It’s happening.

Much as you try to deny it, the school year is almost upon us.  To get ourselves jazzed about going back to school, Bwog remembered the songs that got us really pumped about “g01ng t0 c0llEg3 1n nEw Y0Rk C1tyYyyy.”  You know what we’re talking about: that song you played on repeat for the entire month of August before NSOP, that made you shimmy with delight at the prospect of starting college on one of the most famous islands in the world.  Without further ado, first years and upperclassmen, we present you with your official, dutifully outdated packing playlist.  Leave your own guilty pleasure special song in the comments:

• Moving to New York, The Wombats
• Campus, Vampire Weekend
• Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys [alternative: Heart of the City, Jay-Z)
• [not to be outdone] New York State of Mind, Billy Joel
• [again, not to be outdone] NY State of Mind, Nas
• NYC, Interpol
• Hard to Live in the City, Albert Hammond Jr.
• Midnight City, M83
• Hot Child In The City, Nick Gilder
• Bright Lights Bigger City, Cee Lo Green
• We Major, Kanye West
• Harlem Nocturne, Duke Ellington
• L.E.S. Artistes, Santigold [alternative: L.E.S., Childish Gambino]
• New York City, They Might Be Giants
• [kinda dark but] Murder in the City, The Avett Brothers
• City Love, John Mayer
• Juicy, Notorious B.I.G. [speaking of which: New York Times, J. Cole]
• New York New York, Frank Sinatra
• Someday, The Strokes
• [because Nick & Norah, obviously] Very Loud, Shout Out Louds
• Manhattan, Kings of Leon
• New York Groove, KISS
• Dance Anthem of the 80s, Regina Spektor
• Suffragette City, David Bowie
• 212, Azealia Banks
• [for when you’re feeling moody] New York I Love You, LCD Soundsystem [alternative: Mona Lisas and Madhatters, Elton John]
• The Only Living Boy in New York, Simon & Garfunkel [alternative: Bleecker Street, Simon & Garfunkel]
• Summertime Clothes, Animal Collective
• 1 Train, A$AP Rocky
• Rhapsody In Blue, Gershwin

Campus today via Bwog’s Instagram