20 Great Summer Songs to Make Your Backyard BBQ Super Fun

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School's out, mosquitoes have hatched, and the list of things we must do before it gets cold again starts to wrap itself around us like a whiny kid with sunburn. There's the beach trip, the river tubing, the lemonade stand, and the backyard barbecues. For some reason, all these fun summer events can turn into a to-do list of agonizing stress. That's where we come in. We can't flip your burgers or wipe the ketchup off your kid's hands before he gets his paws on your iPad, but we can help with the summer playlist. 

Fret no more about a crowd-pleasing collaboration of great tunes, we've got you covered with these 20 must-play summer songs.

1. "Islands in the Stream" — Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
2. "Faith" — George Michael
3. "Come See About Me" — The Supremes
4. "Holiday" — Weezer
5. "Beautiful Sorta" — Ryan Adams
6. "No Diggity" — BLACKstreet
7. "I Only Wanna Be with You" — Hootie & the Blowfish
8. "Sister Christain" — Night Ranger
9. "Unbelievable" — EMF
10. "Please Mr. Postman" — The Marvelettes
11. "Heart of Gold" — Neil Young
12. "Valerie" — Amy Winehouse
13. "That'll Be the Day" — Buddy Holly
14. "Hey Ya" — Outkast
15. "Jump" — Van Halen
16. "Party in the USA" — Miley Cyrus
17. "No Woman No Cry" — Bob Marley
18. "Hungry Like a Wolf" — Duran Duran
19. "All Night Long" — Lionel Richie
20. "Somebody That I Used to Know" — Goyte

Queue up these jams and get the party started right. Happy summer!