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From breezy Aussie electro-pop to rocky riffs from Texas and smooth French hip-hop, put these tunes on and roll down the windows. 

1.
Push It Up
Confidence Man


2.
Supermodel
Måneskin


3.
Steal My Sunshine
Len


4.
Night Drive
Shinichiro Yokota


5.
Le Banana Split
Lio


6.
Nouveau Western
MC Solaar


7.
Hell on Wheels
Cher


8.
Samurai
Cairokee


9.
É Proibido Fumar
Rita Lee and Gilberto Gil


10.
Summer in New York
Sofi Tukker


11.
Teardrops
Womack & Womack


12.
Texas Sun
Khruangbin and Leon Bridges


13.
Soaked
Benee


14.
Summer in the City
Quincy Jones


15.
I Got the Moves
Habibi


16.
Mediterranea
Irama


17.
A Gira
Trio Ternura


18.
I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
Hall & Oates


19.
Lotta Love
Nicolette Larson


Apéro time
Slow down with Nigerian-Italian funk, Austrian chillout and vintage disco.


20.
Ease Your Mind
Darius feat. Devin Tracy


21.
Bells
dbn Gogo feat. Eltonk SA, DJ Stopper and tnk Musiq 


22.
Juice
Muzi


23.
Think About Me
Hammer


24.
Lagos Connect
Aura Safari feat. Villy


25.
Holding on Too Long
Hard Feelings


26.
What Is It Like
Wolfram feat. Pam


27.
Negotiate With Love
Rachel Stevens


28.
Un Millón
The Marías


29.
Perfetta Cosi
Sam Rufillo


30.
Yo Yo
Mika


31.
Count What You Have Now
Vantage


32.
Pourquoi faire aujourd’hui
Lisa LeBlanc


33.
Arpoador
Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18


34.
Ride It
Regard


35.
Mourir sur scène
Dalida


36.
Le Reste
Clara Luciani


37.
Summer Night City
Abba


38.
Space & Sound
Oliver


Afternoon sunbathing
Scorching-hot tracks, from 1990s classics to Cali soul.


39.
Summer Blue
Bread & Butter


40.
Imizamo
Karyendasoul and Blaqrhythm feat. Nana Atta and Teezy Musician


41.
Dreams of Music
Aura Safari


42.
Enty Hayaty
Saad Lamjarred feat. Calema


43.
Vamos a la Playa
Miranda


44.
It’s So Nice (To See Old Friends)
Minnie Riperton


45.
Ain’t Nobody Straight in LA
Whale Island


46.
Instant Sunshine (Luke Million remix)
Lau


47.
Sheltered Life
Erlend Øye


48.
Western Wind
Carly Rae Jepsen


49.
L’âme-stram-gram
Mylène Farmer


50.
Calma
Marisa Monte


51.
French Waltz
Leon Ware


52.
Só Para Você
Juniper feat. Sango and Vhoor


53.
Together Again
Janet Jackson


54.
Se a vida é (That’s the Way Life Is)
Pet Shop Boys


55.
Breathe
Télépopmusik


56.
Summer Breeze
The Isley Brothers


57.
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Roy Ayers Ubiquity


58.
Pick Up Your Heart
Paige Bea


59.
Rhythm to Ya Love
Sunni Colón


60.
Sunchyme
Dario G


Euro dance floor
Italo-disco, Cypriot salsa and Spanish pop tunes to transport you straight to a Mediterranean nightclub.


61.
Ciao Ciao
La Rappresentante di Lista


62.
Libre
Angèle


63.
This Girl
Kungs vs Cookin’ on 3 Burners


64.
Slomo
Chanel


65.
Je Survivrai
Régine


66.
Madame
Kings x Trannos


67.
On Your Mind
Doss


68.
You Could Be
Anz feat. George Riley


69.
Bamboo Fighter
Soichi Terada


70.
Cleo
Shygirl


71.
I’m Good
Betta Lemme


72.
Talk About
Rain Radio and DJ Craig Gorman


73.
Into the Groove (remix)
Madonna


74.
La Nuit
Diva


75.
The Summer Is Magic
Playahitty


76.
Bagno a Mezzanotte
Elodie


77.
1ul
Danny L Harle


78.
I Can’t Get Enough
Cazzi Opeia


79.
All Around the World
atc


80.
Kuuma Jäbä
Isaac Sene


81.
Turn Me On
Kevin Lyttle


82.
Caramela
Eleni Foureira


83.
Live Is Life
Opus


Brazilian sunset 
Sultry, tropical beats to wind down to – expect moody jazz, samba and bossa nova from Latin-America and beyond.


84.
Dégaine
Aya Nakamura feat. Damso


85.
São Paulo
Julia Jean-Baptiste


86.
Pourquoi C’est Comme Ça?
Jacques


87.
I’m Not in Love
Karen Souza


88.
Paris Tropical (Kazy Lambist remix)
Minuit


89.
Brisa
Iza


90.
Sexy Yemanjá
Pepeu Gomes


91.
Midnight Cruisin’
Kingo Hamada


92.
Sove Lanmou
Zouk Machine


93.
Passarinha
Bala Desejo


94.
Give My Love a Try
Body Music feat. Xavier Smith


95.
Sensitivity
Ralph Tresvant


96.
Menino do Rio
Caetano Veloso


97.
Darling Come Back Home
Barbara Mason


98.
Freed from Desire
Gala


99.
Tutto Va Bene Quando Facciamo l’amore
Alex Rossi feat. Jo Wedin


100.
Smooth Operator
Sade


To listen to the playlist, search for Monocle 24’s account on Spotify – and make sure to tune in to our round-the-clock programming.

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