# Perfect 70's neighborhood swimming pool songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019 "2017-06-27T22:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/1 "2017-06-27T22:45:48Z")
I had my speaker out at the local swimming hole, and Spotify on. First Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” played and then “Fox on the Run”. Man those are perfect. They scream 70’s montage at the swimming pool Others that have that montage feel? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/2 "2017-06-27T23:00:41Z")
Pretty much anything in [Awesome Mix Vol. 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(soundtrack)) and [Awesome Mix Vol. 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_Vol._2_(soundtrack)). Both of yours are in Vol. 2. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/3 "2017-06-27T23:47:43Z")
[“Summer” by War](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSQAlfyaKyc) should perfectly fit the mood you’re trying to create as should [the Isley Brothers’ version of “Summer Breeze”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T88fbHOmvRk). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/4 "2017-06-27T23:54:10Z")
[Hot Fun In The Summertime](https://youtu.be/_NVVe1DkVsQ) [Grazing In The Grass](https://youtu.be/2UhResTVZ6s) ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/5 "2017-06-28T00:26:08Z")
I have the clearest snippet of memory hearing _[Do the Hustle](https://youtu.be/qeUfDTn5huM)_ at the local pool in the summer of '75. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/6 "2017-06-28T00:32:16Z")
In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry mmm ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/7 "2017-06-28T00:36:59Z")
To go with the two songs the OP listed: \*The Ballroom Blitz \*by The Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/8 "2017-06-28T00:41:29Z")
“Band On The Run” Andy Gibb “Love Is Higher Than A Mountain” Billy Joel Baker Street Etc ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/9 "2017-06-28T01:12:58Z")
[Summer In The City](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLIg8DGR06w), by The Lovin Spoonful. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/10 "2017-06-28T01:14:28Z")
Jungle Love, Steve Miller Band. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/11 "2017-06-28T01:14:59Z")
“Sunny Days” - Lighthouse “Do It Again” - Steely Dan “You, Me and Mexico” - Edward Bear (if you’re feeling super super wimpy) - “Saturday in the Park” (wimpier yet) - “Afternoon Delight” (you have to be kidding me) “It’s a Sunshine Day” - Brady Bunch (sneakin in a 60’s number) - “Sunny Afternoon” - Kinks “Smoke On the Water” “Sail on Sailor” - Beach Boys Actually can’t think of a 70’s tune that _wouldn’t_ be poolside appropriate. (oh wait - I know - the title track off King Crimson’s _Larks’ Tongues in Aspic_ LP :p) (Alice Cooper’s “I Love the Dead”?:o) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/12 "2017-06-28T02:09:18Z")
If **Eddie** can sneak in a 60s number, I can sneak in an 80s number. 😃 Dire Straits _Twistin’ By the Pool_. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/13 "2017-06-28T02:21:29Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > “Sunny Days” - Lighthouse > “Do It Again” - Steely Dan > “You, Me and Mexico” - Edward Bear > (if you’re feeling super super wimpy) - “Saturday in the Park” > (wimpier yet) - “Afternoon Delight” > (you have to be kidding me) “It’s a Sunshine Day” - Brady Bunch > (sneakin in a 60’s number) - “Sunny Afternoon” - Kinks > “Smoke On the Water” > “Sail on Sailor” - Beach Boys > > Actually can’t think of a 70’s tune that _wouldn’t_ be poolside appropriate. (oh wait - I know - the title track off King Crimson’s _Larks’ Tongues in Aspic_ LP :p) (Alice Cooper’s “I Love the Dead”?:o) That reminds me ‘schools out forever’ would be classic material ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/14 "2017-06-28T02:59:22Z")
For those that are wondering what a 70’s neighborhood pool was… We moved to a brand new housing development in suburban Minnesota in 1970. It had a pool that you could buy a pass to for the summer. It was ludicrously cheap. About 5 years later, because it was so busy, they built another one towards the other side of the development. Then of course, between vandalism, complaints and the occasional lawsuit, those went the way of the Dodo, being closed down around 1978. My strongest memory was of waiting outside the gate, being let in and everyone diving in, only to emerge nearly screaming because some idiot poured way too much bleach into it. They had to close it, drain about half the water out of it and refill it to dilute it to acceptable levels. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/15 "2017-06-28T04:52:02Z")
[Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress](https://youtu.be/aIRHTBvZRzU) Just about anything by Creedence. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/16 "2017-06-28T05:32:01Z")
Thin Lizzy, “The Boys are Back in Town” Rod Stewart, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Parliament, “Flash Light” Fleetwood Mac, “Rhiannon” ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/17 "2017-06-28T08:36:09Z")
[Summertime Lovin’"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJKDaIUYt6g)? ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/18 "2017-06-28T11:07:46Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Thin Lizzy, “The Boys are Back in Town” > Rod Stewart, “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” > Parliament, “Flash Light” > Fleetwood Mac, “Rhiannon” Oh god no, not “Rhiannon”. That’s not a pool/beach tune IMO. I’ll add: “Beach Baby” - First Class “Get Down Tonight” - KC & The Sunshine Band (actually anything by them) Anything by The Gap Band “Hot Child In The City” - Nick Gilder Ohhh…ETA : “Jive Talking” and “Nights On Broadway” - The Bee Gees ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/19 "2017-06-28T12:10:46Z")
_Aqualung_ ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019/20 "2017-06-28T14:32:55Z")
“We’re an American Band” - Grand Funk Railroad “China Grove” - The Doobie Brothers “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting” - Elton John “Son of a Preacher Man” - Dusty Springfield “Slow Ride” - Foghat “Sweet Emotion” - Aerosmith “Thank You” - Sly & The Family Stone “I Feel The Earth Move” - Carol King “My Sharona” - The Knack [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-70s-neighborhood-swimming-pool-songs/790019.md?page=2)