This post comes from Spotify’s blog.
To celebrate the start of summer, Spotify is helping you relive some of your favorite summer memories by launching “Your Summer Rewind,” a new personalized playlist filled with the songs that have soundtracked your summers past.
Starting today, users in 20 countries* who joined Spotify prior to June 2016 can find the ‘Your Summer Rewind’ playlist on the Home screen of the Spotify app for iOS or Android, or by visiting Spotify.com/rewind. Those Spotify users with more than one year of listening will enjoy a playlist of the music they have streamed the most in past summers on Spotify.
It’s also easier than ever to share and stream your friends’ favorite summer tracks. Users who opted-in to Spotify emails will receive their top three summer songs from their Summer Rewind playlist on a sharable card, perfect for sharing on Instagram or directly with friends. The card contains a unique Spotify Code that points to that user’s playlist, enabling fast and seamless sharing on social platforms. To listen to a friend’s playlist, simply open Spotify and click on the Camera icon next to the Search box to import a screenshot or take a photo of a friend’s Code.
Inspired by this trip down memory lane, Spotify has created a playlist, 50 Years of Songs of the Summer, based on Billboard data and Spotify streams, which features the most defining summer song every year from 1967-2017.
Ajay Kalia, Senior Product Owner for Personalized Programming at Spotify said “Music plays a huge role in people’s lives, and we’re always looking for ways to help connect songs – old and new – to moments in your life. ‘Your Summer Rewind’ is designed to spark nostalgia by reminding you of the songs that mattered to you from past summers.”
“Your Summer Rewind” and 50 Years of Songs of the Summer are both available starting today.
*“Your Summer Rewind” launches in 20 Northern Hemisphere countries today:
Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the U.S.
To find the songs that defined summer over the past 50 years, go to: 50 Years of Songs of the Summer.
50 Years of Songs of the Summer tracklist:
1967: “Light My Fire” – The Doors
1968: “This Guy’s In Love With You” – Herb Alpert
1969: “In The Year 2525” – Zager and Evans
1970: “(They Long To Be) Close To You” – Carpenters
1971: “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” – Bee Gees
1972: “Alone Again (Naturally)” – Gilbert O’Sullivan
1973: “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” – Jim Croce
1974: “Annie’s Song” – John Denver
1975: “One Of These Nights” – Eagles
1976: “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” – Elton John, Kiki Dee
1977: “Best of My Love” – The Emotions
1978: “Three Times A Lady” – Commodores
1979: “Bad Girls” – Donna Summer
1980: “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” – Billy Joel
1981: “Jessie’s Girl” – Rick Springfield
1982: “Eye of The Tiger” – Survivor
1983: “Every Breath You Take” – The Police
1984: “When Doves Cry” – Prince
1985: “Shout” – Tears For Fears
1986: “Papa Don’t Preach” – Madonna
1987: “Alone” – Heart
1988: “Roll With It” – Steve Winwood
1989: “Right Here Waiting” – Richard Marx
1990: “Vision of Love” – Mariah Carey
1991: (“Everything I Do”) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
1992: “Baby Got Back” – Sir Mix-a-lot
1993: “(I Can’t Help) Falling In Love”- UB40
1994: “I Swear” – All-4-One
1995: “Waterfalls” – TLC
1996: “Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)” – Los Del Rio
1997: “I’ll Be Missing You” – Puff Daddy & Faith Evans ft. 112
1998: “The Boy Is Mine” – Brandy, Monica
1999: “Genie in a Bottle” – Christina Aguilera
2000: “Bent” – Matchbox 20
2001: “U Remind Me” – Usher
2002: “Hot in Herre” – Nelly
2003: “Crazy In Love” – Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
2004: “Confessions Part II” – Usher
2005: “We Belong Together” – Mariah Carey
2006: “Promiscuous” – Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland
2007: “Umbrella” – Rihanna ft. Jay Z
2008: “I Kissed a Girl” – Katy Perry
2009: “I Gotta Feeling” – The Black Eyed Peas
2010: “California Gurls” – Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg
2011: “Party Rock Anthem” – LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett, GoonRock
2012: “Call Me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen
2013: “Blurred Lines” – Robin Thicke
2014: “Summer” – Calvin Harris
2015: “Can’t Feel My Face” – The Weeknd
2016: “One Dance” – Drake
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