What’s your summer anthem?

With today being the first day of summer, we have to ask what’s your summer anthem?

For me, I consider a summer anthem to be a song about the summer. It’s not just a song that you listen to in the summer, I think it’s got to be on topic.

For many, I’d suspect Will Smith’s “Summertime” makes the list. Other choices:

“Hot in the City” by Billy Idol

“Good Vibrations” by The Beach Boys

“Heat Wave” by Martha and the Vandellas

“California Girls” by David Lee Roth (no, not Katy Perry)

“Summer in the City” by the Lovin’ Spoonful

Jane’s Addiction’s “Summertime Rolls”

Perhaps Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out”?

What’s yours?

This article appears in Jun 15-21, 2010.