Summer means relaxing poolside, playing at the beach, and sitting around a campfire with s’mores. You’ll need the perfect summer songs for your playlist, whether you’re heading to the amusement park with kids or setting up a backyard dance party.
In the classroom, add these summer songs to your morning meeting, field day, or end-of-year party. You’ll find summer songs here for everyone from preschoolers to grown-ups.
(Some of these summer songs are about love and relationships. As always, please review them before sharing with students to ensure they’re appropriate for the learning environment you’ve created.)
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Classic Summer Songs
Summertime Blues by Eddie Cochran
Let’s Twist Again by Chubby Checker
“Come on let’s twist again like we did last summer …”
Heat Wave by Martha and the Vandellas
Surfin’ USA by The Beach Boys
Surf City by Jan & Dean
Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters
Dancing in the Street by Martha and the Vandellas
California Dreamin’ by The Mamas and the Papas
Summer in the City by the Lovin’ Spoonful
Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles
Summer Nights by John Travolta and Olivia Newton John
Suddenly Last Summer by The Motels
“One summer never ends, one summer never began …”
The Boys of Summer by Don Henley
Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves
The Heat Is On by Glenn Frey
Summer Breeze by Seals and Crofts
“Summer breeze
Makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind”
Summer Night City by ABBA
Cruel Summer by Bananarama
Endless Summer Nights by Richard Marx
Sun Is Shining by Bob Marley and the Wailers
“Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah …”
That Summer Feeling by Jonathan Richman
Pop Songs About Summer
Steal My Sunshine by Len
Looking for the Summer by Chris Rea
Feels Like Summer by Samuel Jack
“We were standing on the edge
With the sand under our feet …”
Summer by Calvin Harris
Cover Me in Sunshine by Pink
“Cover me in sunshine
Shower me with good times …”
Feels Like Summer by Sander van Doorn
Heat Waves by Glass Animals
“Sometimes all I think about is you
Late nights in the middle of June …”
Rock Songs About Summer
School’s Out by Alice Cooper
“No more pencils, no more books …”
Rock Lobster by the B-52s
Dancing Days by Led Zeppelin
In the Sun by Blondie
Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
“Summer, summer, summertime
Time to sit back and unwind …”
Island in the Sun by Weezer
Taylor Swift Songs About Summer
Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift
“It’s a cruel summer
With you”
August by Taylor Swift
Style by Taylor Swift
Country Songs About Summer
Summertime Blues by Alan Jackson
“Well, I’m a gonna raise a fuss, I’m gonna raise a holler
About workin’ all summer just to try an’ earn a dollar”
Summer Fever by Little Bigtown
A Little More Summertime by Jason Aldeen
Sunny and 75 by Joe Nichols
Sunshine and Summertime by Faith Hill
“I said ‘Hey that’s the way we do it
New friends and blue skies that never end …’”
Summertime by Kenny Chesney
Children’s Songs About Summer
Green Leaves of Summer by Brothers Four
Time To Say Hello To Summer (instrumental)
Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride from Lilo and Stitch
“There’s no place I’d rather be
Than on my surfboard out at sea”
In Summer from Frozen
Have Fun This Summer! by Jack Hartmann
Sunscreen Song by The Learning Station
Summer Is for Chilling by Danny Go
“You know I love to jump and dance around
But sometimes you’ve got to slow down”
Bug Out by the Pop Ups
The Summer Breeze by They Might Be Giants
Summer Songs for Preschoolers
Summer Song by Bindi’s Music and Rhymes
Summer Song by The Singing Walrus
“What do you like to do in the summer?”
Seasons Song: Summer by Wormhole Learning
I Love Summertime by The Singing Walrus
Mr. Golden Sun by Super Simple Songs
“Oh Mr. Sun, Mr. Sun, Mr. Golden Sun
Please shine down on me”
Boom Chicka Boom Summer Dance Song by The Learning Station
Hello Summer Song by Funny Frog
Songs About Summer Fun
Pool Party by Danny Go
The Island Hop by Caspar Babypants
Campin’ Tent by the Okee Dokee Brothers
The Campfire Song Song by Spongebob SquarePants
“Let’s gather round the campfire
And sing our campfire song”
On My Bike by Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
Summer Songs About the Beach
Rockaway Beach by the Ramones
Let’s Go to the Beach by Super Simple Songs
“Let’s go to the beach
We’ll make a sandcastle, build it nice and high”
There’s so much that we could do, I want to do it all
Ocean Jam by Music Movement
Wipeout by the Surfaris
Surfer Shake by the Baby Grands
Riding the Waves by Imagination Movers
Songs About the End of Summer
Summer Moved On by A-ha
Summertime Sadness by Lana Del Rey
Blame It on September by Allstar Weekend
“We can fight to hold on
But August is gone”
Summer Love by One Direction
Boys of Summer by Don Henley
So Long Sweet Summer by Dashboard Confessional
Summer of ’69 by Bryan Adams
“Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever”
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Plus, check out our Big List of School-Appropriate Songs.
