{"id":1269,"date":"2014-09-29T22:02:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T03:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=1269"},"modified":"2014-09-29T22:02:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T03:02:19","slug":"the-ultimate-summertime-country-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2014\/09\/29\/the-ultimate-summertime-country-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Summertime Country Songs!"},"content":{"rendered":"

People say that country music is mostly for summertime, and\u00a0I completely agree with that statement. Summertime is all about relaxing under the sun, drinking cold drinks and having no worries. Students are out of school, the weather is warm, and it\u2019s just time to let loose. All of those resonate with themes of a lot of country songs, which make everyone want to listen to country music even more during summer.<\/p>\n

Personally, 90% of my summer playlist consists of country music songs. Even if I didn\u2019t actually make an effort to make a country music playlist, country music is playing everywhere I go during summer- in stores, on the radio, at the beach, just everywhere I can think of. Avoiding country music is almost impossible, especially given that I live in the state of Texas. Including Texas,\u00a0“the dirty South” in general, became home of country music and people in the south are crazy about\u00a0country music, and I think it could be\u00a0that\u00a0summer lasts just a bit longer in south than it does in other regions,<\/p>\n

Before I really began to listen to country music, I always thought country music was just slow and had depressing lyrics; obviously, I was very wrong. I now know that many country singers release their albums in summer or around spring break time when the weather is just getting warm, and those songs are upbeat and have fun-to-listen-to or relatable lyrics. On that note, my list below mostly consists of those songs that were made for summertime and quite honestly, even when it\u2019s not summer, I listen to those songs and they just make me happy in general. So, here we go:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cBarefoot Blue Jean Night\u201d & \u201cAnywhere With You\u201d (2011) \u2013 Jake Owen<\/strong>. \u201cBarefoot Blue Jean Night\u201d is first number one hit and this was the fastest-rising single in Jake Owen\u2019s career. The album that these songs were in was released in August of 2011. There is no music video for \u201cAnywhere With You,\u201d but and the music video for \u201cBarefoot Blue Jean Night\u201d was taken at the beach, simply depicting the laid-back summer days hanging out by the water during the day and singing and drinking at night.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. \u201cSpringsteen\u201d (2012) \u2013 Eric Church<\/strong>. This song was what made Eric Church known as a country singer nationwide. It was the first song of Eric Church to enter top twenty in Billboard Country Music, and got him nominated for Grammy Awards. The song is about teenage love and the main verse has a catchy, easy-to-sing-along melody. Even though the song wasn\u2019t specifically made for summertime, verses like \u201cstars in the sky,\u201d and \u201cflip-flops and cut-off jeans,\u201d create summer-like images.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. \u201cBeat This Summer\u201d (2013) \u2013 Brad Paisley<\/strong>. The title of this song already gives away that it is about summertime. This song has a pretty up-tempo and the light guitar sound, which make the listeners just smile. The lyrics are fun, as the song is about a boy meeting a girl on a summer vacation. The music video is also fun to watch; it takes place on a boardwalk, and a little boy falls in love with a girl.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. \u201cNo Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem\u201d (2002) \u2013 Kenny Chesney<\/strong>. This is one of my go-to beach songs, and one of the only few \u201cold\u201d country songs that I listen to. (I usually don\u2019t listen to any country songs that came out before 2010.) The guitar sounds remind me of Hawaiian music, which of course, makes me think of the beach. Kenny Chesney\u2019s \u201ctwang\u201d (bizarrely) goes really well with the Hawaiian sounds, and the lyrics are just so laid-back, as you can tell from the title, which makes it more perfect for a beach song.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. \u201cKnee Deep\u201d (2011) \u2013 Zac Brown Band.<\/strong> The beats are simple yet a fun and even maybe a little bit funky, and the lyrics are well written. I like how it is solely beach-themed and it feature Jimmy Buffett. I find every single verse beautiful, but my favorite verses are, \u201cSunrise there\u2019s a fire in the sky,\u201d \u201cIt’s a sweet sweet life living by the salty sea,\u201d and \u201cWhen you lose yourself, you find the key to paradise.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. \u201cCruise\u201d (2012) \u2013 Florida Georgia Line<\/strong>. This song is probably one of the most famous modern country songs. Florida Georgia Line became very popular with this song, and there were even remix versions of this song, which also became successful. The two brothers (Florida Georgia Line) make great harmony and this song has a repetitive main verse with a catchy melody, which I think were the main reasons why this song was such a big hit. The lyrics and the original music video were about spending summer days in little country towns with a girl. This song is the best-selling country digital song in of all time in the United States and the remix music video featuring Nelly has over 25 millions views.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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