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Surf’s Up: Here Are the 10 Best Summer Songs About Going to the Beach

Here are the 10 best songs about going to the beach, featuring Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, the Beach Boys and more.

And whether you live on a coast or travel miles each year just to dip your toes in the ocean, it goes without saying: Any successful beach outing is non-negotiably accompanied by a perfect waterside playlist, usually packed with vibe-y classics from generations past alongside whichever hits are currently in competition for the title of song of the summer. That’s why Billboard has rounded up the 10 best songs the past century of music has to offer on the topic, featuring contemporary pop stars such as Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry to visionary groups like The Drifters and, of course, the Beach Boys. Beachiest lyric: “I stopped searching for perfection many waves ago/ What really matters is the here and now and that’s about all I know/ Gonna catch me a big ol’ roller, sun setting on the sea/ Riding in on her glassy shoulder, the water going gray like me.”

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