European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 scene stars and stripes Page 13 the songs of summer 2007 what does it take to make a great summer song thing sheer and easy much like the right meal or the perfect outfit for this sweaty season just by those a clutch of Breezy singles currently ruling radio and dominating download stand a solid Chance of ending up As the summer song of heres a look at the 10 hottest contenders umbrella the sound a perfectly calibrated cock Tail of Rihanna Breezy jays wry rap and a rousing guitar lil mama lip gloss the sound a Sassy Salute to the Power of puckering the hysterically Iny surface rap comes from a 17yearold scamp from East new with its minimalist mamas overt top attitude and a killer Hook this stands As the musical equivalent to an open hydrant on a sizzling Sean Kingston Beautiful girls the sound this song offers a twofer of summer one is the ease of a reggae the second is a Sample swiped from one of the greatest War weather classics of All the drifters under the big things poppin do the sound Southern hip hop with a Rich string arrangement and a hot guitar both Courtesy of scorching Orleans producer Man Nie Kelly in a flirt the sound smutty from you were expecting something different Maroon 5 makes me won Der the sound Bony jumped Huey pop lock drop it the sound strip club Justin Timberlake summer love the sound a massive keyboard Hook and a sexy vocal make this a perfect storm for the warm Spain buy u a drank the sound goofy with a Gimmicky Hook from a shop Boyz party like a Rock Star the sound Faux Rock with a hiphop top summer songs of this decade 2000 try Aaliyah 2001 hanging by a life House 2002 hot in Nelly 2003 crazy in featuring jazz 2004 confessions part usher 2005 we belong Mariah Carey 2006 Nelly Furta featuring Tim Baland source which compiled the billboard charts for the months of july and August in each Jim new York daily news what do summer songs have in common they Are each a song emerges that comes to define those sunshiny months for seasons after Ward Donna Summers bad Alice Coopers in this Day and a Slickly sexually charged sound is a dig part of what makes a song popular during the said music producer take would be t schools Ushers Beyonce crazy in hit makers Danja worked with Tim Baland on sex Yback 4 f 11 111 1 m 1 at a Kutsi ref 4u Numi the Mac but not All songs released in the summertime can become the next the Justin Timberlake Jam that had clubs Rock ing last or i get the Beach boys 1964 cruising or even the Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie yellow polka Dot which Bryan Hyland made a 1 hit in what raises a song beyond just a hit to the level of a full fledged summer classic is an intoxicating mixture of Star smart songwriting and Slick and while Block Buster summer songs have been As varied As the artists whole performed they All share a some common thread they make you feel that May be the secret needs to remind you of when you had three months it has to be very melodic and you songs that people want to sing along to while there t Ley Wanna lie Mey Fust wan to Oil and two of the most Hook Laden tracks of its the and that How everybody is feeling sexy and he yet another Timberlake summer is rising on the charts this its a Good summer song because it feels said theres the feeling How people meet Over the summer time and How peo find love Over the of break up Over the same time so they can be promiscuous through the As the heat so does the which Means the music becomes More easy Breezy Well although the biggest hits May continue ruling the radio through the their Impact hits hardest and Burns n pop Star Rihanna off every year and that feeling that you got in the pit of your brightest in july or said Lou a program director at pm so which song will define this summer with labor Day which kicked off the Start of this summer with three Day Mara several weeks its a Tad Thon of summer anything that can capture that too soon to burst of Energy is pretty fair for we can stand you just want to jump up and Down in place and scream under Rihanna at the top of your lungs you a zest for Brutus an upbeat sound perfect for Road club hopping and watching fourth of july fireworks is key in crafting a summer it has to have some it has to have some said Sean vice president of music and programming at Edison Media re which surveys the radio it has to have sort of a Breezy feel to head bopping examples Range from the lovin spoonfuls 1966 ode to summer in the to coolies fantastic which the grammy winning rapper took in will Smith made a seasonal statement in 1991 with his hot weather hit summer the actor rapper sets a Happy Lucky waxing nostalgic about the smell from a Grill and advising listeners to break to a change your clothes once youre invited to a Barbecue that starting at the song is successful because it paints an inviting picture of said Singer it has another essential ingredient a relaxed in the i think its not really so much the Solo act and front woman for the Black eyed peas recently told the associated its More of a Lidback joint for pop divas think the Barbados born who has a 1 smash with Rock tinged Jam said songs that hit big during the season can be on the slower Side yet remain her example Mariah Carey 2005 comeback single we belong a bittersweet and bouncy Ballad about a woman pining for an it has to be very melodic and Rihanna told the you songs that people want to sing along to while there driving in the they just Wanna turn it they just Wanna hear it in the they just want to party to it All summer it should make them feel n q o