What’s your Summer Anthem!

[LittlleMy]

So despite being flattened by the heatwave these last few days, I’ve still being enjoying my music and just got me wondering what everyone’s summer favourites are?!

I’ll start, so as a child of the 80s, mine is ‘Cruel Summer’ by Bananarama. So relatable growing up because my parents never took us on holiday ever so the school summer hols always felt torturously long and cruel because all my friends and cousins did get to go away and I was quite sad about that as a kid and this song as well as being so catchy was just perfect for me to hold a pity party to! 😅 And still resonates as an adult when you’re stuck in the office throughout most of the summer!

Anyone else?!

Don’t know any of these - will have to check them out!

Feel Good Hit of the Summer by Queens of the Stone Age.

The Day We Caught The Train by Ocean Colour Scene. Great feel good song and the music video reminds me of my childhood holidays.

Back to life Back to reality by Soul II Soul

Now That’s What I Call Music brought out a Summer Album in 1986, and my best mate had it. It had four sides of proper summer bangers.

Any of those songs take me back to those carefree days.

Long hot summer - Style Council

Stereo Love

Oh wow, I found it on Spotify!
Summer Album

Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
FSOL - Papua New Guinea
Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
Gypsy Kings - Bamboleo

Marlena Shaw California Soul!
Thank you, I have been wracking my heat addled brain to remember who sang that. Fabulous song.

Ah nice! Under the Boardwalks on it! Love that song haha

By the way, love the name OP. Love The Moomins.

Thanks everyone, you’re collectively reminding us all of some forgotten bangers as well as some new music which I’ll be checkimg out tomorrow in the summer shade! 😊🍹

The BBC Wimbledon theme tune...

Ah thank you! Yes I’m tiny like her and aspire to at least a quarter of her fierceness also haha

Sunny Afternoon the Kinks

Very true - certainly evokes hopes for a good summer!

I love this song but to me it’s a really wintery, cosy song, not at all summery.

Right?! ♥️

Daft Punk- lose yourself to dance

Spiller - Groovejet (if this ain’t love)

Summer 2000. Millennium vibes!

Bobby Goldsboro: summer (the first time)
Lana: Summertime sadness

Oh gosh Groovejet! I feel all tingly just recalling that choon! 😅

Hotel California - Eagles
Here comes the sun - Beatles
Blue Holiday - Aretha Franklin
Sitting on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding
Any Bob Marley

That’s pure summer of ‘89.
Step on Happy Mondays was ‘90 summer.

Cruel Summer was summer of ‘83.

Summer of 86 was La Isla Bonita - Madonna & Prince Kiss.
Sign O the Times - Prince was summer ‘87.