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Pitchfork’s 20 Contenders for 2023’s Song of the Summer
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THIS is a bit of a cheat…
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as I am cribbing a playlist and idea from someone else! Actually, it is more than simply sourcing Pitchfork’s contenders for the song of the summer. It is always a fierce and interesting debate. Even though summer goes on until September, I wonder whether we have seen and heard the best of the season. August always produces some bangers, though I think that the tracks Pitchfork has selected are pretty strong and are hard to be topped! Maybe my song of the summer in terms of its sound and summoning sunshine and heat is Kylie Minogue’s Padam Padam. There have been some incredible tracks soundtracking the summer. A chance to put together a playlist of awesome tunes that should bring the sunshine and warm weather – even if you have none where you are right now -, I wanted to compile a cool mixtape that can definitely get the party started. There are some left-field suggestions too, so that is why I was drawn to the article. To be fair, too, Pitchfork have selected tracks they think are a little too earworm-y and they would like to shift them - but that just shows they have made their mark! Perhaps you have your own candidates for the song of the summer 2023. Below are the twenty tracks that Pitchfork feel…
DESERVE that honour.