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31 July 2009

The Song Of The Summer Last night on The Cobert Report, Steven mentioned that he couldnt think of this year's summer song . the song that from now on when you hear it it will remind you of Summer 2009 .

I gave it some thought and I think he just might be right . i've searched the web for emerging songs and nothing really has that summer party feel to it . am i missing something ?
In parts of Europe at least, Haus am See is a strong contender.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane 01 August | 08:01
That's a great song! I wish they'd do an English-language version, "99 Luftballoons" style. It probably won't climb the US charts as is.

I agree though - there's no song you hear everywhere this year. Some summers it doesn't really happen. American pop seems to be mired in some tired ideas right now - thin, choppy, clubby, and autotuned. Haven't heard a really fresh sound that appealed to a lot of people in a while. I'm still hearing "All Summer Long" a lot this summer, even though it was kind of last summer's song. And even then it wasn't because it captured a zeitgeist with some amazingly original sound - it worked because it was already familiar. Maybe our national anxiety is just too high to be experimentational with music this year.
posted by Miko 01 August | 08:11
I don't really every hear any new music, which is sort of sad. I seldom listen to the radio and don't go to clubs so I'm not really sure where I'd hear it. If there were a song of the summer, where would you all hear it?
posted by octothorpe 01 August | 11:45
Summer's Finally Here - it's not it, but it's certainly trying to be.
posted by Wolfdog 01 August | 12:44
For me it's Little Boots - Remedy.
Live version.
posted by jouke 01 August | 12:47
I certainly don't care for it, but I would say that if it's anything, it's Boom Boom Pow by the Black Eyed Peas.

For me, it's Sleepyhead by Passion Pit. Not a new song, but new to me.
posted by SpiffyRob 01 August | 12:59
Tinted Windows, "Messing with my Head" (it's on YouTube, I'm too lazy to handcraft a link on my phone).

This is not THE song of the summer, but it's the kind of breezy power pop that makes me want to drink beer from a cooler and swim in the lake, so it's definitely MY song of the summer.
posted by BitterOldPunk 01 August | 17:06
I saw this coming a mile away || Anyone else having trouble logging in to ATT/yahoo mail?

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