Summertime, and the listening is easy, songs are rockin’ and the volume is high. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about songs of summers past. Songs of the summer anchor us in a time and place.
You remember who your friends were, what you did, and where you went. There are absolutely people this summer who will always remember their love for or Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” or ‘s “I Had Some Help.” It’s too early to evaluate those, though.
Come back in 40 or 50 years when I, or some AI simulation, will tell you how the summer and history turned out for those songs. Songs of the Summer of ’84. Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” reached No.
1 on the Billboard 100 in June 1984. (Image courtesy of the record label) The Hues Corporation’s “Rock The Boat” reached No. 1 on the Billboard 100 in July 1974.
(Image courtesy of the record label) Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s “Relax” only reached No. 67 on the Billboard 100 in May 1984, but it was voted the No. 1 song of that year by listeners of KROQ (106.
7 FM). (Image courtesy of the record label) Prince’s “When Doves Cry” was the top-selling single of 1984, a year during which it held No. 1 on the Billboard 100 in July and Aug.
. (Image courtesy of the record label) Duran Duran’s “The Reflex” hit No. 1 on the Billboard 100 in June 1984.
(Image courtesy of the record label) Paul Anka’s “(You’re) Having My Baby” was a hit in late Aug. and September 1974 when it reached No. 1 on the .