What is it about summer? Through the years, it has captured the imagination of those in the music industry with lyrics and melodies.<\/p>\n
For example, the Lovin\u2019 Spoonful start out by lamenting about the \u201cback of my neck gettin\u2019 dirty and gritty\u201d in \u201cSummer in the City<\/a>.\u201d John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John share starkly differing memories about how they met and spent their \u201cSummer Nights<\/a>\u201d together in the movie Grease. Perhaps Mongo Jerry put it best when he crooned: \u201cIn the Summertime<\/a>, when the weather is hot, You can stretch right up and touch the sky.\u201d Whatever it is about this season, top hits galore revolve around it.<\/p>\n For a change of pace, Creative Circle presents this summer playlist. Listen, sway, recharge and, most of all, enjoy!<\/p>\n Playlist 1. \u201cHeat Wave<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Martha and the Vandellas<\/strong> 2. \u201cSummer Breeze<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Seals & Crofts<\/strong> 3. \u201cSuddenly Last Summer<\/a>\u201d \u2014 The Motels<\/strong> 4. \u201cAll Summer Long<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Kid Rock<\/strong> 5. \u201cSun Is Shining<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Bob Marley<\/strong> 6. \u201cCruel Summer<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Bananarama<\/strong> 7. \u201cHot Fun in the Summertime<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Sly and The Family Stone<\/strong> 8. \u201cWatermelon Sugar<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Harry Styles<\/strong> 9. \u201cSummer Fever<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Donna Summer<\/strong> 10. \u201cWalking on Sunshine<\/a>\u201d \u2014 Katrina And The Waves<\/strong> Music does wonders for your mind and soul. Creative Circle sends this collection your way as a brief antidote. And with that said and done, get back to your assignments!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n About the author.<\/strong> What is it about summer? Through the years, it has captured the imagination of those in the music industry with lyrics and melodies. For example, the Lovin\u2019 Spoonful start out by lamenting about the \u201cback of my neck gettin\u2019 dirty and gritty\u201d in \u201cSummer in the City.\u201d John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John share starkly differing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":56583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n1. \u201cHeat Wave\u201d \u2013 Martha and the Vandellas
\n2. \u201cSummer Breeze\u201d \u2013 Seals & Crofts
\n3. \u201cSuddenly Last Summer\u201d \u2013 The Motels
\n4. \u201cAll Summer Long\u201d \u2013 Kid Rock
\n5. \u201cSun Is Shining\u201d \u2013 Bob Marley
\n6. \u201cCruel Summer\u201d \u2013 Bananarama
\n7. \u201cHot Fun in the Summertime\u201d \u2013 Sly and The Family Stone
\n8. \u201cWatermelon Sugar\u201d \u2013 Harry Styles
\n9. \u201cSummer Fever\u201d — Donna Summer
\n10. \u201cWalking on Sunshine\u201d \u2013 Katrina and The Waves<\/p>\n
\nMartha Reeves and company offer a pulsating tribute to love and summer in this classic hit. This popular 60\u2019s vocal girl group characterizes the feeling of desire as \u201ca heat wave, burning in my heart.\u201d The infectious beat and Motown vibe catapulted this tune to #1 on the Billboard<\/a><\/em> Hot R&B chart in 1963. It stayed in that top spot for four weeks as the trio sang: \u201cNow that funny feeling has me amazed, Don\u2019t know what to do, my head\u2019s in a haze, it\u2019s like a heat wave.\u201d More than 50 years later, in 2017, Billboard placed this original rendition of the song in the #12 position in its 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs<\/a> of All Time. \u201cIs this the way love\u2019s supposed to be?\u201d Guess so!<\/p>\n
\nA vast change in tempo from the prior song, \u201cSummer Breeze\u201d is as soothing as it is harmonious. As such, its poetic aura reflects the words of the chorus: \u201cSummer breeze makes me feel fine, Blowin\u2019 through the jasmine of my mind.\u201d Recorded by many other artists going forward, this soft rock version comes in at #19 on Rolling Stone\u2019s \u201cBest Summer Songs of All Time<\/a>.\u201d The Isley Brothers<\/a> made a rendition of it, which became a hit too. The gentle essence of this tune resonates with fans from the 1970s to the present. \u201cSee the curtains hangin\u2019 in the window, In the evening on a Friday night, A little light a-shinin\u2019 through the window, Let me know everything\u2019s all right.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nCan summer seem eerie? When a new wave band from Berkeley, CA, writes and sings about it, it can and does. Created and videoed in a film noir<\/a> genre, this tune borrows its name purely by chance from the title of a work by southern playwright Tennessee Williams, who died in the same year and month this single was released, February 1983. Now that\u2019s eerie. Its lyrics suggest how quickly time goes by, in an instant or \u201csuddenly,\u201d as in \u201cA place for a moment, An end to a dream.