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3 Ice Cold Rock Songs to Get You Through the Summer Heatwave

Summer heatwave got you down? Maybe these chilly rock songs will cool you off.

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This summer heat is hitting drastic highs (*cough* climate change *cough*), but we’ve put together a list of ice-cold rock songs to cool you off. From snowstorm imagery, to chilled-out jams, to wishing and hoping that someday we’ll be cold again. Take a listen and chill out before you get heatstroke.

“Snow (Hey Oh)” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

What Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2006 hit “Snow (Hey Oh)” lacks in lyrical coldness, it makes up for in ambiance. Meaning, this song isn’t really about snow, or winter, or being cold. But its overall tone is tranquil like an untouched blanket of new snow. It stays pretty even-keeled for its almost six-minute runtime, creating a peaceful backdrop for lyrics that are actually quite frantic.

When it’s so hot outside that you can’t even think straight, a tranquil song is just the thing.........

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