Song · Dirty Heads
“My Sweet Summer” by Dirty Heads
From the album Sound of Change (2014)
“My Sweet Summer” by Dirty Heads appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2014 and 2020. It was first released in 2014 on the album Sound of Change. Its best result is #9 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #14 alternative song of 2014 and #252 of the '10s.
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"My Sweet Summer" surfaced in May 2014, ahead of Sound of Change, the fourth album from reggae, rock and rap hybrid the Dirty Heads, which followed that July. Duddy B Bushnell and Dirty J Watson wrote it with Rome Ramirez and Niles Hollowell-Dhar, and production went to Ramirez and the Cataracs, with Anthony Kilhoffer handling the mix.
That team fits the album's big pivot: Sound of Change stepped away from the hip-hop-flavored reggae the band had been known for and leaned hard into pop. The title tells you the mood, and this one is sunshine by design, a warm-weather song built for rolled-down windows.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 18 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2014 | 91 |
| 2014 | 9 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2014 | 99 |
| 2014 | 56 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2014 | 96 |
| 2014 | 25 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2014 | 88 |
| 2014 | 9 | 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME | WCYY Top 50 CYY Songs of 2014 | 50 |
| 2014 | 25 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2014 | 103 |
| 2014 | 44 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2014 | 51 |
| 2014 | 25 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2014 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 64 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
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