# What Song(s) Mean Summer to You? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198 "2003-06-29T19:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/21 "2003-06-30T00:49:46Z")
Jack and Diane by John (Cougar) Mellencamp The Way by Fastball Beautiful Stranger by Madonna L.A. Woman by The Doors Chatahoochie by Alan Jackson Kiss from a Rose by Seal Each remind me of particular summers. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/22 "2003-06-30T01:13:59Z")
“A Summer Song” by Chad and Jeremy. Best summer song that’s actually about summer. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/23 "2003-06-30T01:51:00Z")
Boys are Back in Town is the first one I thought of… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/24 "2003-06-30T02:15:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eilsel \* > \*\*Well golly gee, Zeldar, just a tad hung up on semantics, aren’t we? 😉 > > …i figured I’d save time and post what I liked in the initial post so that I didn’t have to do a SECOND post. \*\* hung up on semantics? How so? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/25 "2003-06-30T02:51:12Z")
Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind? - Lovin’ Spoonful (Summer 1966) Him Or Me - Paul Revere & the Raiders (Summer 1967) Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations (Summer 1969) Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress - Hollies (Summer 1972) Kodachrome - Paul Simon (Summer 1973) Driver’s Seat - Sniff ‘n’ the Tears - (Summer 1979) ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/26 "2003-06-30T05:14:29Z")
“My Sharona” by the Knack “Driver’s Seat” by Sniff and the Tears “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler “Mirrors” by Blue Oyster Cult “Come Sail Away” by Styx “Burning Down the House” by The Talking Heads And…“The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire…”…My research tells me that’s The Bloodhound Gang. I don’t know if it was popular during the summer…just that it was played in a bar one summer when I was hanging out with my friends. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/27 "2003-06-30T05:48:15Z")
American Independence Day songs always feel like summer. A good one is **Stars and Stripes Forever** , that just screams 4th of July. ---
**Author:** ![benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@benson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/28 "2003-06-30T06:18:04Z")
Saturday in the Park - Chicago ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/29 "2003-06-30T06:30:34Z")
Sounds of Then - Gangajang. Nothing summons up those hot, humid, January days on the verandah like this one. Deep Water - Richard Clapton. Actually, most stuff by Richard Clapton. Breakfast at Sweethearts - Cold Chisel Come Said the Boy - Mondo Rock I’ll Be Gone - Spectrum ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/30 "2003-06-30T06:35:14Z")
Anything by Belle and Sebastian. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/31 "2003-06-30T06:54:02Z")
The Kinks’ “Sunny Afternoon” ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/32 "2003-06-30T12:23:48Z")
"hung up on semantics? How so?" Well, Z, I was using the term loosely as it refers to language in general. Maybe I should have said you’re being a bit legalistic… Anyway, you really don’t know me that well but a lot of what I say like that is tongue in cheek and/or sarcastic humor. So I wasn’t being rude… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/33 "2003-06-30T12:42:31Z")
Eilsel The reason I quoted your entire post was to explain to Evil Captor why I thought my response was in accord with the OP. I had no quarrel with your post, but since it was the statement of what you wanted to see in the thread, I thought that the choices I posted were in the spirit of the OP. Evil Captor seemed to think otherwise, so I was wanting to get some clarification. I didn’t see your comment as rudeness, but it did make me wonder if you saw that my comments were addressed to Evil Captor and not to you. Perhaps I should have omitted your song titles, or maybe put Evil Captor in bold or italics. I notice we are both rather new to SDMB (at least in terms of sign-up date) so I can agree that we don’t know each other all that well. Sorry if I sounded legalistic or hung up on semantics. Z ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/34 "2003-06-30T13:35:28Z")
You know what’s really funny (come on, you know it is) … I thought you were calling me an evil captor. SWL. I didn’t even see that there was a “real” EC. roflol I think I read it after too many glasses of wine… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/35 "2003-06-30T13:37:15Z")
. . . Brings me right back to the late '60s: no school! but camp, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/36 "2003-06-30T13:40:14Z")
Since i first heard it in primary school: Echo Beach, by Martha and the Muffins. ---
**Author:** ![Eilsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eilsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eilsel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/37 "2003-06-30T13:47:51Z")
Eve, On the flip side of that song, my favorite one that starts around August is a commercial … the Staples one… “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” And the dad is skipping thru the isles and playing while he picks up school supplies and his two kids trudge behind him all glum. Man that makes me laugh every time AND it reminds me that in a few weeks, my kids will be back to school! YAY ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/38 "2003-06-30T15:31:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mhendo \* > \*\*Echo Beach, by Martha and the Muffins. \*\* I’ll see your **Echo Beach** and raise you a **“Mimi on the Beach” by Jane Sibbery** Also: 1980 I Love You – Climax Blues Band Little Jeannie – Elton John My Sharona – The Knack Hungry Heart – Bruce It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me – Billy Joel 1983 Major Tom (Coming Home) – Peter Schilling Safety Dance – Men w/o Hats 1984 The Reflex – Duran Duran 1985 Invincible – Pat Benetar 1986 April Fool – Chalk Circle How Many – Luba Okay, that’s enough I suppose. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/39 "2003-06-30T16:41:33Z")
“Take It Easy” (the original version on Jackson Browne’s second album, not the Eagles’ version). First chords of that ring out and I’ve got the top down and the sunglasses on. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198/40 "2003-06-30T17:02:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nutty Bunny \* > \*\* > 1980 > My Sharona – The Knack > \*\* ::GASP!!:: That would be 1979. I’m so ashamed. :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-s-mean-summer-to-you/185198.md?page=3)