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  Blur - Girls And Boys

  Damon Albarn's tribute to package holidays through the ages.

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  Bran Van 3000 - Drinking In LA

  Because it's all about pub gardens this time of year.

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  Dodgy - Staying Out For The Summer

  It's the festival goer's theme song!

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  Elbow - One Day Like This

  Guy Garvey loves the sunshine, here's a song about it.

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  Fatboy Slim - Praise You

  One of Norman Cook's evergreen classics.

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  Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly

  One of Dave Grohl's more laid back tracks, from 1999.

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  Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks

  The smooooooth sound of Huey Morgan. And a load of swearing from Pulp Fiction.

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  Guns N'Roses - Paradise City

  It's where the grass is green and the girls are pretty.

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  Happy Mondays - Step On

  Call the cops! Shaun Ryder and co's biggest hit.

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  House Of Pain - Jump Around

  Is there a greater sound in the world than the opening of this song?

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  Jimmy Eat World - The Middle

  If this doesn't put a smile on your face, there's no hope for you.

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  Kings Of Leon - California Waiting

  The Followills' tribute to the Golden State.

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  Len - Steal My Sunshine

  OK, it's a bit naff, but irresistible.

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  Manic Street Preachers - Australia

  "I want to fly and run til it hurts…"

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  MGMT - Electric Feel 

  "Standing there with nothing on, she gonna teach me how to swim."

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  Modest Mouse - Float On

  "…And we'll all float on ok."

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  Mr Oizo - Flat Beat

  Another stoopid tune for driving around with the windows turned down. Whatever happened to Flat Eric?

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  New Radicals - Get What You GIve

  Another cheesy classic, but an ideal summertime track.

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  Oasis - Rock 'N' Roll Star

  "I need some time in the sunshine, I gotta slow it right down."

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  Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train

  Sack off work and head down to Brighton with your mod mates.

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  OPM - Heaven Is A Halfpipe

  The sun's out! Let's head down the skate park!

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  Peter Bjorn And John - Young Folks

  The musical equivalent of sunshine.

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  Phantom Planet - California

  This song immediately conjures up images of American teens getting all angsty in the sunshine.

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  Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun

  The blissed out sound of the 'Scream. Bobby Gillespie would never wear shorts though.

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  Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

  Another guilty pleasure… Where are Smash Mouth now?

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  Stereophonics - Dakota

  Thinking back, thinking of you, summertime, think it was June…"

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  Sum 41 - In Too Deep

  "I'm in too deep, and I'm trying to keep, all the thoughts in my head, instead of going under."

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  Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky

  "I know a place where the sun hits the sky."

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  Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

  Australian heroes featured on the soundtrack to (500) Days Of Summer.

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  The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun

  George Harrison shakes off the winter blues with this classic 1969 track.

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  The Clash - Rock The Casbah

  Satire on the Middle East in the 1970s, but a brilliant party tune to boot.

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  The Doors - LA Woman

  Jim Morrison's ode to the sleazier side of California.

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  The Drums - Let's Go Surfing

  Nerdy indie anthem to hitting the beach and riding the waves.

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  The Offspring - Pretty Fly For A White Guy

  "And all the girlies say I'm pretty fly for a white guy."

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  The Presidents Of The United States Of America - Peaches 

  When the sun's out, you need to move to the country and eat you a lotta peaches.

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  The Ramones - Rockaway Beach

  Even Da Brudders liked to hit the beach on occasion.

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  The Streets - Fit But You Know It

  "You're fit, but my gosh don't you know it…"

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  Warren G - Regulate

  You need to roll down the windows and drive around your town with this one on.

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  Weezer - Island In The Sun

  Hey, even geeks like the nice weather.

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  Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

  2000 mini-classic from the New York Iron Maiden fans.