Best summer song's

[luciec]

Am trying to make up a complilation album to take out to america for my sister's 30th this summer. Any contributions of your ideas for great summer songs, old or new, would be helpful.

[robbo82]

Texas- Summer Sun
Bryan Adams- Summer of 69
The Beatles- Good Day Sunshine
The Lovin' Spoonful- Summer in the City
E.L.O- Mr Blue Sky
The Isley Brothers- Summer Rain
Eddie Cochran- Summertime Blues
Terry Jacks- Seasons in the Sun
Paul Westerberg- Sunshine

And of course John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John- Summer Nights

[Sabbath]

I agree-anything by the Beach Boys
Terry Jacks "Seasons in the Sun" is depressing. It's about dying.

[Rock'n'Roll]

Here Comes Summer-Jerry keller

[reinganum]

Those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer (can't remember the artist but it was early '60s)
Summer in the City (Lovin' spoonful?) late '60s
Dancing in the city (Marshall, Hain) 1978
Sealed with a kiss (Bryan Hyland?) about 1962

Sorry to be a bit vague about this but I'm at my office desk and all my reference books (and my record collection!) are at home....
The early 1960s were a particularly fruitful time for summer-themed songs. The problem was, most of them were from the U.S. and by the time they came over here, most of them charted in September/October, and summer was over!

[rhona_j]

Here comes the Sun - Nina Simone
Sunshine Superman - Donovan (from the current Magners advert)
Love is in the Air - John Paul Young (another Magners advert, they're just soo summery!)