Summer makes bad songs sound good. There’s no better time of the year to blare obnoxious, redundant Top 40 music, roll down the windows and sing about how awesome life is. One Direction gets stuck in your head and you even find yourself singing along to Miley Cyrus. However, there are some classic, universally loved throwbacks that seem to resurface every summer. From the era of colored iPod Minis and awkward middle school dances, I bring you a top five summer

throwback list.

Yes, summer is officially over and school is in session. However, these songs are timeless.

1) “Yeah!” — Usher

Before Usher was rocking red shoes and in a spinny chair on The Voice, he had one of the biggest hits of the 2000s. Usher was definitely at his prime when he wrote one of the simplest hooks imaginable: “Yeah!” Reminiscent of that awkward junior high phase, this song was a staple at dances. If you went to a tiny Catholic grade school like myself, it was the subject of plenty of controversy given that “grinding” became a thing. Yes, it’s nearly seven years old, but we all still know the words: “Take that and rewind it back …”

2) “Hey Ya!” — Outkast

The whole decade of the 2000s (Lizzie McGuire and epic Disney Channel movies aside) would be nothing without Outkast. They made us “shake it like a polaroid picture.” When this classic summer hit randomly comes on the radio, you can’t help but dance.

3) “Get Low” — Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz

The king of crunk gave us a dirty song we’ve all danced to for years and even glorified in hit romantic comedies. Who knew Sandra Bullock & Betty White would still be jammin’ to this hit nearly 10 years later? “To the windows, to the wall…” You know the rest.

4) “Milkshake” — Kelis

Best. Innuendo. Ever. Bonus Points: It reminds us of the classic 2004 hit movie

“Mean Girls.”

5) “Suga’ Suga’” — Baby Bash featuring Frankie J and “Angel” — Shaggy featuring Rayvon

These two are both so great, they deserve to make Top 5. The sweet R&B of “Suga’ Suga’ how you get so fly” rivals Usher and Shaggy gets you to sing along to “Shooby dooby dooby doo woi” reggae beats you can’t even understand but you make up for vocally when the

refrain drops.