Pool parties and barbecues are soon going to be a thing of the past, replaced by fireside chats and hot cocoa sips. There\u2019s still time to enjoy the last bits of summer, though, and the three songs below will help you do just that.<\/p>\n
The Beach Boys\u2019 \u201cSurfin\u2019 U.S.A.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though it was released in the spring of 1963, The Beach Boys<\/a>\u2018 \u201cSurfin\u2019 U.S.A\u201d is undoubtedly a summer anthem. The visions of a perfect Californ-i-a day are perfectly set against the music and lyrical structure of Chuck Berry\u2019s \u201cSweet Little Sixteen\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI was going with a girl called Judy Bowles, and her brother Jimmy was a surfer. He knew all the surfing spots,\u201d Brian Wilson once said, per James B. Murphy\u2019s Becoming the Beach Boys<\/a>. \u201cI started humming the melody to \u2018Sweet Little Sixteen\u2019 and I got fascinated with the fact of doing it, and I thought to myself, \u2018God! What about trying to put surf lyrics to \u201cSweet Little Sixteen\u201ds melody?\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cThe concept was about, \u2018They are doing this in this city, and they\u2019re doing that in that city,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cSo I said to Jimmy, \u2018Hey Jimmy, I want to do a song mentioning all the surf spots.\u2019 So he gave me a list.\u201d<\/p>\n The song was one of The Beach Boys\u2019 biggest successes, becoming their first Top 10 hit.<\/p>\n The Beatles\u2019 \u201cHere Comes the Sun\u201d<\/p>\n Before we enter into that \u201clong, cold, lonely winter\u201c, it\u2019s a good idea to feel the sun and the joy it brings with The Beatles\u2019 1969 track. The song is all good vibes and summer love, a perfect soundtrack to the warmest days of the year.<\/p>\n George Harrison wrote the track at his friend Eric Clapton\u2019s house. He did so when he was fed up with the winter months and the business side of his work.<\/p>\n