Summer is here. Hello to longer days frolicking in the sun, enjoying the outdoors, and taking a much-needed break from the regular routines of adulthood. To me, nothing ushers in the summer like a ...

Labor Day weekend has come and gone, which must mean that the final word is in on the Songs of the Summer. What does Billboard‘s chart-determined Song of the Summer tell us about the state of Songs of ...

The sounds of summer 2025 already are rising up: poolside chatter, cool beverages sipped through straws, and songs that seal each experience. Each year, music writers scour the charts and the trends ...

NEW YORK (AP) — What makes a great song of the summer? Is it an up-tempo pop banger? Something with an earworm chorus? Does it need to feature the words “summer,” “sunshine,” or another synonym — ...

For friend groups carpooling to the beach this summer, there may not be a consensus on song choice. This year, the internet has been scratching its head trying to figure out which track will reign ...

Another summer is nearing its end, giving us all good reason to have deep, existential debates about the vaunted “Song of the Summer.” We can think about the music that wafted out of cars, that ...

Air are back in action, touring the globe this year playing their debut Moon Safari in full, and they’ve just released their first new music since the 2014 soundtrack Music for Museum. It comes in the ...

Days spent on the sand are finally here, but your packing list isn’t complete without the best summer songs to set the mood. The thing is beach songs can sound like anything you want. Ukuleles and ...

With June now upon us, Radio World’s editorial and sales team and longtime contributors are sharing some of their favorite summertime tunes (and some of their favorite places to tune in). In this ...

When rocker Eddie Cochran released “Summertime Blues” in August 1958, the concept of “the song of summer” was born. It had a catchy melody with a chugging beat and lyrics that anyone whose summer wasn ...

If summer is endless, as the surfers and romantics say, then summer's soundtrack only stretches on through time. No doubt, 20 summers ago, music journalists were trying to identify the season's ...