What Did 2023’s Songs of the Summer Sound Like?

Hit Songs Deconstructed analyzes the season’s top 10 hits.

No. 1, “Last Night,” Morgan WallenNo. 4, “Flowers,” Miley CyrusNo. 7, “Karma,” Taylor Swift feat. Ice SpiceLove was in the air in the summer of 2023. A hefty 80% of the Song of the Summer chart’s season-wrapping top 10 features a love/relationship lyrical theme, with the majority sporting romantic subject matter.

Meanwhile, only one song in the above 10 leaned toward the platonic end of the spectrum: Taylor Swift’s “Karma” featuring Ice Spice.The biggest summer 2023 hits were earworms, even if they weren’t as fast as might be expected. Meanwhile, when most people think of summer hits, they typically think of uptempo, highly danceable bangers. However, summer 2023’s top 10 includes only three songs at over 100 beats per minute, two of which have a notable dance/club influence: “Flowers” and Rema and Selena Gomez’s “Calm Down” .

The remaining three songs are under 79 BPM, comprising the R&B/hip-hop hits “All My Life” by Lil Durk featuring J. Cole, SZA’s “Snooze” and Gunna’s “Fukumean.”While hit songs possess a host of commonalities that make them familiar to audiences and enable them to easily connect, most also have unique qualities that help them stand out from the pack. The 10 biggest hits on 2023’s Songs of the Summer chart for the season are no exception.

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