List of summer hits

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This is a list of summer hits in order by country. A summer hit is a hit song that reaches its peak in popularity during the summer months. This is determined through analytical data such as radio airplay, sales data, streaming activity, [1] and web searches. [2]

Contents

Songs that became summer hits in more than one country are listed in this article either under the country where it was produced (if they became a hit in that country) or the country where it first became a summer hit (if they were not a hit in their country of origin during the summer).

Brazil

Canada

Cuba

Ireland

Italy

Romania

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

United Kingdom

United States

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

  1. ↑ Molanphy, Chris (August 1, 2013). "How The Hot 100 Became America's Hit Barometer". All Things Considered. NPR. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith Lead Shazam's 2014 Summer Hits Predictions". Billboard . Penske Media Corporation. May 19, 2014. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kot, Greg. "What makes the 'song of summer'?". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  4. ↑ dela Torre, Chris (July 25, 2013). "How Steal My Sunshine became an accidental summer hit". CBC News . Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Shipley, Ali (August 28, 2019). "20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 2000s". Rolling Stone . Brian Szejka. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  6. ↑ Sisario, Ben (2012-08-21). "How 'Call Me Maybe' and Social Media Are Upending Music". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Trust, Gary (September 2, 2025). "Summer Songs 1958-2025: The Top 10 Tunes Of Each Summer". Billboard . Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Summer Songs 1958-2017: The Top 10 Tunes of Each Summer". Billboard.
  9. ↑ devops (2013-01-02). "Songs Of The Summer". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  10. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 8, 2001. pp. 50–. ISSN   0006-2510.
  11. 1 2 "Las canciones del verano en España desde 1970". Elle . 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  12. ↑ "Where's the summer fun?". The Guardian. 2006-08-03. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rockwell, John (July 9, 1989). "POP VIEW; The Sounds of Summer Let the Good Times Roll". New York Times . Archived from the original on May 25, 2015. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  14. ↑ Dellatto, Marisa (September 2, 2022). "Song Of The Summer 2022: 'As It Was,' And A Surprising 37-Year-Old Release Own The Season". Forbes. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  15. ↑ Trust, Gary (September 6, 2022). "Harry Styles' 'As It Was' Claims Crown on Billboard's 2022 Songs of the Summer Chart". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  16. ↑ Mitchell, Gail; Bessman, Jim; Crosley, Hillary; Hope, Clover (July 1, 2006). "The 'It' List: Up-And-Coming Songwriters Steal The Spotlight With New Wave Of Urban Hits". Billboard . Vol. 118, no. 26. Penske Media Corporation. The pair first made an impact on the pop scene with Sisqo's 2000 summer hit "Thong Song."
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "Katy Perry Continues Songs of the Summer Streak" . Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  18. ↑ Cross, Alan. "The hit of the summer is up to you". Metro. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  19. ↑ "Watch The Killers' Goofy Cover of Iggy Azalea's Summer Hit 'Fancy'" . Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  20. ↑ Goodman, Jessica (September 7, 2016). "Song of the Summer 2016: Drake's One Dance takes the prize". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber's 'Despacito' Is the No. 1 Song of the Summer". Billboard.
  22. ↑ "Best Summer Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 24, 2020.
  23. ↑ Harmsen, Natalie; Adams, Kelsey (June 26, 2025). "10 songs with surprising Canadian connections". CBC Music . Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  24. ↑ Billboard Summer Songs Chart
  25. ↑ Spotify.com Spotify's Most Streamed Songs of Summer 2019
  26. ↑ Lang, Cady (June 16, 2023). "How Cruel Summer Became Taylor Swift's Song Of The Moment". Time.
  27. 1 2 Ahlgrim, Callie (September 3, 2024). "Every song of the summer from the past 49 years". Business Insider . Archived from the original on July 6, 2025. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
  28. ↑ Tharpe, Frazier (May 13, 2024). "In the Midst of War, Kendrick Lamar Delivered the Song of the Summer". GQ.
  29. ↑ Brown, Bridget (September 5, 2024). "This Year's Song of the Summer is a Ballad, Not a Banger. Here's What That Says About Us". AP News.
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