Songs about summer
According to Bryan Adams, it was a good year for summer.
Summer of 69.
Keeps both humans and campfires going.
Oxygen.
He wrote about teenagers, a balcony, and several preventable deaths.
William Shakespeare ("Romeo & Juliet")
A cocktail ... But also known as one of the greatest tools.
Screwdriver.
It is the primary ingredient in most commercial BBQ sauces.
Tomato.
The Cambridge-born singer Katrina ignored basic physics and walked on this.
Sunshine. (Katrina & The Waves, "Walking on Sunshine")
This Roman city received an unexpected ash delivery in 79 AD.
Pompeii.
This chemical is marketed as a love hormone but is mostly useful for childbirth.
Oxytocin.
A beverage so important it was safer than water for much of human history.
Beer.
The world's most famous patty-in-a-bun takes its name from a city in this country.
Germany.
One of their most famous lyrics is: “Summer lovin’ had me a blast, summer lovin’ happened so fast.”
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta.
A mythical animal treats combustion as a form of self-care.
Phoenix.
It changed the world of dating, being the world's first dating app.
Grindr (2009).
This is South Africa's answer to Champagne.
Méthode Cap Classique / MCC
A food preservation technology that became a flavour.
Smoke.
According to Billboard, this heartfelt ballad was the most listened-to song of the summer of 2025.
"Ordinary" by Alex Warren.
The most famous "Girl on Fire" who wasn't Alicia Keys.
Katniss Everdeen.
A bestselling romance retold from the perspective of the boyfriend who never sleeps. This book is known as a 2020 companion novel to the 2005 book.
"Midnight Sun" (The Twilight Saga)
This is James Bond's most famous customisation request.
"Shaken, not stirred"
A barbecue so important it became part of a national identity.
Braai.
In a blood-colored dress and a queenly updo, she asked for one final kiss before he disappeared into the night, under moonlight. She was barefoot.
Books burn at 451 in the USA. What number would a European firefighter use instead? (+/- 5)
233 °C
A romance between these two royals was so consuming that he founded a new church for it (to divorce his first wife).
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
A 1919 invention that spent nearly a century as a regional speciality before conquering rooftop bars.
Aperol.
The BBQ staple of most post-Soviet countries: the Caucasus invented it, Turks named it, and Russians made it famous.
Shaslik, also known as sašlõkk.