Song of the summer the year you graduated from high school
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Song of the summer the year you graduated from high school
Nederlandse Televisie Stichting // Wikimedia Commons
1958: ‘Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volaré)’
James Kriegsmann // Wikimedia Commons
1959: ‘Lonely Boy’
Decca Records // Wikimedia Commons
1960: ‘I’m Sorry’
Beltone
1961: ‘Tossin’ and Turnin’’
William Morris Agency // Wikimedia Commons
1962: ‘Roses Are Red (My Love)’
Tamla
1963: ‘Fingertips – Pt. 2’
Jac. de Nijs/Anefo // Wikimedia Commons
1964: ‘Where Did Our Love Go’
Øderud // Wikimedia Commons
1965: ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’
Fontana Records // Wikimedia Commons
1966: ‘Wild Thing’
SongLyrics // Flickr
1967: ‘Light My Fire’
General Artists Corporation (GAC)/A&M Records // Wikimedia Commons
1968: ‘This Guy’s In Love With You’
RCA Victor
1969: ‘In the Year 2525’
White House photo by Robert L. Knudsen // Wikimedia Commons
1970: ‘(They Long to Be) Close to You’
Robert Sullivan // Flickr
1971: ‘How Can You Mend a Broken Heart’
AVRO // Wikimedia Commons
1972: ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’
ABC Television // Wikimedia Commons
1973: ‘Bad, Bad Leroy Brown’
RCA Records // Wikimedia Commons
1974: ‘Annie’s Song’
Curtis Gaston / /Flickr
1975: ‘One of These Nights’
Unknown // Wikimedia Commons
1976: ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’
RSO
1977: ‘I Just Want to Be Your Everything’
badgreeb Records // Flickr
Joe Haupt // Flickr
1979: ‘Bad Girls’
Columbia
1980: ‘It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me’
RCA
1981: ‘Jessie’s Girl’
Scotti Bros. Records
1982: ‘Eye of the Tiger’
A&M Records
1983: ‘Every Breath You Take’
Joel Bremer // Wikimedia Commons
1984: ‘When Doves Cry’
Joe Haupt // Flickr
1985: ‘Shout’
Olavtenbroek // Wikimedia Commons
1986: ‘Papa Don’t Preach’
Capitol Records
1987: ’Alone’
Island Records/Universal // Getty Images
1988: ‘Roll with It’
EMI USA
1989: ‘Right Here Waiting’
Redhoopoe // Wikimedia Commons
1990: ‘Vision of Love’
A&M Records
1991: ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It for You’
Def American Recordings
1992: ‘Baby Got Back’
Virgin Records
1993: ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love’
Atlantic Records
1994: ‘I Swear’
LaFace Records
1995: ‘Waterfalls’
RCA Records
1996: ‘Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)’
Brenda Chase // Getty Images
1997: ‘I’ll Be Missing You’
Vince Bucci/AFP // Getty Images
1998: ‘The Boy Is Mine’
Brenda Chase // Getty Images
1999: ‘Genie in a Bottle’
Liam Nicholls // Getty Images
2000: ‘Bent’
George De Sota // Wikimedia Commons
2001: ‘U Remind Me’
Kevin Winter // Getty Images
2002: ‘Hot in Herre’
Frank Micelotta // Getty Images
2003: ‘Crazy in Love’
Carlo Allegri // Getty Images
2004: ‘Confessions Part II’
STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN // Getty Images
2005: ‘We Belong Together’
Peter Kramer // Wikimedia Commons
2006: ‘Promiscuous’
Ralph Orlowski // Getty Images
2007: ‘Umbrella’
Vittorio Zunino Celotto // Getty Images
2008: ‘I Kissed a Girl’
Ethan Miller // Getty Images
2009: ‘I Gotta Feeling’
Christopher Polk // Getty Images
2010: ‘California Gurls’
Kevork Djansezian // Getty Images
2011: ‘Party Rock Anthem’
Kevin Winter // Getty Images
2012: ‘Call Me Maybe’
Jamie McCarthy // Getty Images
2013: ‘Blurred Lines’
Kevin Winter // Getty Images
2014: ‘Fancy’
Frazer Harrison // Getty Images
2015: ‘Cheerleader’
Christopher Polk // Getty Images
2016: ‘One Dance’
Sergi Alexander // Getty Images
2017: ‘Despacito’
Jamie McCarthy // Getty Images
2018: ‘In My Feelings’
Alberto E. Rodriguez // Getty Images for The Recording Academy
2019: ‘Old Town Road’
Kevin Winter/MTV VMAs 2020 // Getty Images for MTV
2020: ‘Rockstar’
The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images
