War -- "Summer"
Brothers Four -- "Green Leaves of Summer"
Jerry Keller -- "Here Comes Summer"
Tony Carey (?) -- "First Day of Summer"
Percy Faith -- "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" (you know someone had to say it)
Bobby Goldsboro -- "Summer (The First Time)"
Cliff Richard -- "Summer Holiday"
Girls Aloud -- "Long Hot Summer"

And a couple that always scream "SUMMER!" to me, even though they don't mention summer or were necessarily even popular during the summer:

America -- "Ventura Highway"
King Harvest -- "Dancing in the Moonlight"

And a couple that always scream "SUMMER!" to me, even though they don't mention summer or were necessarily even popular during the summer:

Hence my inclusion of "Centerfield" and "Nightswimming".

Uh-oh. I may be on a roll here.

Connie Francis -- "Vacation"
Gary Lewis and the Playboys -- "Save Your Heart for Me"
Gary Lewis and the Playboys -- "Green Grass"
"See You in September" -- Happenings
Sly and the Family Stone -- "Hot Fun in the Summertime"
Eddie Cochran -- "Summertime Blues"
(Numerous, but I recommend Vaughn Monroe and Frank Sinatra, in that order) -- "The Things We Did Last Summer"
(Also numerous, I recommend Kay Kyser) -- "Indian Summer"
Motels -- "Suddenly Last Summer"

You may also want to search out the theme to Summer of '42.

And more screaming:

Go-Gos -- "Vacation"

OK. I stop now.

Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins

ETA: I'll get "Your Fucking Sunny Day" based on the title alone.

Great song. Uncharacteristically upbeat for them.

Based on the "Vacation" recommendation:

Camper Van Beethoven - "Payed Vacation: Greece"
The Circle Jerks - "Paid Vacation"
The Embarrassment - "Two Week Vacation" (that one's for Tina!)
Vic Chesnutt - "Little Vacation"

"Starless Summer Sky" - Marshall Crenshaw (gorgeous pop song)

"Summer Sun" - Chris Stamey (points for beginning the song with a sodapop "pop")

"I Live For the Sun" - Sun Rays (one of the best non-Beach Boys beach summer songs)

"Like a Summer Thursday" - Townes Van Zandt

"The Summer I Read Colette" - Rosanne Cash

"Here Comes the Summer" - Undertones

"Summer Lies" - Magnetic Fields

"Staying Out for the Summer" - Dodgy (excellent Brit pop power pop song. muy catchy)

Without summer in the title?

"Night Moves" - Bob Seger

"Dancing in the Streets" - Martha and the Vandellas

"Sunny South Kensington" - Donovan (very mod song, actually)

"Sunlight Bathed The Golden Glow" - Felt

"Light and Sun / Reach for the Day" - Polyphonic Spree

"California Sun" - Ramones (and others)

"On Some Faraway Beach" - Brian Eno (clearly a Beach Boys tribute, abstracting them into Eno-land)

It's kind of tacky to mention, I guess, but my band has a pretty summery song about the arts of the Boardwalk--sand sculpture, airbrushing, etc.

It's kind of tacky to mention, I guess, but my band has a pretty summery song about the arts of the Boardwalk--sand sculpture, airbrushing, etc.

I'd say it's pretty relevant, given that I'm across the bay from you, aren't you in Baltimore?

You know, I was going to go to bed early tonight, but now I have about 50 songs to go through on itunes.

:: Curses the Buffistas and their music knowledge.

:: Kicks herself for asking the damn question in the first place.

I'd say it's pretty relevant, given that I'm across the bay from you, aren't you in Baltimore?

Oh, hey! that's right!! If you're interested I can post the song to buffistarawk gmail (ETA I went ahead and sent it). And if you are interested in coming across the bay this weekend we're playing a on the street in my neighborhood Sat. at 2

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& then at the Charm City Rollergirls championship on Sunday afternoon.

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