Summer hit
Song that is released and peaks in its popularity during summer
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::summary Song that is released and peaks in its popularity during summer ::
In the entertainment industry, a summer hit is a song that is released and peaks in its popularity during summer. In some years, a single pop song will gain widespread international popularity during the summer season, becoming that summer's definitive summer hit in many countries. Many of the best-known summer hits emerge from outside the British and American pop music industries.
The equivalent of summer hit in France is the tube de l'été (summer tube), an expression that exists since 1960s which became more commercially used by the late 1990s.
Examples
Main article: List of summer hits
In the US
- 1958: "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno
- 2019: "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus; "Señorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
Worldwide
- 1989: "Lambada" by Kaoma
- 2019: "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish (Russia); "Con Altura" by Rosalía, J Balvin and El Guincho (Hispanic countries)
References
References
- "Les tubes de l'été: chansons cultes, des sixties au années 2000", {{ISBN. 9782290353554 {{in lang. fr
- "Summer Songs 1958–2017: The Top 10 Tunes of Each Summer".
- ''Billboard''[https://www.billboard.com/charts/summer-songs Summer Songs Chart]
- Spotify.com[https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-08-27/spotifys-most-streamed-songs-of-summer-2019/ Spotify's Most Streamed Songs of Summer 2019]
- Kot, Greg. (20 June 2014). "What makes the 'song of summer'?".
- (22 August 2019). "«Яндекс.Музыка» назвал самые популярные песни в разных городах России". [[RBC Group.
- (25 July 2019). "Las canciones del verano en España desde 1970". [[Elle (magazine).
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