Summer comes around once a year and brings a season of fun and holidays.

For me, the warm weather brings three months of surfing, swimming, skateboarding, tanning, and since I'm an Australian - the festive season.

It's my favourite few months of the year and I spend it with my friends, family and doing whatever the hell I want.

But what is summer without a playlist? Here are 21 songs that I find make the perfect soundtrack to my summer, and hopefully they will for you too.

21 tracks