50 Best Summer Heat Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Best Songs for Summer Heat on Instagram Reels and Stories

There’s a certain haze that rolls in when the air gets too heavy. Heat sticks to your skin, your phone screen fogs up in the glare, and everything feels slower until music cuts through. It’s not always songs written with summer in mind, but the ones that sound like asphalt shimmering, like fans rattling in the background of a restless night, like sweat dripping on cracked sidewalks. Some tracks lean bright and sparkly, others feel sluggish in the way a long day drags, and together they capture the weird pulse of heat that wraps around everything.

You’ll hear the clash of tones in these playlists. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all sneak their way in, sometimes polished, sometimes rough around the edges. A glossy hook that feels like sunscreen commercials plays next to a gritty riff that sounds like late afternoons with no shade. It’s not about staying cool, it’s leaning into the heaviness and letting the track soundtrack the exhaustion, the chaos, the fun that melts into frustration and back into laughter. These are the kinds of songs that spill out of speakers at cookouts or get caught in the background of clips from a night drive with windows stuck halfway down.

Heat makes everything messy, and the songs that stick to it rarely follow neat rules. Some might not even mention summer, but they buzz with the same feverish energy. When they hit your feed, they feel like the exact soundtrack to sweat, neon light, and too much air thick with everything. Here are the best summer heat songs for Instagram reels and stories.

1. 'Sunroof' by Nicky Youre & dazy

2. 'As It Was' by Harry Styles

3. 'Summer' by Calvin Harris

4. 'I Had Some Help' by Post Malone with Morgan Wallen

5. 'Espresso' by Sabrina Carpenter

6. 'Watermelon Sugar' by Harry Styles

7. 'Cruel Summer' by Taylor Swift

8. 'Summer Nights' by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John

9. 'Walking On Sunshine' by Katrina & The Waves

10. 'Heat Waves' by Glass Animals

11. 'Good as Hell' by Lizzo

12. 'Lovin On Me' by Jack Harlow

13. 'Good Luck, Babe!' by Chappell Roan

14. 'Golden' by Harry Styles

15. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd

16. 'California Gurls' by Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg

17. 'Summer Breeze' by Seals & Crofts

18. 'Island In The Sun' by Weezer

19. 'Hot in Herre' by Nelly

20. 'Here Comes The Sun' by The Beatles

21. 'Summer Paradise' by Simple Plan featuring Sean Paul

22. 'Summertime Magic' by Childish Gambino

23. 'Levitating' by Dua Lipa

24. 'Kiss Me More' by Doja Cat with SZA

25. 'Summer of '69' by Bryan Adams

26. 'Pocketful of Sunshine' by Natasha Bedingfield

27. 'Hot Fun in the Summertime' by Sly & The Family Stone

28. 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars

29. 'I'm Good (Blue)' by David Guetta with Bebe Rexha

30. 'Pumped Up Kicks' by Foster the People

31. 'Surfin' U.S.A.' by The Beach Boys

32. 'No Broke Boys' by Disco Lines & Tinashe

33. 'Cruising' by Johannes Jae & Mayella

34. 'Summertime Sadness' by Lana Del Rey

35. 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' by Cyndi Lauper

36. 'Hey Ya!' by Outkast

37. 'Fireflies' by Owl City

38. 'Shape of You' by Ed Sheeran

39. 'Walking on a Dream' by Empire of the Sun

40. 'Let It Heal' by The Paddle Boy

41. 'Savage' by Megan Thee Stallion

42. 'The Less I Know The Better' by Tame Impala

43. 'Cooler Than Me' by Mike Posner

44. 'WAP' by Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion

45. 'Say So' by Doja Cat

46. 'Toes' by Zac Brown Band

47. 'Sunflower' by Post Malone with Swae Lee

48. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles

49. 'Get Lucky' by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams

50. 'Summertime' by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong