By the time you read this post, I’ll be either halfway there, or will already be dipping my feet in the ocean, and looking for sun to soak up.
I consider myself pretty luck to already be headed back to see my friend, the ocean. I saw it briefly last April, and had a cold visit last December, but this time I’m planning on spending some quality time both poolside and on the sand.
There’s a decent chance of rain while we’re there, but like they say, “a rainy day at the beach is better than a sunny day at the office.”
This song is on my “Take me to the water” playlist, along with 59 others. The requirement to get on the playlist was simple: it should remind me of vacations, summer, the beach/water, or just make me feel like I’m on vacation.
For anyone interested, here’s my list:
- The Coast – Court Yard Hounds
- Cover me in Sunshine – P!nk and Willow Sage Hart
- Good Vibrations – The Beach Boys
- Surf City – Jan & Dean
- (Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
- I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
- Lovely Day – Bill Withers
- Beautiful Day – U2
- Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
- Sailing – Christopher Cross
- Summer Breeze – Seals & Croft
- Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
- La Isla Bonita – Madonna
- Soak up the Sun – Sheryl Crow
- The Boys of Summer – Don Henley
- Hot Fun in the Summertime – Sly & The Family Stone
- Vacation – The Go-Go’s
- Summer Nights – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- Rockaway Beach – Ramones
- Kokomo – The Beach Boys
- Beyond the Sea – Bobby Darin
- Knee Deep – Zac Brown Band feat. Jimmy Buffett
- Island in the Sun – Weezer
- At the Beach – The Avett Brothers
- Itsy Bisty Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini – Brian Hyland
- Cruel Summer – Bananarama
- Summer in the City – The Lovin’ Spoonful
- In the Summertime – Mungo Jerry
- Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters
- Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald
- In the Sun – Blondie
- Summer Feelings – Lennon Stella feat. Charlie Puth
- Brighter than the Sun – Colbie Caillat
- Summer – Simpson
- The Tide is High – Blondie
- Golden Hour – KC Musgraves
- Toes – Zac Brown Band
- Dancing in the Moonlight – Jubël feat. NEIMY
- Vamos a la Playa – Righeira
- Water Me – Lizzo
- Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
- Walking on Sunshine – Katrina & The Waves
- Riptide – Vance Joy
- Let’s go Surfing – The Drums
- Float On – Modest Mouse
- Ray of Light – Madonna
- Love Shack – The B-52s
- Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles
- Cake by the Ocean – DNCE
- Here comes the Sun – Nina Simone
- I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
- Cruisin’ – Smokey Robinson
- Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
- ocean eyes – Billie Eilish
- Fly Away – Tones and I
- Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes – Jimmy Buffett
- Vida de Rico – Camilo
- Myrtle Beach – Sunny Ledford (my daughter insisted I needed this on my playlist; it’s hilarious)
- Calma – Pedro Capo & Farruko
- Two tickets to Paradise – Eddie Money
Have a great weekend!