Summer songs

Certain songs evoke feelings of summertime and call to mind backyard barbecues or gatherings on the beach. There are certain classic hits that seem to go hand-in-hand with warm weather. While there are scores of songs that topped the charts during the summer months, these songs seem like they were tailor made specifically for summer fun.

* "Under the Boardwalk," The Drifters

* "School's Out," Alice Cooper

* "Summer Nights," John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

* "Summer Breeze," Seals and Croft

* "Soak up the Sun," Sheryl Crow

* "Hot Fun in the Summertime," Sly and the Family Stone

* "California Gurls," Katy Perry, featuring Snoop Dogg

* "Summer in the City," The Lovin' Spoonful

* "Vacation," The Go-Go's

* "In the Summertime," Mungo Jerry

* "Dancing in the Street," Martha and the Vandellas

* "Good Vibrations," The Beach Boys

* "Margaritaville," Jimmy Buffett

* "Life is a Highway," Rascal Flatts

* "Summertime," Bon Jovi

* "Summer Wind," Michael Buble

* "Summertime Blues," Eddie Cochran

* "California Girls," The Beach Boys

* "Water," Brad Paisley

* "Saturday in the Park," Chicago

* "Summer Days," Bob Dylan

* "The Tide is High," Blondie

* "Ventura Highway," America

* "Pink Houses," John Mellencamp

* "Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer," Nat King Cole

* "Cruel Summer," Bananarama

* "All Summer Long," Kid Rock

* "The Boys of Summer," Don Henley

* "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," Bruce Springsteen

* "Happy Summertime," R. Kelly

* "Summer Lady," Santana

* "Summer's Almost Gone," The Doors

* "Our Last Summer," ABBA

* "Summer Sunshine," The Coors

* "Summer of '69," Bryan Adams