{{Short description|Song that is released and peaks in its popularity during summer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=July 2020}} {{Original research|date=July 2020}} }} In the entertainment industry, a '''summer hit''' is a song that is released and peaks in its popularity during summer.<ref>"Les tubes de l'été: chansons cultes, des sixties au années 2000", {{ISBN|9782290353554}} {{in lang|fr}}</ref> 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|List of summer hits}} === In the US === * 1958: "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" – Domenico Modugno<ref name="history">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/513524/summer-songs-1985-present-top-10-tunes-each-summer-listen |title=Summer Songs 1958–2017: The Top 10 Tunes of Each Summer |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> * 2019: "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus; "Señorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello<ref>''Billboard''[https://www.billboard.com/charts/summer-songs Summer Songs Chart]</ref><ref>Spotify.com[https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-08-27/spotifys-most-streamed-songs-of-summer-2019/ Spotify's Most Streamed Songs of Summer 2019]</ref>
=== Worldwide === * 1989: "Lambada" by Kaoma<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = What makes the 'song of summer'?|url = http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140620-what-makes-the-song-of-summer|website = www.bbc.com|access-date = 13 August 2015|first = Greg|last = Kot| date=20 June 2014 }}</ref> * 2019: "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish (Russia);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5d5e7e109a79479a4ae4571d|title=«Яндекс.Музыка» назвал самые популярные песни в разных городах России|trans-title=Yandex.Music revealed the most popular songs in different Russian cities|publisher=RBC|date=22 August 2019|access-date=30 April 2020}}<br />{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/20190822/1557775000.html|title=Названы самые популярные песни лета в Москве|trans-title=The most popular summer songs in Moscow are revealed|publisher=RIA Novosti|date=22 August 2019|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref> "Con Altura" by Rosalía, J Balvin and El Guincho (Hispanic countries)<ref name="Las canciones del verano en España desde 1970">{{cite web|url=https://www.elle.com/es/living/ocio-cultura/g794653/cual-era-la-cancion-del-verano-el-ano-que-naciste-historia/|title=Las canciones del verano en España desde 1970|work=Elle|date=25 July 2019|access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref>
== See also == *Song of the summer
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Category:Summer Category:Popular music Category:Popular culture Category:Musical terminology Category:Song forms Category:Recorded music