13ish Great Summer Songs

Music that makes me happy all year long.

Buddy Gott
The Riff

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Photo by Ibrahim Rifath on Unsplash

At the time of this writing, September is just a couple of days away. While the official end of summer is not until later in the month, I’d venture to guess that a lot of people view the start of September as the unofficial end of summer.

In honor of the season — and because I absolutely love making music playlists — I decided to create a special list of summer songs. Because there are hundreds (and maybe even thousands) of them out there, it was difficult for me to choose from all of them. I decided to narrow it down and only use songs that included “summer” in their titles.

Well, except for the “ish” part of my list, but you’ll see what I mean about that later on.

Here are 13ish great summer songs. A full playlist is at the end of the article.

1. Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer — Nat King Cole

I had to start my playlist with this one. How could I not? It’s the ultimate fun summer song! It includes…

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Buddy Gott
The Riff

Lover of music, tv, books, and movies. Host of the GOTTA POP and BUDDY'S BOOK BUDDIES podcasts.