Blue is the color songwriters reach for most: the sky, the velvet, the mood, even a whole genre named after it. This list mixes the literal blue with the kind you feel in your chest.
Updated 2026
Blue Moon by The Marcels 1961
A doo-wop standard about being lonely until the right face appears.
Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins 1956
You can do almost anything, just stay off the shoes.
Behind Blue Eyes by The Who 1971
The private ache hidden behind a hard outside.
Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton 1963
A soft, swooning memory dressed in one color.
Blue Bayou by Roy Orbison 1963
Homesick longing for a quiet blue stretch of water.
Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan 1975
A winding love story where blue is the thread running through it.
Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James and the Shondells 1969
A mellow, hopeful glow of a song.
Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond 1972
Even feeling down can turn into something you hum along to.
Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65 1998
A late-90s earworm about a man whose whole world is blue.
Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley 1957
The holidays minus the one person who made them bright.
Blue Monday by New Order 1983
Cold synths and a worn-out mood you can still dance to.
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain by Willie Nelson 1975
A spare country goodbye soaked in quiet sorrow.