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Every summer has a “song of summer.” But don’t ask me this year’s. Or last year’s. Or the year before that. I don’t know. The ...

What makes a song of the summer? Is it pop perfection? A sick beat? Radio dominance? Last week, we took a data-driven look at the season’s biggest songs; now, we present the songs the Rolling Stone ...