Best songs of summer

Billboard magazine officially crowns each year’s song of the summer after Labor Day. But often those tunes don’t stand the test of time.
Others have tried to compensate for the shortcomings of the Billboard list in choosing the song of summer by coming out with their own lists. What follows is a few of them.

Best Summer Songs of All Time (Rolling Stone)

The 44 Most Summery Summer Songs of All Time (E! Online)

Top 30 Summer Songs (Billboard)

Photos: Album covers for “Heat Wave” (1963) by Martha and the Vandellas.