Red is the loudest color a song can use: passion, danger, a dress, a warning light. This list gathers the records that paint the whole thing in one shade.
Updated 2026
Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh 1986
A slow-dance staple about being struck by one person across a room.
Red by Taylor Swift 2012
Loving someone described as the brightest, most reckless color.
Little Red Corvette by Prince 1982
A fast car standing in for a faster love.
99 Luftballons by Nena 1983
Red balloons drifting up and somehow starting a war.
Roses Are Red (My Love) by Bobby Vinton 1962
An old valentine of a song, sweet and plainly sung.
Red House by Jimi Hendrix 1967
A blues about a red house over yonder and the woman inside.
Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1994
A creeping menace you can hear coming down the street.
Red Rain by Peter Gabriel 1986
A haunted dream of rain falling the wrong color.
Red Dirt Road by Brooks & Dunn 2003
A country road that maps a whole small-town life.
Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith 2011
A goofy toast to the most American party object there is.
Red Rubber Ball by The Cyrkle 1966
A breezy promise that the day after heartbreak looks brighter.
When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along by Doris Day 1953
A bouncy old standard built to chase a grey mood off.