I had so much planned for this summer and didn’t really get to do much of it yet. But, hey, if I did everything I wanted to do this summer, what the heck would I do for the rest of the year or next summer? What I did do is Listen to a ton of Dean Martin (what else is new?), and realized there is a Song for every single mood you could possibly be in. So even though you don’t care, I’m going to give you my list of Dean Martin song recommendations. And I know this has nothing to do with interning here, but hey, maybe a future intern will be reading this and they’ll listen to these songs. That’d be cool! Or not. But here it goes.

Let’s start with the happiest song in the world. This is my alarm clock song because honestly, it doesn’t get much better than this. I actually first heard this song in a really weird animated video about logos in Typography class a couple years ago and freaked out because I knew it was Dino. Weird video, good song.

Remember the Lizzie McGuire movie? If you don’t, go watch it because it’s awesome. And if you do, listen to this song and you’ll basically feel like you’re on the back of Paolo’s moped, which you know you wanted to be. ALSO, fun fact: this song is the reason I started listening to Dean Martin. Second fun fact: The song Volare from the movie is actually a remix to Dean Martin’s original version. So now you know. Don’t you love useless information?

If you’re feeling kinda weird or need a good laugh, listen to this Martin & Lewis song which nobody thinks is funny except me. Now, you probably have no idea who Jerry Lewis is, and that would take too long to explain. All you need to know is they performed together for ten years. FYI, Jerry Lewis was funniest before he broke up with Dean…. unless you count the Nutty Professor. But I guess that’s my opinion.

Want to channel your inner Italian roots and/or experience the cutest accent ever? Listen to this.

Finally, just listen to this song. It’s upbeat, and it has one part where you can REALLY hear Dino’s Steubenville accent and makes me melt, but probably won’t make you melt, because you don’t get it, and that’s okay.

Moral of the story, Dean Martin is the best. Try to convince me otherwise. I’ll wait.