Coffee shows up in songs as a morning ritual, a reason to linger across a table, and now and then a stand-in for the person you drink it with. This list spans jazz standards, indie pop and one very recent chart-topper.
Updated 2026
Black Coffee by Peggy Lee 1953
A smoky torch song where the coffee is the only thing keeping her company.
One More Cup of Coffee by Bob Dylan 1976
One last cup before he heads down to the valley below.
Java Jive by The Ink Spots 1940
A bouncy ode to loving the java and the joe.
The Coffee Song by Frank Sinatra 1960
A breezy joke about Brazil having an awful lot of coffee.
Coffee and TV by Blur 1999
A shy kid asking coffee to ease him back into the world.
Coffee by Sylvan Esso 2014
Coffee in the morning, then the same circling dance with someone new.
Espresso by Sabrina Carpenter 2024
A summer smash that turns being someone's caffeine fix into a flex.
Read the meaning behind the songCigarettes and Coffee by Otis Redding 1966
Early-morning soul, content to sit a while longer with her.
Coffee Blues by Mississippi John Hurt 1966
A sly country-blues where the coffee is not quite the point.
Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega 1987
A whole morning observed over a cup poured in a diner.
Coffee by beabadoobee 2017
A bedroom-pop sketch of a small, warm domestic moment.