There isn’t a more jarring transition on this list than going straight from Bryan Adams to Sir Mix-a-Lot. Hip-hop had arrived in the nationwide consciousness, bringing new techniques like sampling and rapping to pop music. Then, in the mid-’90s, a shift began-the effects of which are still manipulating the charts to this day. As synths began to replace screeching electric guitars, pop stars like Madonna and Mariah Carey rose to prominence. The list begins with one of three non-English entries and the most classical-inspired piece on the list and moves from there to rock ’n’ roll, Motown, classic rock, and folk-rock, all before hitting the ’80s. Billboard generated the following songs of the summer and their runners-up by awarding 100 points to a song that charted at #1 for a week and one point to a song that charted at #100. Stacker based this roundup on Billboard’s analysis of past years’ charts, dating as far back as 1958, from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Of course, there’s no national body that crowns the song of the summer. Many songs of the summer share similarities, though: bright lyrical content, upbeat tempos, and warm instrumentals. Throughout the decades, pop music has evolved through different genres, stars have risen and fallen, and new technology has led to radically different-sounding hits. From doo-wop to disco and rock to rap, you can learn a great deal about the history of music from the songs of summer from the last 60-plus years.
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