songs about the sun & summer

[tracky]

Tell me some of your favourite songs which are about the sun, summer etc. preferably with summer or sun in the title

Some of my picks are

Mos Def - Sunshine (i liked the original too, where the singing is from)
MC Hammer - Sunshine in the Summertime
Arrested Development - In The Sun
Beck - Summer Girl


And example of what I'm NOT looking for (so don't just search for sun :rolleyes: )

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden


I'm making up a mix cd in case anyone's wondering or if it wasn't obvious already

[kleptomaniac]

summer luvin' from grease

[nypb]

Walking on Sunshine- Rockers Revenge
It's the Sun- Polyphonic Spree

[tracky]

summer luvin' from grease

lol i actually have that around here somewhere! :D Good one (y) It's embarrassing whenever it comes on cause i know all the words :o Yeah even the female parts

Lots of really upbeat stuff is what I'm after (y) Everything will be considered, even Walking on Sunshine ;) But admittedly I'm after stuff a little less.. err.... 80's

[kleptomaniac]

summertime by aaron carter :rolleyes: did i just say that?

[jackrock]

waitin' on a sunny day - bruce springsteen (y) (y) some good stuff right there!

[pshabi]

Tell me some of your favourite songs which are about the sun, summer etc. preferably with summer or sun in the title

Some of my picks are

Mos Def - Sunshine (i liked the original too, where the singing is from)
MC Hammer - Sunshine in the Summertime
Arrested Development - In The Sun
Beck - Summer Girl


And example of what I'm NOT looking for (so don't just search for sun :rolleyes: )

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden


I'm making up a mix cd in case anyone's wondering or if it wasn't obvious already
Jay Z (Memphis Bleek): Dear Summer

[hotzappa11]

warmth of the sun - beach boys
walking on the sun - smashmouth
beachwood park - the zombies

[Mr.Right]

Sublime - Doin' Time

[Rancid_Beasties]

Anything by Ash, lets just say "Ohh Yeah"...

The Avalanches - Summer Crane, tis a very chilled track
Jimi Hendrix - Long hot summer night
Dove Shack - Summertime in the LBC
Beatles - Here comes the sun
Bob Marley - Sun is shining
Dingoes - Smooth Sailing (off the album "Five times the sun..." ;))
Cream/Jimi Hendrix (either version will do) - Sunshine of your love
INXS - Red Red Sun
Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Powderfinger - Sunsets (actually dont use this song, it sucks, but you might like it. I dunno I think I'd have to put you on ignore if that was the case:p)

[teat]

Come on your face-The Sperm Birds. They're from Tasmania and they're great. (y)

[PaddyBoy]

The Beatles have loads, including:

I'll Follow The Sun
Here Comes The Sun
Good Day Sunshine

Stevie Wonder:
Blame It On The Sun
Summer Soft

[minorthreat]

Island in the Sun by Weezer

great song (y)

[hitmonlee]

um well i really like the beach boys so i'll just say that as opposed to listing all their songs.

[Beckalina]

The Chemical Brothers - Sunshine underground

fantastical damn it!

[ms.peachy]

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head


But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city


Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop


But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city


Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head


But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city


- Lovin' Spoonful, 1966

[ms.peachy]

The tax man's taken all my dough,
And left me in my stately home,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And I can't sail my yacht,
He's taken everything I've got,
All I've got's this sunny afternoon.

Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

My girlfriend's run off with my car,
And gone back to her ma and pa,
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now I'm sitting here,
Sipping at my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.

Help me, help me, help me sail away,
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

Ah, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

- the Kinks, also 1966

[Funky Pepp]

Emiliana Torrini - Unemployed in Summertime
Emiliana Torrini - Sunny Road
Sondtracks of our Lives - In your Veins
Sondtracks of our Lives - Lone Summer Dream
Refused - Summerholiday vs. Punkroutine
Psyched up Janis - Dead Green Summer (they're from Denmark (y))
Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It)
Beatsteaks - Summer (the best German Band ever (y) (y))
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - The Summer Of '91
Audioslave - Shadow on the Sun
Ride - Sunshine/Nowhere To Run
That Dog - Retreat from the Sun
Violent Femmes - Blister In The Sun
Eskobar - Sun In my Eyes
Janes Addiction - To Match the Sun
Jimmy Eat World - My Sundown
Lamb - Sun
Muse - Sunburn
Doves - Catch the Sun
Norah Jones - Sunrise
Yoshinori Sunahara - Sun Song '70
A-ha - The Sun alway shines on TV
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Laid Back - Sunshine Reggae

That's it for the moment!

[minorthreat]

sunshine of your love - cream

clapton at this finest (y)

[jackrock]

Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head


But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city


Cool town, evening in the city
Dressing so fine and looking so pretty
Cool cat, looking for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop
Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop


But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city


Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city

All around, people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head


But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come-on come-on and dance all night
Despite the heat it'll be alright

And babe, don't you know it's a pity
That the days can't be like the nights
In the summer, in the city
In the summer, in the city


- Lovin' Spoonful, 1966
good song right there(!)

[fucktopgirl]

"summertime" sublimeee

[hotzappa11]

dj jazzy jeff & the fresh prince - summertime

ultimate summer song imo.

[M.C. Guevera]

Jim Jones featuring Trey Songs-"Summer With Miami"

[BangkokB]

Black Sabbath ~Under the Sun later covered by Soulfly
Roy Ayers ~ Everybody Loves the Sunshine
War ~ Sun oh Son
Kool and the Gang ~ Summer Madness
Bill Withers ~ Ain't No Sunshine
Chemical Brothers ~ Setting Sun
Norman Whitfield ~ Sunrise
Johnny Cash ~ Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
Cypress Hill ~ Tequila Sunrise
Terry Jacks ~ Seasons in the Sun
Black Sabbath ~ Laguna Sunrise