Get Mommy Some Gin

I wanted to do a top 5 list of my favorite summery songs, but it turns out, there’s too many. I’ve split it up into two – a list of my fave songs that have Summer in the title and a list of my fave songs that remind me of summer. You know what’s not on this list? Summer Nights from Grease. You know why? Because it’s lame. 

5. Summer Breeze – Seals and Crofts

Everytime I see Summer Peas at the grocery store, I sing this song in my head. It makes me feel fine. 

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4. Cruel Summer – Bananarama

Huge debate, do you prefer the original Bananarama version or Ace of Base’s cover of it?

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3. Summer Love – Justin Timberlake

Who else thinks JT should stick to singing/dancing and forget about acting? Seriously, I need to see some music videos with dance moves. 

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2. Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince

You love this song too, everyone does. Also, I needed to give a shout out to Philly!

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1. Summertime – Sarah Vaughn (UFO remix)

This song sounds like a hot, sticky summer night to me. The best version I’ve heard.

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Got some summer tracks that I’ve missed? Please share ‘em below. Let’s get this pool party/backyard bbq started!

Oh go on, you know you love them too.

5. Spice Girls – Stop. It’s sad, really. they finally sort of figued out hair and makeup by this video, but broke up shortly after.

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4. Salt ‘N’ Pepe feat En Vogue – Whatta Man. The crowning glory of the 90s

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3. TLC – Baby, Baby, Baby. Remember before TLC went sexy and they always had brightly coloured condoms stuck too their outfits?

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2. SWV – Right Here. I heart this song. I’ve always thought of SWV as the girl version of BoysIIMen.

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1. All Saints – I know where it’s at. Don’t believe that the tank top/sweat pants look was cool? Videographic proof…and they still look hot.

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Waking up to the wrong song is the morning equivalent to getting rained on after a crummy day at the office. Growing up, I kept my trusty alarm clock tuned into CBC just to avoid the chance of waking up to Celine Dion. My alarm currently goes off at 4:40am. Beeping, buzzing and ringing tones don’t improve my mood. In hopes of making waking up in the middle of the night slightly more pleasant, here are my top 5 songs to wake up to:

5. Van Halen – Jump

I get up…and nothing gets me down…

The splits, overhead jazz hands and a hair toss is generally my morning routine, so I really feel I connect with David Lee Roth on this one. 

4. Katrina and the Waves – Walking on Sunshine 

I’m walking on sunshine, whoa-oh…and don’t it feel good!

Positive reinforcement people. You tell yourself it feels good until it does. Works every time.

Check out the vid here. Also: I like her dancing. It is how I dance. I prefer to think of it as an expression of joy…not so much a slave to the beat. 

3. James Brown – Get up offa that thing

Get up offa that thing and dance ’til you feel better.

If the shriek at the beginning doesn’t scare you out of bed, the man TELLS YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

2. Jay-Z vs The Verve – Bittersweet Dirt Off your Shoulder

You gotta get that dirt off your shoulder.

With this as the soundtrack to your morning, your day will be a sweeping slow-motion epic. Go win something. 

1. Dolly Parton

I tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition

Dolly, you’re a day-maker.

5. Phoenix – Lisztomania, I could listen to this Alex Metric Remix on repeat, repeat, repeat

4. Bon Iver – of course. Seriously…and then Bon Iver and Lykke Li? That’s just showing off. 

3. Passion Pit – OH SO MANY REMIXES, SO LITTLE TIME

2. Discovery – I heart it all, but I want to be your Boyfriend featuring Angel Deradoorian from The Dirty Projectors…Killah!

1. Dirty Projectors – all of it. Gosh those kids are cool. 

5. Theme from Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Paul Cantelon

4. To Build a Home – Cinematic Orchestra

3. Good Disease – Aim

2. Wow – Kylie Minogue *giggle*

1. re: stacks – Bon Iver

I thought they’d be all super depressing, but Kylie made it in! No real surprise really…

This feels like a cheating Top 5 list, because I didn’t really think about it, I just opened iTunes. It is kind of cool to see though. I kind of want to go to coffee shops with wifi and snoop on other people’s most played list