Few things go together better than summer and an epic music playlist.
From driving to the cottage with the windows down to warm days spent at the beach or on a dock, no summer day is complete without the perfect soundtrack.
And it just so happens Apple Music is the perfect way to find old summer classics and discover new music.
This summer, Apple Music invited Canadian guest celebrities including singers, Olympians, chefs, and fitness gurus—to create a series of exclusive summer-themed playlists based on their personal summer rituals and experiences.
Apple Music’s Summertime Sounds playlist includes curated summer playlists from celebs like Shawn Mendes and rising stars like Toronto celebrity chef, Matty Matheson, London-born Olympian Alysha Newman, Vancouver fitness guru Phil Mackenzie, and Quebec’s singing sensation Marie-Mae.
So the next time you need some music soundtrack inspo, here are five epic Apple Music playlists curated by some of Canada’s most recognizable faces to keep you company all summer long.
Shawn Mendes: @shawnmednes
Playlist: Shawn’s Summer Mix
- If I Can’t Have You – Shawn Mendes
- Beautiful Girls – Sean Kingston
- Summer Games – Drake
- Island in the Sun – Weezer
- Summer Friends – Chance The Rapper feat. Jeremiah & Francis & the Lights
- Get Stupid – bülow
- Sincerity is Scary – 1975
- Too Good – Drake, Rihanna
- Lost In Japan – Remix – Shawn Mendes, Zedd
- Kids – MGMT
- Under Pressure – Shawn Mendes, teddy<3
- Psycho – Post Malone, Ty Dolla Sign
- The Less I Know The Better – Tame Impala
- Sundress – A$ap Rocky
- Still Woozy – Lucy
- Get It Together – Drake, Black Coffee, Jorja Smith
- Don’t Call Me Up – Mabel
- Talk – Khalid, Disclosure
- Okay – LANY, Julia Michaels
- 3 Nights – Dominic Fike
- Truth Hurts – Lizzo
- Wow – Post Malone
Chef Matty Matheson: @mattymatheson
Playlist: Summer Rules Forever
“All of these songs remind me of summer, Neil Young’s On The Beach brings back so many memories of jumping in the lake with my best friends. Neil Young, will you be my best friend?” – Matty Matheson
- Soda – Gob
- Kokomo – The Beach Boys
- Almost Cut My Hair – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Eden’s Island – Eden Ahbez
- China Cat Sunflower (Live In Paris) – Grateful Dead
- On the Beach – Neil Young
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) – The Byrds
- Rockaway Beach – Ramones
- Work Hard / Play Hard – Palace Music
- Another Day – Crimpshrine@
- Waddlin’ Around – The King Khan & BBQ Show
- Swimsuit Issue – Sonic Youth
- Summertime – Girls
- Midas Touch (feat. The Weather Station) – Jennifer Castle
- Prizes Through the Mazes of the Jungle – Ian Daniel Kehoe
- You Are My Angel – Horace Andy
- Hurt So Good – Susan Cadogan
- Shibandza – Penny Penny
- Sun Zither – Laraaji
Alysha Newman: @alyshanewman
Playlist: Alysha Newman’s Summer Road Trip
“I love listening to Finest Hour by Cash Cash before I compete, it has such a great build up. What gets me with this song is the line “not my finest hour.” No one is perfect, we all make mistakes. This song reminds me to never give up. You have to keep moving!” – Alysha Newman.
- Finest hour (feat. Abir) cash cash
- Old town road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)
- Carry on – Kygo
- Light years -Yellow Claw
- Man down (feat. AlunaGeorge)
- Chariot- Gavin DeGraw
- 7 rings- Ariana Grande
- Look back at it – A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
- Without me – Halsey
- Peer pressure – James Bay (feat. Julia)
- Heaven – Kane brown
- I just want it all – Kid Ink
- Tequila- Dan + Shay
- Whenever – Kris Kross Amsterdam and The Boy Next Door (feat. Conor Maynard)
- Love the way you lie – Eminem (feat. Rihanna)
- Over my head (cable car) – The Fray
- Heart break back – RH3AB x Frank Walker (feat. Riley Bieberer)
- If you ever want to be in love – James Bay
- Light it up – Major Lazer, peace is the mission (feat. NYLA & Fuse ODG)
- Swervin -A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie (feat. 6ix9ine)
Phil Mackenzie: @Leansquad
Playlist: Phil Mackenzie’s Summer HIITs
“One of my favourite songs from my list is “SOS (feat. Aloe Blacc)” – this song gets me excited to get outside and moving. Whatever I am doing, Avicci knows how to get me ready to smash my day” – Phil Mackenzie.
- Old Town Road (Diplo Remix) – Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Diplo
- In My Mind – Dynoro and Gigi D’Agostino
- Talk (Alle Farben Remix) – Khalid
- Body [Orjan Nilsen Remix] – Loud Luxury (feat. Brando)
- Happier (Breathe Carolina Remix) – Marshmello and Bastille
- There’s Nothing Holding Me Back (NOTD Remix) – Shawn Mendes
- SICKO MODE (Skrillex Remix) – Travis Scott and Skrillex
- Trap Queen – Fetty Wap
- IDWK (Loud Luxury Remix) – DVBBS and blackbear
- Sweet Lovin’ – Sigala (feat. Bryn Christopher)
- Dirty Sexy Money – David Guetta (feat. Charli XCX and French Montana)
- Love No More (Fedde Le Grand Remix) – Loud Luxury and Anders
- I Like It (Dillon Francis Remix) – Cardi B, Bad Bunny, and J Balvin
- Shape of You (Major Lazer Remix) – Ed Sheeran (feat. Nyla and Kranium)
- Going Bad – Meek Mill (feat. Drake)
- Close to Me [Felix Cartel Remix] – Ellie Goulding (feat. Diplo and Swae Lee)
- Your Love – David Guetta and Showtek
- Came Up – Flosstradamus, FKi1st, and Graves (feat. Post Malone & Key!)
- Summertime Sadness (Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais) [Cedric Gervais Remix] – Lana Del Rey
- All Day and Night (Jax Jones and Martin Solveig Present Europa) – Jax Jones
- This Feeling – The Chainsmokers (feat. Kelsea Ballerini)
- Moonlight – Gaullin
- Give Me Your Love – Sigala (feat. John Newman and Nile Rogers)
- Carry On (From “POKÉMON Detective Pikachu) – Kygo and Rita Ora
- Love Lies (Snakehips Remix) – Khalid, Normani and Snakehips
- SOS – Avici (feat. Aloe Blacc)
Marie-Mai: @mariemaireal
Playlist: Marie-Mai’s Summer at the Cottage
- Cruise – Florida Georgia Line
- Denim on Denim – Tebey
- T-Shirt – Thomas Rhett
- What If I Never Get Over You – Lady Antebellum
- Poison & Wine – The Civil Wars
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Bob Dylan
- Butterflies – Kacey Musgraves
- Cover Me Up – Jason Isbell
- I Want You – Bob Dylan
- Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967
- Traveller – Chris Stapleton
- Solving Problems – Brent Cobb
- Minimum – Charlie Cunningham
- Only Love – Ben Howard
- Lighthouse – Axel Flovent
- Piano Man – Billy Joel
- Shine on Rainy Day – Brent Cobb
- Morning Is Made – Hush Kids
- Keep Breathing – Ingrid Michaelson
- Exhale / Inhale – Matt Holubowski