KUAF’s song(s) of the summer

“When I hear THIS song, I know it’s officially summer.” That was the request to the KUAF staff, and they delivered. Here is an overview of this selection:

Smooth
Santana (feat. Rob Thomas)

“This song just reminds me of 100-degree July heat, sunburns, and sitting in the backseat of my mom’s Ford Explorer.”

Daniel Caruth, Morning Edition host and reporter for Ozarks at Large

Dead roots stir
Older

“What says summer better than mowing the lawn while listening to sweet psychedelic rock?”
Wai-Kay Carenbauer, Technical Director

Paper airplane
MIA

“Nothing is better than hanging by a body of water and singing Paper airplane with your friends.”
Jack Travis, Digital Content Manager

Push the little daisies
Ween

“It reminds me of what summer felt like as a young adult: the utter wild nonsense of summer in your early 20s.”
Rachel Bernstein, spot producer

The glory seven
The clash

“It sounded completely different and was the perfect wake-up song for summer.”
Kyle Kellams, News Director

Spill the wine
Eric Burdon, War

“I listened to it a lot last summer and it was one of the best summers of my life.”
Caleb Burkholder, spot producer

Slide
Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos)

“I got my driver’s license in 2017 when this song came out and all I did that summer was drive around by myself and play it.”
Sophia Nourani, program and podcast producer

“It always takes me back to the West Coast, to carne asada, cold drinks and chilling with the family.”
Emerson Alexander, Coordinator of the Listening Lab

Deep blue sea
Art Lown

“It reminds me of hiking, going to bars and ultimately just chilling with my best friends.”
Luke Dumpert, spot producer

A spotlight
The Wallflowers

“If me and Spinderella put all this together, we can drive it home with a spotlight.”
Matthew Moore, executive producer of Ozarks at Large

Losing my mind
Jeezy (feat. Plies)

“Normally the DJ would wait until 12:45am to play the iconic line of the song.”
Ryan Versey, Director of Underwriting

Summer nights
Van Halen

“I’ll say it in general terms: what a surprise… it also contains one of the late Eddie Van Halen’s better guitar solos.”
Pete Hartman, Operations Manager