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By Louise Ducrocq

04/05/2026

Est. Reading: 4 minutes

150 Awesome Songs to Kickstart the Summer, Only on Radio Nova

Don't stop believing... that summer is coming! This May bank holiday weekend, Radio Nova played the MOST awesome tracks to kickstart your summer.

Yes, that includes the likes of Oasis, U2, Bon Jovi and The Beach Boys (obviously...). For this 3-day weekend, we rode the Boulevard of Broken Dreams and broke out the big guns (... and roses!).

We made sure that listening to Nova from Saturday morning all the way through Monday evening was the only way to start the summer right! - featuring hits by Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Radiohead and so many more - with a legendary list of top tracks, compiled with the help of Radio Nova's listeners!

It's Times Like These that show exactly why we're Dublin's number 1 music radio station!

And if you missed it - you can listen again to the 150 awesome songs to kickstart your summer, via our Spotify playlist, below:-

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(embedded player shows 100 songs - to see the full list of 150 in Spotify, click here)

The full list, in no particular order, can also be seen below:-

Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Tom Petty - Into the Great Wide Open
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar
The Cranberries - Linger
Prince - Purple Rain
Men at Work - Down Under
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Blur - Country House
MGMT - Kids
New Order - Blue Monday
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
AC/DC - Thunderstruck
Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Tom Petty - Runnin' Down a Dream
Coldplay - Viva la Vida
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting
Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
Madness - It Must Be Love
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A.
Nirvana - Come as You Are
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Phil Collins - Easy Lover
The Cure - The Lovecats
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
The Who - My Generation
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain
Evanescence - Bring Me to Life
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
The Beatles - Get Back
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
The Clash - London Calling
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town
The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Duran Duran - Girls on Film
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Prince - Kiss
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
David Bowie - Heroes
The Cranberries - Zombie
The Police - Roxanne
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Blondie - Sunday Girl
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
U2 - Bad
Eagles - Hotel California
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Free - All Right Now
Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
Toto - Africa
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Live)
Eagles - Take It Easy
The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Aerosmith - I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down
Phil Lynott - Old Town
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Wings - Band on the Run
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Meat Loaf - You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
Pink Floyd - Money
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Radiohead - Creep
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Green Day - Holiday
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe a Word
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Aslan - This Is
The Strokes - Last Nite
The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Van Halen - Jump
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song
Blondie - Heart of Glass
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
The Pogues - Rainy Night in Soho
Don McLean - American Pie
Muse - Uprising
The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
David Bowie - Starman
Oasis - Morning Glory
The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun
Weezer - Island in the Sun
The Doors - Light My Fire
Blur - Song 2
Bon Jovi - It's My Life
John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane
Genesis - Follow You Follow Me
Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Aslan - Crazy World
Def Leppard - Animal
Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall
Boston - More Than a Feeling
The Cars - Drive
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Fountains of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin'
Bob Seger - Hollywood Nights
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Guns N' Roses - November Rain
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Coldplay - Yellow
Oasis - Wonderwall
The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap
Foo Fighters - Everlong

Written by Louise Ducrocq

Louise is an expert content creator, and online author for Radio Nova. She's evolved in a few different fields, including mental health and travel, and is now excited to be part of the wonderful word of Radio.

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