Songs that make me think of summer...

I was listening to an old Dave Matthews Band CD on the way home from work yesterday and one song took me back in time to driving across O'Neal bridge in an old car, my legs hot and sticking to the seat with the windows down and the hot wind blowing my hair. I realized there are certain songs that can take me back in time in a heartbeat. I was thinking of the summer songs...those songs that when I hear them I can feel the sticky Alabama humidity of mid-July, I can smell the beach at Gulf Shores, I can feel the blast of the AC from a car....

So here's my list of summer songs:

1. Rapunzel by Dave Matthews Band - This is my driving across O'Neal bridge with the windows down song.
2. Boys of Summer by Codeseven - This is a remake of the original 80's tune, but it was popular during my summers in Tuscaloosa as I drove to work at Beauty Works
3. Naked and Famous by Santana - Listening to this blare our of Rodney's car (correction: Rodney's big blue truck) in the Johnson's driveway watching the guys play basketball.
4. Who Wears Short Shorts? by The Royal Teens - The oldies station in Gulf Shores always played this and my sister and I got the biggest kick out of it. First line: "Oh man, dig that crazy chick"
5. Nightswimming by REM - jumping off the pier at the Crockett's with Matt, at night of course.
6. Say My Name by Destiny's Child - Really any song of of this CD would work, but this is certainly the song where I feel the car AC on my face.
7. Time Bomb by Rancid - I can taste peanut butter chocolate shakes from Sonic.
8. Crazy by Gnarls Barkley - Bought this CD the first summer we lived in Tallahassee. We used it as our alarm clock CD forever.
9. Tangerine Speedo by Caviar - I was interviewed by the B'ham DJ of the "X" when I called in to request this song several years ago. I thought I was one of the few people who bought this CD and then I found it in Matt's collection when we started dating. It's a match!
10. No Scrubs by TLC - I heard this song 10 years ago on my way to decorate our senior sign before school started my senior year. I was on Dr. Hicks in Florence by the cemetery and I remember thinking, "This is catchy!"

Ok, I have more than just 10 songs, but I wanted to just do what was off the top of my head. If anything, maybe I gave you a few old songs to download.

How about you? What's your summer song? What songs immediately takes you back to some time and place?

Happy Summer!