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