Everyone needs the perfect playlist for hanging out with friends, working out at the gym or driving around for the summer. It is crucial that your playlist appeals to everyone in some way, but also gets you hyped at the same time. So, in the wise words of Barney Stinson from the TV show How I Met Your Mother, “People think a good mix should rise and fall, but people are wrong. It should be all rise, baby! Now prepare yourselves for an audio journey to the white, hot center of adrenaline” – Cue the music!
- You Give Love a Bad Name – Bon Jovi
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Barney and I are on the same page with this one, it’s a necessity
- Don’t Stop Me Now – Queen
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If you don’t have a choreographed routine to this one then you’re missing out
- Peace of Mind – Boston
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You may know their song “More Than a Feeling,” but you haven’t lived until you’ve danced around to this one
- High Hopes – Panic! At the Disco
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Words can’t express how excited I get when I hear that horn line come on the radio
- Stacy’s Mom – Fountains of Wayne
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Just one of those classic sing-along, crowd pleasers
- Party in the USA – Miley Cyrus
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This song automatically gets those hands up, head noddin’ and hips movin’
- Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day
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You have to get the back to back version that way you don’t kill your vibe with a break in between
- Nightrain – Guns ‘n’ Roses
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Anything off Appetiete for Destruction is a winner
- I Like the Sound of That – Rascal Flatts
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“Life is a Highway” is always a good one, but you can’t go wrong with this one either
- Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
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The piano riff begins and everyone is ready to be a rockstar
- Tell Me Baby – Red Hot Chili Peppers
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The first few seconds of this song are deceptive, you’ll be head banging like Flea in no time
- Tic Tok – Kesha
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Let’s be honest, we’ve all had this song memorized since 6th grade
- All Night Longer – Sammy Adams
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Personal favorite thanks to my Augie gals
- The Greatest Show – Hugh Jackman
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Ladies and gents, this is the song you’ve been waiting for
- You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
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When you hear that guitar strum at the beginning, you know it’s time to rock
- Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore
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My high school friend and I always jammed to this at track meets to get ready to go
- Harder to Breathe – Maroon 5
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Header banger for my friend and I when we were on our way to see them in concert last summer and stuck ever since
- Shut Up and Dance – Walk the Moon
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The title says it all
- Year 3000 – Jonas Brothers
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Inner fan girl always comes out
- 25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
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I’ve loved this one from a young age thanks to jazz band
- Young Volcanoes – Fall Out Boy
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Fall Out Boy has a lot of bangers, but the Save Rock & Roll album is where it’s at
- That’s My Kind of Night – Luke Bryan
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Country fans can’t get enough of Luke Bryan
- You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift
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You always have to have at least one T-swift jam on your playlist
- Sk8er Boi – Avril Lavigne
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The girls and I love jamming to this with the windows down in the summer
- Stay – Zedd (Alessia Cara)
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I just never get tired of this song
- Danger Zone – Kenny Loggins
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Time to flight suit up
- Set Me On Fire – Flyleaf
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If you like Paramore, you would probably like this singer as well
- Ain’t It Fun – Paramore
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Isn’t this song fun?
- Here It Goes Again – OK Go
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OK, Go listen to this song (and watch the music video, too)
- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John
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Karaoke pleaser if you can get a fun partner to do it with you
- Sweetness – Jimmy Eat World
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This song is pretty sweet, if you ask me
- Kickstart My Heart – Motley Crue
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This has to be one of the most hype songs I know
- We’re An American Band – Grand Funk Railroad
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This song will help you party it down
- She’s Kerosene – The Interrupters
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Artist on the rise – you’ll want to check out this one
- Burn the House Down – AJR
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It may say it’ll burn the house down, but it’ll still raise the roof
- Surrender – Cheap Trick
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I really can’t stop listening to this song – I just love it so much
- Hooked On a Feeling – Blue Swede
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I’m hooked on this song
- Gasoline – Point North
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Make these guys famous, I know their drummer and they rock
- Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
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This song brings the great weather and good times
- Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
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I’ve got a fever, and the only cure… Is listening to this playlist
- Are You Ready – Disturbed
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Get up and head bang to this one
- YYZ – Rush
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No lyrics necessary to get hyped
- Chop Suey! – System of Down
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- Run – Foo Fighters
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Run and listen to this song as soon as you can
- Outsider – Three Days Grace
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I’m better off listening to this long on loop
- 1985 – Bowling for Soup
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I think you’ll be preoccupied with this playlist
- Burn It To The Ground – Nickelback
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Nickelback’s songs may sound similar, but that doesn’t mean they won’t get you head banging and hyped up
- Immigrant Song – Led Zeppelin
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It is always time to Get the Led Out
- I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) – The Proclaimers
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I’d walk 500 miles to hear this song
- Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
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A classic
- Crazy Train – Ozzy Osbourne
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All aboard the hype train
- Panama – Van Halen
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Jump back, what’s that sound? It’s this awesome playlist
- Detroit Rock City – KISS
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I hear this song and it pulls me through
- All Star – Smash Mouth
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You’ll never shine if you don’t listen to this song
- I Want You Back – Jackson 5
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Everyone busts out their best impression of baby MJ
- Carry On Wayward Son – Kansas
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Just think of how hype Jesse was in the back seat of the car in Pitch Perfect
- Hit the Lights – Selena Gomez
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Let this song move you and have a good time
- Somebody Told Me – Killers
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Somebody told me this was a good song
- Nightmare – Avenge Sevenfold
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This playlist is the oppostie of a nightmare
- Counting Stars – OneRepublic
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Have you counted how many songs are on this awesome playlist yet?
- Let’s Go to the Mall – Robin Sparkles
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You won’t be sorry for listening
- Walk This Way – Aerosmith
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Pants on fire? This song is fire!
- A Thousand Miles – Vanessa Carlton
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Thanks to White Chicks, we all know this song is a must
- My Generation – The Who
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This may not be my generation, but I still love it
- My Name is Jonas – Weezer
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Come sit next to me and listen to this song
- Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions
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Rock you like this song
- Runaway Baby – Bruno Mars
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Well looky here, check out this song
- Feel Invincible – Skillet
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I feel, I feel this song
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
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Ain’t no playlist good without this song
- Heavydirtysoul – Twenty One Pilots
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Can you save this song on your playlist?
- In the End – Linkin Park
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and that’s a wrap
I hope you all find a handful of songs you enjoy and add them to your summer playlists!
Happy listening and bee happy finals are over :)