Songs of Summer Call-in Special
EPISODE 130
Every year, critics and media outlets the world over put out definitive song-of-summer guides based on…well, we’re not always entirely sure. Certainly popularity, as measured by streams and radio play; not to mention that bewildering feeling that creeps up some time mid-July, prompting whispered exclamations of: “man, this song is everywhere.” But the most ubiquitous track isn’t necessarily the one you’ll have on repeat on those steamy summer commutes to work, nor is it the song you’ll want soundtracking this year’s vacations, graduations, summer flings and backyard cookouts.
In this episode, we abandon the pursuit of a single song of summer, and ask the question we’re more interested in: What does summer sound like? To answer that question, we asked you, our listeners, and got some downright awesome suggestions in return. Your voicemails covered everything from Hot Girl Summer anthems and nostalgia-inducing dance jams, to globally infused collaborations and just-released future-feeling indie rock cuts. Today, we travel across the full spectrum of summer feels, and the music that comes through when we need it the most.
PLAYLIST
Listen to all of these songs and more on the Switched on Pop Songs of Summer 2019 Playlist.
SONGS DISCUSSED
MUNA – Number One Fan
Amber Mark – Put You On
Jonas Brothers – Only Human
Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello – Señorita
Charlie XCX, Christine and the Queens – Gone
BTS, Zara Larsson – Brand New Day
Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
Post Malone – Sunflower
Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road
Pinkfong – Baby Shark
Khalid – Better
Megan Thee Stallion – Big ol’ Freak
Megan Thee Stallion, Juicy J – Simon Says
Saweetie – My Type
Petey Pablo – Freak-A-Leak
City Girls – Act Up
Megan Thee Stallion, DaBaby – Cash Shit
Clairo – Sofia
HAIM – Summer Girl
Lou Reed – Walk on the Wild Side
Mother’s Daughter – Miley Cyrus
Rosalía – Aute Cuture
Ariana Grande – NASA
BANKS – Gimme
Grimes, Hana – We appreciate power
Lizzo – Truth Hurts
Paul McCartney – Jet
Don Henley – The Boys of Summer
Santana, Rob Thomas – Smooth
Britney Spears – Toxic
The Slits – I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Missy Elliott – Slide
Freddie Gibbs, Madlib – Cataracts
Vampire Weekend – 2021