With its layered harmonies and big beat, ABBA’s “Summer Night City” is not only one of the greatest summer songs, but one of the Swedish foursome’s sexiest records. Cole’s sophistication carried the day this and the similar follow-up “That Sunday, That Summer” were his last Top 20 hits. Cole Won’t Rock & Roll.” This 1963 hit was about as close as he got, with an odd hybrid of early rock and German oompah music (like Sinatra’s “Summer Wind,” it was originally a German pop song). Nat King Cole was not too down with the kids’ style of music – on one of his live albums, he even recorded a sendup number called “Mr. It was his second hit of 1966 after “Strangers in the Night.”Ĥ6: Nat King Cole: Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer For Sinatra, the song continued a remarkable mid-60s run. But it was originally German, given a fresh coat of sunscreen by longtime Frank Sinatra collaborators Nelson Riddle (arrangement) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) – the latter with the final hit of his lifetime. Given the breezy feel of this song, you might expect it was originally French or Brazilian.
A chart-topper (in its original version) under two minutes long? A No.1 featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, three decades after “Achy Breaky Heart”? And above all, a song that could top the country music and hip-hop charts simultaneously? Just plain impossible, but Lil Nas X did it. But “Old Town Road’s” success was not predictable. Surely you don’t need to be reminded of this one, which showed its mettle as a summer song by topping the Billboard Hot 100 for the entire summer of 2019. For added hilarity, seek out the version from one of those English hit-soundalike albums, sung by an incognito Elton John. Of course, the record’s very silliness made it a classic, though leader Ray Dorset tried in vain to pursue a tougher image afterward. Hit play on these bangers and you’re guaranteed to get in the party mood wherever you are.Even in 1970 hit singles seldom got goofier than this one, with its silly rhymes, its one endlessly repeated melodic lick, and its vocalized sound effects. The beats are nonstop and the grooves are infectious. There are some pop favourites, a few karaoke classics, and some all-round happy songs. So, you get the snacks, we’ll bring the hot tracks: this playlist of classic party tunes is sure to get everyone moving in an explosion of joyful, fevered dancing. Seriously, is there a better feeling in the entire world than dancing in a club – or your kitchen – with a load of people who are also ready to lose it when they hear ‘Like a Prayer’ or ’Wannabe’ or ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)’? If you want everyone at your party to join in, you have to err on the side of familiarity: if none of your guests will know a song, it doesn’t make it onto the playlist. We didn’t realise quite how much we missed parties until we were able to have them again.
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