisqo |
| 2001 | Fallin' | Alicia Keys |
| 2002 | Soak Up The Sun | Sheryl Crow |
| 2003 | Crazy in Love | Beyonce feat. Jay-Z |
| 2004 | Sunshine | Lil' Flip feat. Lea |
| 2005 | Hollaback Girl | Gwen Stefani |
| 2006 | Crazy | Gnarls Barkley |
| 2007 | Party Like a Rockstar | Shop Boyz |
| 2008 | Pocketful of Sunshine | Natasha Bedingfield |
| 2009 | Summer Nights | Rascal Flatts |
| 2010 | California Gurls | Katy Perry feat. Snoop Dogg |
| 2011 | Tonight Tonight | Hot Chelle Rae |
| 2012 | Call Me Maybe | Carly Rae Jepsen |
| 2013 | Get Lucky | Daft Punk |
| 2014 | ??? | ??? |
Oh, man, what a cool idea! One song per summer of our lives is so cool. I, however, might struggle with the past decade or so as I really don't listen to much "today's" music. Good job, guys.
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