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Surprise - Best Summer Song

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:51:59 GMT

We can now reveal the Surprise in the Summer In The Community...

It was agreed to keep this quiet so as not to spoil the What Song Makes You Think Of Summer thread and @J9el `s Find The Summer Lyrics thread...

BEST SUMMER SONG

Here is your chance to vote for what you think is the BEST SUMMER SONG.

How it works....

Voting is open to all members of the Community.

I hope all those who contributed to the What Song Makes You Think Of Summer and the Find The Summer Lyrics threads -

@Cleoriff @RafaC @Breanna @Comben @MI5 @gmarkj @RunrigForever @BobM @J9el @Bambino

and anyone else will join in.

All you have to do is post your votes of your TOP 5 - number from No 5 to No 1 [your favourite] - from the list below of 30 Summer-related songs, compiled from posts on What Song Makes You Think of Summer and Find The Summer Lyrics threads

Voting is open from now until FRIDAY 19 at 12 NOON - giving a week to vote

Votes will be scored as follows

5 points for every song voted No 1; 4 points for every song voted No 2; 3 points for every song voted No 3;

2 points for every song voted No 4; 1 point for every song voted No 5.

The results of the poll will be posted on MON 22 AUGUST 2022.

30 SUMMER SONGS - vote for your Top 5

Boys Of Summer - Don Henley

Club Tropicana - Wham

Dancing In The Streets - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas

Doin Time - Sublime

Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc

Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins

Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles

Heatwave - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

In The Summer Time - Mungo Jerry

Long Hot Summer - The Style Council

School`s Out [For Summer] - Alice Cooper

Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding

Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard

Summer In The City - Loving Spoonful

Summer In The City - Quincy Jones

Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams

Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang

Summer Nights - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John

Summer The First Time - Bobby Goldberg

Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald

Summertime - Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince

Summertime - The Zombies

Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran

Summertime Blues - The Who

Sun Is Shining - Bob Marley

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream

Surfing USA - The Beach Boys

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves

Thank you for your interest. Look forward to your votes.

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

RafaC — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:33:42 GMT

Thanks for keeping it as a real surprise all this time @Mi-Amigo! Lovely to see all the mentioned songs on both Songs that make you think of summer and Find the lyric - Summer Edition ☀️☀️ topics in one place!

My votes are:

No1 (favourite): Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang
No2: Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
No3: Dancing In The Streets - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
No4: Sun Is Shining - Bob Marley

No5: Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

BobM — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:46:47 GMT

So many good songs @Mi-Amigo 👍

I'm going to post my choice now, otherwise I'll keep changing my mind ....

5 - Boys Of Summer - Don Henley.

4 - Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks.

3 - Summer In The City - Loving Spoonful.

2 - Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles.

1 - (favourite)... Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding.

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:02:12 GMT

Thank you @RafaC and @BobM for your votes

Here`s mine...

1 Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding

2 Summer In The City - Loving Spoonful

3 Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran

4 In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry

5 Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

Breanna — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:37:11 GMT

After a fair bit of listening to so many songs, I have concluded that this is the definitive ranking ✌️

1. Sun Is Shining - Bob Marley
2. Doin Time - Sublime
3. Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
4. In The Summer Time - Mungo Jerry

5. Boys Of Summer - Don Henley

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

gmarkj — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 12:41:15 GMT

Well this is not going to be an easy task!

So many good songs...

Going to upset some of the community members with this I think!

1. Summertime - Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince

2. Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams

3. Boys Of Summer - Don Henley

4. Club Tropicana - Wham

5. Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

Cleoriff — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:47:33 GMT

Here's mine,

1 (favourite) Summer in the City: Loving Spoonful

2) Sitting on the dock of the Bay...Otis Redding

3) Summertime .. The Zombies

4) Sunny Afternoon The Kinks

5) In The Summertime.... Mungo Jerry

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

jonsie — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 13:55:26 GMT

Summer of '69 ~ Bryan Adams
Sunny Afternoon ~ The Kinks
Summertime Blues ~ Eddie Cochrane
Dreadlock Holiday ~ 10cc
Surfin' USA ~ Beach Boys

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

J9el — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:47:40 GMT

Oh love this @Mi-Amigo - I’ll be back with my faves a little later!

