Now that Memorial Day has passed and it’s now officially the start of the summer music season (except for those of us who attend Drexel, where summer doesn’t start until mid-June and ends only a week later!), it’s time for all the bloggers to try and figure out what the official “jam of the summer” will be. Last year the only obvious candidate was Rihanna’s “Umbrella” (can you honestly say that you heard a song more last year? The damn thing was inescapable, even in Europe), though I would have chosen Groove Armada’s criminally underrated “Song 4 Mutya (Out of Control)” In 2006, it was either “Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley, or “Smile” by Lily Allen, for those of us who spent that summer in a lazy haze of sassy girl pop.

This brings us to the hot topic of the moment then: what’s shaping up to be the indisputable song of Summer 2008?

My personal choice for the song of the summer is Sam Sparro’s dark electro jam “Black and Gold”, a blue-eyed soul masterpiece from the openly gay British star-in-waiting. It’s not all sunshine and light, but then again, neither was “Umbrella”, and we all know what happened there.

Post your own suggestions for “hottest jam” in the comments!

(Source: Idolator)