Fall has a sound all its own: turning leaves, cooler nights, a little melancholy under the warm sweaters. These songs hold the whole season, from sun-faded September to the last grey week before winter.
Updated 2026
Autumn Leaves by Nat King Cole 1955
The standard everyone reaches for when the leaves start to drift down.
September by Earth, Wind & Fire 1978
The brightest, most danceable way to mark the turn of the year.
Harvest Moon by Neil Young 1992
A warm, swaying invitation to dance under the fall sky.
Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day 2005
Grief and the changing season tangled into one ache.
Forever Autumn by Justin Hayward 1978
Loss that deepens as the days grow shorter.
Moondance by Van Morrison 1970
A marvelous night and October skies, jazzy and alive.
Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood 2013
The modern anthem of cold hands and warm company.
November Rain by Guns N' Roses 1991
An epic, rain-soaked ballad for the edge of the season.
Autumn Almanac by The Kinks 1967
Small English pleasures of raking leaves and Sunday roasts.
Urge for Going by Joni Mitchell 1972
Watching summer leave and feeling the pull to go with it.
When October Goes by Barry Manilow 1984
A wistful Johnny Mercer lyric about a month you hate to lose.
Autumn Sweater by Yo La Tengo 1997
A hushed, hazy song that feels like early dusk.