And of course, no beach music list is complete without the Beach Boys or Jimmy Buffett.
The song skyrocketed to No.
2 on the charts and has since appeared in dozens of TV shows, commercials, and movies.

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The others were written for the film.
The 1964 Gibson Country and Western acoustic guitar was the first she ever purchased.
He died tragically in a plane crash just before it was released.
The song hit number one on the country charts and remained there for five weeks in 2004.
The beach scenes in the music video were shot in south Florida.
“The timing was perfect, and it went #1 July 4 weekend,” he said.
“I guess I’m the summertime anthem guy now.”
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