By: Brian Boone
Every Song of The Summer, From 1960 to the Present

Every summer is magical, and maybe that ‘s because each summer has that one definitive song. Here ‘s a look back on every single one of those evocative songs of the summer going back more than 50 years.
1960: ‘Theme from A Summer Place ‘
1961: ‘Sandy Shorts (The Wackadacka-Wick-Wack Song) ‘
1962: ‘Monster Mash, Except It ‘s Summer Now ‘
1963: ‘Endless Beach Party With Our Young, Vital, Virtually Unkillable President ‘
1964: ‘The Summer Song ‘
1965: ‘It ‘s the Summer So I Guess We Should Go Surfing? ‘
1966: ‘Summer ‘
1967: ‘It ‘s Summer ‘
1968: ‘It is the Summer ‘
1969: ‘Manson Beach Party ‘
1970: ‘The Sun is a Burning Sky Monster and We Must Worship It ‘
1971: ‘White Christmas ‘
1972: ‘White Christmas ‘
1973: ‘White Christmas ‘
1974: ‘Gerald Ford Beach Party ‘
1975: ‘Theme From Jaws ‘ by Jaws and Friends
1976: ‘Holy Shit, America Fuckin ‘ Rulez! (Official Song of the American Bicentennial) ‘ by the Captain and Tennille
1977: ‘Summer of Sam ‘
1978: ‘Curse Thee Out, Wretched Spring, For the Summer is Nigh ‘
1979: ‘Let Us Go to the Beach, For It Is the Law Under Peanut Lord Jimmy Carter ‘
1980: ‘The Lake Not Florida ‘ (The Money is Tight This Year Song) ‘
1981: ‘Summer is The Name of My Spring Fling ‘
1982: ‘Pac-Man Has a Sunburn ‘
1983: ‘I Wish That it Was the Summer (And It Totally Is Now) ‘
1984: ‘Uncomfortably Warm ‘
1985: ‘New Coke ‘
1986: ‘I am Sandor, God of Unholy Blood Summers, ‘ by Gwar
1987: ‘Summertime in the Well ‘ by Baby Jessica McClure
1988: ‘I Will Cut Tiffany with a Seashell ‘ by Debbie Gibson
1989: ‘Summer of Blood ‘ by Tiffany
1990: ‘The Eat My Shorts Song ‘ by Bart Simpson
1991: ‘You Can Live in a Sandcastle if You Have To ‘ by Milli Vanilli
1992: ‘Who Wants an Otter Pop? ‘
1993: ‘Summertime Bootyquake ’93 ‘
1994: ‘I Ate Too Much Sand Today ‘
1995: ‘Good ‘ by Better Than Ezra, but only the part where he says ‘maybe we ‘ll see on the Fourth of July ‘
1996: ‘Summer Babe (Summer Version) ‘
1997: ‘Candle in the Wind 1997 ‘ by Elton John
1998: ‘Fireflies are Dumb ‘
1999: ‘I ‘m So Goddamn Sick of Watermelon ‘ by Sarah McLachlan
2000: ‘Fuck Off, Fall ‘ by Limp Bizkit
2001: ‘White Christmas ‘
2002: ‘If You Don ‘t Love Fireworks You ‘re a Terrorist ‘ by Toby Keith
2003: ‘Let ‘s All Tar a Roof ‘
2004: ‘Summer is Interminably Long ‘
2005: ‘I Don ‘t Care What Movie We See, So Long as There ‘s Air Conditioning ‘
2006: ‘I Will Hum Some Songs I Like ‘ by Summer Glau
2007: ‘Unbearingly Hott Outside ‘ by Nelly
2008: ‘Subprime Summer ‘
2009: ‘Summertime Nights are the Nights That Will Be Alright (Tonight) ‘ by the Black Eyed Peas
2010: ‘White Christmas ‘
2011: ‘A Song About John Mayer ‘ by Taylor Swift
2012: ‘Fun in the Sun (Until the Mayan Apocalypse) ‘
2013: ‘The One That Goes ‘Whoooooooa ‘ and There ‘s a Banjo In It ‘
2014: ‘Summer Lasts All Year Now Because of Climate Change ‘
2015: ‘I Wish It Was Labor Day ‘
2016: ‘Drake is Having an Excellent Summer ‘ by Drake