The Hawtline

Oh, right, I kinda forgot about the BATTLE OF THE SUMMER JAMS. Whoops!

Anyway, after giving it a good long think, I decided that for today’s submission, I’ll go with a 2001 throwback. Everyone in the English-speaking world knows this song. I’d call it a classic but it’s still too new. In 10 years, it’ll be a classic. Not gonna lie, I consider this song the “Boys of Summer” of the 2000’s.

This is one of those songs that people can name from just the first bar. Wherever you are, you can remember that first late summer when this song was really popular.

The first few lines are so easily relatable, but maybe that’s just cos I’ve spent many, many, many a day on the beach feeling the same way:

I dig my toes into the sand.
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds
strewn across a blue blanket.

I lean against the wind.
Pretend that I am weightless.
And in this moment, I am happy.

This song is a great representation of everything amazing about the summer. New opportunities usually arise during Autumn, and Summer is just the time when you’re on the edge of something great, and you relax and take it all in and you always have those curious butterflies that appear whenever something big is about to happen, and you just want to share that feeling with someone.

So my submission today, clearly, is “Wish You Were Here,” by Incubus.