Summer hit
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In the entertainment industry, a summer hit is a song that is released and peaks in its popularity during summer.[1] 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
[edit]In the US
[edit]- 1958: "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno[2]
- 2019: "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus; "Señorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello[3][4]
Worldwide
[edit]- 1989: "Lambada" by Kaoma[5]
- 2019: "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish (Russia);[6] "Con Altura" by Rosalía, J Balvin and El Guincho (Hispanic countries)[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Les tubes de l'été: chansons cultes, des sixties au années 2000", ISBN 9782290353554 (in French)
- ^ "Summer Songs 1958–2017: The Top 10 Tunes of Each Summer". Billboard.
- ^ BillboardSummer Songs Chart
- ^ Spotify.comSpotify's Most Streamed Songs of Summer 2019
- ^ Kot, Greg. "What makes the 'song of summer'?". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "«Яндекс.Музыка» назвал самые популярные песни в разных городах России" [Yandex.Music revealed the most popular songs in different Russian cities]. RBC. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
"Названы самые популярные песни лета в Москве" [The most popular summer songs in Moscow are revealed]. RIA Novosti. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020. - ^ "Las canciones del verano en España desde 1970". Elle. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.