\u201d The chorus offers a haunting and quizzical refrain: \u201cOne summer never ends, One summer never begins, It keeps me standing still, It takes all my will, And then suddenly, Last summer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nA rhythmic, country-infused recording, this 2008 hit tells the story of a special experience over the course of one summer. In feel-good fashion, Kid Rock reminisces about a warm-weather love from days gone by. \u201cIt was 1989, my thoughts were short my hair was long, Caught somewhere between a boy and man, She was seventeen and she was far from in-between, It was summertime in Northern Michigan.\u201d This was a recipe for fun, which they had while \u201cSinging sweet home Alabama all summer long.\u201d Legions of fans had fun with this tune too, which earned this artist his first Top 10 Country Hit. A group of talented people collaborated on \u201cAll Summer Long,\u201d including Robert James Ritchie<\/a> AKA Kid Rock.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cSun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah, Make you wanna move your dancing feet now, To the rescue, here I am, Want you to know, y\u2019all, can you understand? Here I am.\u201d That\u2019s how this reggae music star frames the message to get out and enjoy the day while the \u201csun is shining.\u201d Marley, a Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician, recorded, re-recorded, remixed and re-released this song several times. As a result, throughout the years, it went from relative obscurity to \u201cone of the most popular<\/a>\u201d in his repertoire. Fun fact \u2014 Marley opened an outdoor concert in Lenox, Massachusetts, which had to be rescheduled twice because of inclement weather. As he started to perform \u201cSun is Shining,\u201d the rain stopped instantly<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nHow could you depart the city and abandon me for the summer? That\u2019s the question at the core of this song. It\u2019s the reason this new wave British female trio resents being \u201chere on my own\u201d and bemoans \u201cIt\u2019s a cruel, cruel summer.\u201d What\u2019s more: \u201cThe city is crowded, my friends are away\u2026 It\u2019s too hot to handle, so I got to get up and go.\u201d Translation: they\u2019re not happy, but have to make the best of it while \u201ctrying to smile but the air is so heavy and dry.\u201d (Note: dry air rather than humidity? Be happy.) The official video shows that, to pass the time, they work on cars, bop around, do some bad girl things, and, in their inimitable style, eat bananas.<\/p>\n
\nThe year was 1969 when Sly and bandmates recorded this iconic number. They did so shortly before performing it at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, which set their career into orbit. This single pays homage to summer\u2019s popularity. After all, school is out and you can attend a \u201ccountry fair in the country sun.\u201d But the best thing about this tune is that it\u2019s downright cool and, in the vernacular of the day, groovy. It rose to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> pop singles chart and #3 of the Billboard soul singles<\/a> chart. And in the highly competitive year for new releases, it ranked #7 and sits midway on the \u201c500 Greatest Songs of All Time<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nPut British vocal sensation Harry Styles together with luscious watermelon and what do you have? A winner! This recording, described as \u201chorn- and guitar-driven rock, funk-pop, indie pop<\/a>,\u201d blends several styles. The idea for it comes from the American novel In Watermelon Sugar<\/a>. Styles collaborated in writing this tune, which is from his second studio album, Fire Line, released in 2019. Fans around the world enjoyed the vibe, sending this song into the Top Ten in more than 20 countries. In the U.S., \u201cWatermelon Sugar\u201d marks the singer\u2019s first #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100<\/a>. The official 2020 music video takes place on a beach in Malibu, California; it features Styles, an abundance of bikini-clad sunbathers and slices of watermelon.<\/p>\n
\nHere\u2019s a two for one: Donna Summer singing about summer! It\u2019s always a hot time for the disco queen as she lets loose on whatever musical magic she creates. This one is super hot, as in \u201cWinds may come and the winds may flow, But there\u2019s no wind can cool me of my fever, summer fever, Summer fever.\u201d She\u2019s referring to both the \u201ctime of love, time of year,\u201d when \u201cTemperature\u2019s rising, our bodies near in fever, summer fever, Summer fever.\u201d This song is a track on Four Seasons of Love, her fourth studio album, released in 1978. This collection achieved certified gold status<\/a> and every single from it reached #1 on the disco chart. Catch the fever, summer fever!<\/p>\n
\nWhat\u2019s it like to be in love? According to Katrina and her three bandmates it\u2019s like \u201cwalking on sunshine.\u201d This recording comes from this British rock group\u2019s album of the same name, which dates back to 1985 but lives on prominently in music land. It is the Waves\u2019 best-known song and their first American Top 40<\/a> hit. The savvy four somehow managed to keep the full publishing rights to this piece, which typically are shared with the songwriter(s). The royalties they derived over the years have brought them loads of money, especially since the tune has been used as music in advertisements. And that arrangement, for sure, has given them the sense of \u201cwalking on sunshine\u2026 And don\u2019t it feel good!\u201d<\/p>\n
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