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

MI5 — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:52:02 GMT

1 - Echo Beach - Martha And The Muffins

2 - Heatwave - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas

3 - Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

4 - Long Hot Summer - The Style Council

5 - Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

TallTrees — Sat, 13 Aug 2022 09:11:05 GMT

My favs for this quiz

1. Surfing USA Beach Boys

2. Walking on Sunshine Kat. and the W

3. Dancing in the Streets M.R. & the V

4. Summer Nights J.T and ONJ

5. Sunny Afternoon Kinks

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

Comben — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 09:36:07 GMT

Love this surprise and well done for keeping the secret Mi-Aimigo.

As for my top 5, I found this incredible hard and if you ask me again in a week I'm sure it would change!

5. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina And The Waves

4. School`s Out [For Summer] - Alice Cooper

3. Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams

2. Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc

1. Summer Nights - John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John (RIP Olivia Newton-John)

Just missed out:

Boys Of Summer - Don Henley

Club Tropicana - Wham

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

In The Summer Time - Mungo Jerry

Sun Is Shining - Bob Marley

Some absolutely amazing songs on the list to pick from so thanks everyone for creating my summer playlist.

Look forward to seeing the final results. ☀️

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

RunrigForever — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:35:27 GMT

Enjoyed thinking about the Summer songs:

1. Summer of 69 ... Bryan Adams

2. Boys of Summer ... Don Henley

3. Summertime Blues ... Eddie Cochran

4. Dancing in the Street ... Martha Reeves and the Vandellas

5. Surfing USA ... The Beach Boys

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

J9el — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:41:21 GMT

@Mi-Amigo - So difficult! Here are my choices, as of 19.39 hrs 18/08/22…..this could change in 5 mins….so I’m locking it in now….

Surfing USA - The Beach Boys
Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
Heatwave - Martha Reeves And The Vandellas
Summer In The City - Loving Spoonful
Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

Mi-Amigo — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:23:20 GMT

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED

Thank you

@RafaC @BobM @Breanna @gmarkj @Cleoriff @jonsie @MI5 @TallTrees @Comben @RunrigForever @J9el

for your votes.

I will work out the scores, and add up the points, over the weekend and will announce the results and

the BEST SUMMER SONG on Monday 22 August 2022.

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

Mi-Amigo — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 07:26:27 GMT

BEST SUMMER SONG - COUNTDOWN

30= Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles 0 points

Summer Holiday - Cliff Richard 0 points

Summer In The City - Quincy Jones 0 points

Summer The First Time - Bobby Goldberg 0 points

Summertime - Ella Fitzgerald 0 points

Summertime Blues - The Who 0 points

21= Club Tropicana - Wham 2 points

Long Hot Summer - Style Council 2 points

School`s Out - Alice Cooper 2 points

20 Summertime - The Zombies 3 points

19 Doin` Time - Sublime 4 points

18= Echo Beach - Martha Reeves & The Muffins 5 points

In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry 5 points

Summer Madness - Kool & The Gang 5 points

15= Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc 6 points

Summertime - Jazzy Jeff 6 points

Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves 6 points

12= Heatwave - Martha Reeves & Vandellas 7 points

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles 7 poiints

Summer Nights - J Travolta & Olivia N-John 7 points

8 Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & V 8 points

7 Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran 9 points

6 Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks 11 points

5 Surfing USA - The Beach Boys 12 points

4 Boys Of Summer - Don Henley 13 points

3 Summer In The City - Loving Spoonful 14 points

2 Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams 17 points

No 1 - BEST SUMMER SONG

1 Sittin On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding 22 points

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

BobM — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 07:39:45 GMT

Thanks for that @Mi-Amigo

Good result, ... Great song 👍

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

Cleoriff — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:10:29 GMT

Just brilliant @Mi-Amigo. Best summer song.

Great to see "SUMMER IN THE CITY (Loving Spoonful)" 3rd in the charts.

Well done for doing all that work 😍

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

TallTrees — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:19:50 GMT

Good results and as @Cleoriff says a lot of work there @Mi-Amigo

No. 1 is a good choice.

Re: Surprise - Best Summer Song

Comben — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 09:55:11 GMT

Wow, what a great set of results, surprised to see some songs so low and other hit the big time. Amazing poll and thanks for organising Mi-Amigo. 🎵