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What Are Your Favorite Songs of Summer?

Tell us your favorite summer time songs in the comments and we'll create a Spotify playlist.

By Megan Rozsa
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June 4, 2012

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Brayden Ritzman enjoys a frozen summer treat outside of Strickland's in Bath.

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Brayden Ritzman enjoys a frozen summer treat outside of Strickland's in Bath.

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The Franks family get together for a summer dinner at Island/ Griffith Park.

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Can you smell it? Summer is in the air.

The flowers are blooming, the steaks are grilling and campfires are burning. It may not officially be summer time, but we're all feeling it.

Everyone loves some good music at cookouts and everyone has a favorite song that reminds them of summer, and we want to know: What's yours?

Tell us your favorite summer time songs in the comments, and we'll add it to a Spotify playlist that we'll share with you on Friday, just in time for your weekend.

We can't wait to see what you send us!

In case you missed it, here are our favorite summer jams.

Related Topics: Summer Music and spotify playlist

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Geoffrey Watson

8:42 am on Monday, June 4, 2012

One of my many favotite songs of summer would be the song by the Beach Boys, "Surfin USA" or any of the hot rod songs like "Little Duce Coupe" Thanks

Dannie McGurk

8:42 am on Monday, June 4, 2012

Under The Boardwalk by The Drifters

Bill Smith

9:15 am on Monday, June 4, 2012

You can't beat "Summer" by War.

Teri Ashley

9:50 am on Monday, June 4, 2012

I like Summertime by Will Smith.

JanNiekamp

12:48 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

That is a good one, I forgot about that one.

Kaye Spector

1:49 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

i think that song was on the Patch editor's list last week. good one.

Ed Fisher

10:02 am on Monday, June 4, 2012

Not a big Sinatra fan, but really like "Summer Wind".

Geoffrey Watson

10:30 am on Monday, June 4, 2012

I do like a couple of Sinatra songs. Sinatra sings me and my wifes song: "Strangers in the night" and when we first met we were strangers in the night.

Magaritaville by Jimmy Buffet and a myriad of Country songs...No Shirt, no Shoes, no Problem/Kenny Chesney, It's Five O'Clock Somewhere/Buffet and Alan Jackson and Summer Nights by Rascal Flatts just to name a few.

Joe Rozsa

11:15 am on Monday, June 4, 2012

How can you go wrong with "Have a nice day" by the Stereophonics?

Richard Ian Tracy

12:33 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

Nice one!

Joe Rozsa

11:24 am on Monday, June 4, 2012

A good lazy summer song is "Miss Ohio" by Gillian Welch.

JanNiekamp

12:31 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

I know it's weird but I like Oasis "Champagne Super Nova"

Jason Lea

12:49 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

Not weird. Awesome.

Richard Ian Tracy

12:43 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

SUMMER SON by Texas ... CRUEL SUMMER by Bananarama ... CALIFORNIA DREAMING by The Mamas & the Papas ... THE BOYS OF SUMMER by Don Henley ... MALDON (la musique dans la peau) by Zouk Machine ... IN THE SUMMERTIME by Mungo Jerry ... HAPPY HOUR by The Housemartins. *Such* fun! :-D

Laura Leonard

12:49 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

Boys of Summer by Don Henley

Steve

1:05 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

How about "sittin on the dock in the bay" and "those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer" They always make me smile and feel good just "groovin, on a Sunday afternoon"...

JanNiekamp

1:07 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

Inagatadavita? excuse my spelling, but, I love this song cus it so darn long. Go road song.

Richard Ian Tracy

1:44 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

I don't think anyone can spell that! :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Geoffrey Watson

1:45 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

In the old days when that song was playing on the radio, the DJ's loved it too. They would put it on and then they would go to the bathroom and do whatever else they needed to do and still have time to spare.

Kaye Spector

1:50 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

i heard somewhere that title was supposed to be In a Garden of Eden but it got a bit garbled.

Paxton Crenshaw

2:12 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

Patch has become the equivalent of a lame high school newspaper for the middle-aged (with, apparently, horrible musical tastes). How about some real news for a change?

Joe Rozsa

2:51 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

There's always one.

Earl Elevant

10:27 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012

http://online.wsj.com/home-page

There you go. Guaranteed not to be fun. I think that's their trademark.

Bill Smith

9:09 am on Thursday, June 7, 2012

A "lame high school newspaper for the middle-aged" THAT YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY READING. I can see why you are interested in "some real news"... it's depressing too.

Joe Rozsa

9:44 am on Thursday, June 7, 2012

It's unfortunate that there always has to be one person that feels the need to share their ignorance and short-sightedness with the rest of us. Well put Bill. No one is making Paxton read this. Patch.com and all those associated with it are doing a fantastic job doing what they do. The people that appreciate what Patch.com is providing far outweigh those that feel the need to gripe for the sake being able to read what they type.