There are still a few weeks of summer remaining, with long days of sweltering temperatures and time to kill. Introducing our summer soundtrack with songs to drive to, roller-skate, dance, cook dinner to, whatever you have in mind! For our summer holiday, we were fortunate enough to spend the month of July in France, visiting family that we hadn't seen in 18 months. A lot of time was spent in the car, driving from Paris up to Belgium and then back down to Dijon, France and then further down to Marseille, Provence and the Luberon in the south. 

 

Here are my favorite songs that I discovered on my trip, gathered mostly from Radio Nova ( we like to listen to it here in the US too! ), Cherie FM and a few other random radio stations. The majority are French artists but many of the songs are in English so it's not a deal breaker if you don't speak french!  

So indulge your inner francophile and hit your dancefloor of choice while enjoying these infectious melodies!

Toujours l'Été

 

Enfin l'Èté, Spotify:

1. Ani Kuni - Polo & Pan (new album is !!!)

2. Fever - Dua Lipa, Angèle (Belgian singer - check out her full length!)

3. Fade Out Lines - The Avener

4. Save Your Tears (with Ariana Grande) - Ariana's voice makes the original even better with a duet!

5. Glass House - PawPaw Rod (I dare you not to dance to this!)

6. Love On The Brain - Rihanna

7. Please Please Please - Cats on Trees (Beautiful haunting melody)

8. Fous - Emma Peters

9. J'attends - Ben Mazué, Pomme 

10. Witchoo - Durand Jones & The Indications, Aaron Frazer. (This one will make you want to break out your roller skates! )

11. U.N.I.T.Y - Queen Latifah (The '90's are back, always)

12. Salad Days - MacDeMarco

13. Remind Me - Röyksopp

14. Bulit - Watermät

15. Le reste - Clara Luciani

16. Havits (Stay High) Hippie Sabotage

17. Why'd Ya Do It - Marianne Faithfull

18. Marechià - Nu Genea, Celia Kameni

19. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Derrick Lara & Trinidy

20. Nobody Scared - Porij

21. Le perv - Carpenter Brut

22. It's Time to Wake Up 2023 - (a perfect way to wake up)

23. Tunnel - Polo & Pan, Channel Tres (on repeat always)

24. Garde Le Pour Toi - Paradis

25. Bear With Me (and I'll stand bare before you) - Charlotte Adigéry ( A Belgian fave)

26. Love Again - Dua Lipa

27. Le temps de l'amour - Bon Entendeur, Françoise Hardy

28. Beautiful - The Avener, Bipolar Sunshine

29. Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat (Arnaud Robotini Remix)

30. Late Night Feelings - Mark Ronson, feat Lykke Li

31. Nous - Julien Doré

32. Ogou (Pran Ka Mwen) - Laikou Mizik, Joseph Ray (beautiful Haitian sweeping melody)

33. Magic - Polo & Pan

34. Cold Heart - PNAU Remix - Elton John, Dua Lipa (Cold Heart & Rocket Man mash up with a disco beat, what else could you need/want?!)

35. Cover me in Sunshine - P!nk, Willow Sage Hart (this will get stuck in your head!)

36. Sea of Love - Durand Jones & The Indications, Aaron Frazer