‘Despacito’ by Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi is officially the Song of the Summer for 2017. Last year it was ‘One Dance’ by Drake, and in 2015 it was ‘Cheerleader’ by OMI. A lot gets made of the title ‘Song of the Summer’ for reasons I don’t fully understand. I don’t get why we need to name a song the ‘Song of the Summer’ but I don’t give enough of a shit to look it up.
The YouTube channel Metro Lyrics put together this super cut of every Song of the Summer from 1958 through 2017, from Daddy Yankee’s ‘Despacito’ to ‘Nel blu dipinto di blu’ by Domenico Modugno. I’ll admit that I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. The first part of the video was like a walk down memory lane of the past 15 years and I find myself wishing that Nelly’s ‘Hot in Herre’ was played on the radio more frequently, and wishing that Nelly was around at all.
Shout out to Tastefully Offensive for sharing this video!