#1 Hit Jam of the Summer

Every year has a #1 Hit Jam of the Summer. It’s that song that seems to be playing at every rooftop party you go to. It doesn’t necessarily top the billboard, though its ubiquity does translate to some degree of commercial success. The #1 Hit Jam of the Summer title can be shared between songs, and is always open to debate. The only real requirement is that, when listening to the song a few years later, it transports you right back to the warm summer nights of that year.

Question for the Hosers: What is the #1 Hit Jam of This Summer? To get this rolling, I’ve put up the list since I graduated from RHS, and some candidates for this year. Note that I didn’t feel like doing much research here, so my songs may be off by a summer.

2007 – Rehab (Amy Winehouse) & Smile (Lily Allen)[a tough year, I admit]

2006 – Hips Don’t Lie (Shakira/Wycliff) & Crazy (Gnarles Barkley)

2005 – Feel Good Inc. (Gorillas)

2004 – Hey Mama (Black Eyed Peas – thanks Ipod commercials!) & Yeah (Usher/Lil’ John/Ludacris)

2003 – Crazy in Love (Beyonce)

2002 – [really, the toughest year on record – Hosers?]

2001 – Ride Wit Me (Nelly)

2000 – Southside (Moby) & I’m like a Bird (Nelly Furtado)

1999 – Genie in a Bottle (X-tina)

1998 – Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind) & Closing Time (Semisonic)

1997 – I’ll be Missing You (Puff Daddy)

1996 – Missing (Everything but the Girl)

1995 – Mr. Boombastic (Shaggy)

1994 – Longview (Green Day)

So who’s up this year? I’m going to preemptively disqualify artists who deliberately aim for the title by releasing a breezy song with summer somewhere in the title. That means you, Kid Rock and NKOTB. Let's start with Buzzin (Shwayze), I Kissed a Girl (Katy Perry - thus the picture above), Handlebars (Flobots), American Boy (Estelle). Others?