The Perfect Summertime BBQ Playlist

by Brittany Plothow

Summer is here! Or, if you’re like me and you live in Oregon, summer keeps teasing you and then runs away for another week or two of rain. Either way, the time for BBQs, tanlines, barefeet, and shenanigans is here!! I’m a big fan of matching music to the moment and thus I have compiled my perfect summertime playlist, a little eclectic smorgasbord of musical sunshine.

• Tyrone Wells--Use Somebody
• Miley Cyrus--Malibu
• I know, it’s Miley. But, damn, it’s catchy and fun!
• Ed Sheeran--Castle on the Hill
• John Mayer--Love on the Weekend
• I’m partial to this song not only because I really like JM, but because my boyfriend sent me the song while we were long-distance and it melted my little cold, black heart.
• DNCE--Toothbrush
• Hailee Steinfeld--Starving
• Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros--Home
• Noah and the Whale--5 Years Time
• Elle King--America’s Sweetheart
• Tove Lo--Talking Body
• Hive Riot--Sherlock
• Bryan Adams--Summer of ‘69
• Kansas--Carry On Wayward Son
• Lynyrd Skynyrd--Free Bird
• Obviously
• Asia--Heat of the Moment
• CCR--Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
• Guns N’ Roses--Welcome to the Jungle
• Queen--Bohemian Rhapsody
• CCR--Down on the Corner
• Steve Miller Band--The Joker
• Lynyrd Skynyrd--Sweet Home Alabama
• This song mentions my mom’s hometown of Muscle Shoals so it will forever and always be a favorite.
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers--American Girl
• Another obviously
• The Doobie Brothers--Listen to the Music
• John Mellencamp--Pink Houses
• Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince--Summertime

Summertime is about having fun, relaxing, and feeling the nostalgia. And your playlist should reflect that. Now, take your shoes off and run in the grass!!