Today So Far's summer 2023 mixtape

Earlier this week, I asked TSF readers what their summer song would be. It could either be a general summer favorite, or something for 2023.

Nathan wrote in with Eddie Chacón’s “The Morning Sun" (music nerds will recognize this artist from the early '90s duo Eddie and Charles and their hit "Would I Lie To You").

Larry ran with the summer theme with a very '60s vibe: "Summer in the City" by the Loving Spoonful; "Hot Fun in the Summertime" by Sly and the Family Stone; "Lazy, Crazy, Hazy Days of Summer" by Nat King Cole; and "Stoned Soul Picnic" by the Fifth Dimension. His wife Joann brought us into the '70s with "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Croft.

KUOW's staff also weighed in on this. There are too many songs to list here, but at a glance it includes Fitz and the Tantrums, Depeche Mode, Nicky Youre, and Little Simz.

I'm adding "Bright Eyes" by Art Garfunkel, which is not a new song, but I have a feeling it's going to experience a little surge in popularity due to its inclusion in a 2023 episode of "Black Mirror" (which is pretty spectacular).

Like I said, there are a lot of songs that came in, so I ended up making a "Summer Song 2023" playlist on Spotify, which you can tune into here.

Thanks to KUOW staff who suggested songs for this playlist: Jason Burrows, Paige Browning, Diana Opong, Karen Kim, Alex Rochester, Lucy Soucek, Annette Promes, Whitney Henry-Lester, Doris Torres, Heather Dannenfelser, Amanda Winterhalter, Rose Gear, Zaki Hamid, Ahnya Smith, Teasha Crow, Hilary Lee, Michaela Boyle, Vicky VanHout, Alicia Villa.