List of summer hits

This is a list of summer hits by year.

List

Summer hits in the United States

• 1958: "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno ^[1]
• 1964: "Where Did Our Love Go" – The Supremes ^[1]
• 1965: "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones ^[1]
• 1976: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – Elton John & Kiki Dee ^[1]
• 1979: "Bad Girls" – Donna Summer ^[1]
• 1986: "Papa Don't Preach" - Madonna ^[1]
• 1996: "Macarena" by Los Del Rio ^[2]
• 1999: "Livin’ La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin ^[2]
• 2005: "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey ^[1]
• 2007: "Umbrella" by Rihanna ^[3]
• 2008: "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry ^[3]
• 2009: “I Gotta Feeling” by The Black Eyed Peas
• 2010: "California Gurls" by Katy Perry ^{[3] [4]}
• 2011: "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO ^[3]
• 2012: "Gangnam Style" by Psy; ^[2] "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen ^[5]
• 2014: "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX; "Problem" by Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea ^[6]
• 2016: "One Dance" by Drake; "Can't Stop the Feeling!" by Justin Timberlake ^[7]
• 2017: "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber ^[8]
• 2018: "In My Feelings" by Drake; ^[3] "I Like It" by Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin, ^[9]
• 2019: "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus; "Señorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello ^{[10] [11]}
• 2021: "Butter" by BTS ^[12]
• 2022: "As It Was", by Harry Styles ^{[13] [14]}
• 2023: "Cruel Summer", by Taylor Swift ^[15]
• 2024: "Not Like Us", by Kendrick Lamar ^[16]

Worldwide

• 1989: "Lambada" by Kaoma ^[2]
• 2001: "El baile del gorila" by Melody (Spain) ^[17]
• 2002: "The Ketchup Song (Asereje)" by Las Ketchup ^[2]
• 2004: "Dragostea Din Tei" by O-Zone ^[2]
• 2005: "Axel F" by Crazy Frog; ^[18] "La camisa negra" by Juanes ^[19] (Europe);
• 2019: "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish (Russia); ^[20] "Con Altura" by Rosalía, J Balvin and El Guincho (Hispanic countries) ^[19]

References

1. "Summer Songs 1958-2017: The Top 10 Tunes of Each Summer". Billboard.
2. Kot, Greg. "What makes the 'song of summer'?". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
3. "Katy Perry Continues Songs of the Summer Streak" . Retrieved 2 November 2016.
4. Cross, Alan. "The hit of the summer is up to you". Metro. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
5. 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.
6. "Watch The Killers' Goofy Cover of Iggy Azalea's Summer Hit 'Fancy'" . Retrieved 2015-07-31.
7. Goodman, Jessica (September 7, 2016). "Song of the Summer 2016: Drake's One Dance takes the prize". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
8. "Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber's 'Despacito' Is the No. 1 Song of the Summer". Billboard.
9. "Best Summer Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 24, 2020.
10. Billboard Summer Songs Chart
11. Spotify.com Spotify's Most Streamed Songs of Summer 2019
12. devops (2013-01-02). "Songs Of The Summer". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. Lang, Cady (June 16, 2023). "How Cruel Summer Became Taylor Swift's Song Of The Moment". Time.
16. Tharpe, Frazier (May 13, 2024). "In the Midst of War, Kendrick Lamar Delivered the Song of the Summer". GQ.
17. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 8, 2001. pp. 50–. ISSN   0006-2510.
18. "Where's the summer fun?". The Guardian. 2006-08-03. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
19. "Las canciones del verano en España desde 1970". Elle . 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
20. ""Яндекс.Музыка" назвал самые популярные песни в разных городах России" [Yandex.Music revealed the most popular songs in different Russian cities]. RBC. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
    "Названы самые популярные песни лета в Москве" [The most popular summer songs in Moscow are revealed]. RIA Novosti. 2019-08-22. Retrieved 2020-04-30.