I'm going to be blunt: I hate winter.
There is absolutely no beating around the bush. I despise everything about winter. I hate the cold. I hate the snow. Christmas and New Year's are great, but after that, the rest of the winter months can go straight to hell.
If you are anything like me, you have been counting down the days until the weather can get warm again, and you don't have to wear 10 layers of clothing to keep from freezing to death. I've also been looking forward to the opportunity to drive down to the beach and just sit in the sun while listening to music. And what better way to get excited for summer than a new playlist? Here are 29 songs to cure your winter blues, and to get you excited for those hot summer days.
1. Feeling Okay - Best Coast
2. Chocolate - The 1975
3. Hard Times - Paramore
4. Perfect Places - Lorde
5. Funny You Should Ask - The Front Bottoms
6. Skeleton - The Front Bottoms
7. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
8. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
9. Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
10. Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey
11. Naive - The Kooks
12. Carried Away - Passion Pit
13. Accidentally in Love - Counting Crows
14. Keasbey Nights - Streetlight Manifesto
15. West Coast - Lana Del Rey
16. You Instead (Acoustic Version) - The Make
17. Reflections - MisterWives
18. Panic - The Smiths
19. Let's Dance to Joy Division - The Wombats
20. If You Wanna - The Vaccines
21. Best Friend - Foster The People
22. Houdini - Foster The People
23. Piledriver Waltz - The Arctic Monkeys
24. Killer Queen - Queen
25. Island In The Sun - Weezer
26. Santeria - Sublime
27. Gypsy - Suzanne Vega
28. Tonight - Emy Reynolds
29. Naomi - Neutral Milk Hotel
Did your favorites make the list? What songs would you add? Let me know in the comments below!