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What Will Be The Gay Song Of Summer For 2012?

With summer officially starting in just a few days, it’s time to take stock of the first crop of inescapable summer hits. But which will be crowned the inescapable song of summer? Some contenders, like “Call Me Maybe” came out a while back and have just stayed on our collective gay “repeat.” Others are only starting to bubble up—and some we just have a feeling about. Let the battle for Song of Summer 2012 begins !

 


“Call Me Maybe”
Carly Rae Jepsen
Um, duh. This one’s all but guaranteed to reign supreme this summer. Jepsen’s hit just went to Number One on the charts and we can’t imagine it going away anytime soon—whether we want it to or not!

 

Click through for more song of summer contenders. And add your own nominees in the comments section!

 

http://youtu.be/5nPE1UtQLDE

“Somebody That I Use To Know” (Tiësto Remix)
Gotye
Who would have thought that a quirky little break-up song would be a contender for most ubiquitous song of the summer? But Gotye’s little ditty is absurdly catchy. No one is immune, be they club kid or emo moper. Of course, on the dance floor, it’s got to be Dutch DJ Tiësto’s adrenaline-fueled remix.

 

http://youtu.be/gqgcKb00qR0

“Turn Up the Radio”
Madonna
Though most of the press Madge is getting lately is about her onstage antics, this is the tune from MDNA we’ve got out money on for Song of Summer 2012. Almost from the minute the album leaked, gays were already predicting “Radio” would be blasting out of beach houses by July. She’d  be a fool not to release this baby as a single.

http://youtu.be/Sv6dMFF_yts
“We Are Young”
Fun.
This raucous indie-pop ditty already has massive cultural saturation in its favor yet, somehow, we’re still charmed by it. “Tonight, we are young / so we’ll set the world on fire.” Who doesn’t feel like that while waving a pina colada in the air at a sweaty summer BBQ?

http://youtu.be/BiEEJds8JFE
“Glad You Came”

The Wanted

British boy-banders The Wanted’s cheeky homage to the female orgasm is all Ibiza, by way of the UK. Sounds nuts, but somehow, it captures that feeling of perpetual sunshine.

http://youtu.be/E3m-XH1Kij0

“Only The Horses”
Scissor Sisters
We kind of love that “Horses” already kind of sounds like a remix of itself. It may not get the massive airplay you’d normally associate with a summer hit, but we can’t imagine not hearing this on gay dance floors all season long.

 

http://youtu.be/2QVC__Uvd8s
“Sumertime Sadness” (Reich & Bleich Remix)
Lana Del Rey
We’re throwing this one in as our dark-horse candidate: Reich & Bleich’s remix of Lana Del Rey’s moody “Summertime Sadness” wipes away any trace of melancholy from the original track. And it’s an unofficial remix! Doesn’t that make you feel dangerous and cutting edge?
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