Spring is the season songwriters use for fresh starts: the first warm day, the rain that wakes everything up, the lightness that comes back after a long winter. These songs all carry that feeling of things coming green again.
Updated 2026
April Come She Will by Simon & Garfunkel 1966
A love charted month by month as the spring rolls on.
It Might as Well Be Spring by Frank Sinatra 1956
That restless, jumpy feeling the first warm week brings.
Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles 1966
Two and a half minutes of plain spring brightness.
Daydream by The Lovin' Spoonful 1966
A lazy, whistling stroll on a perfect afternoon.
Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks 1966
Lounging in the warm air with not much to do.
I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash 1972
The dark clouds gone and a bright new day ahead.
April Showers by Al Jolson 1921
A century-old reminder that the rain brings the flowers.
Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Tiny Tim 1968
A giddy ukulele romp through a spring garden.
Younger Than Springtime by Rodgers & Hammerstein 1949
New love compared to the freshest thing there is.
Spring Affair by Donna Summer 1976
Disco-era romance that blooms with the season.
Spring Is Here by Ella Fitzgerald 1961
A wry standard about feeling out of step with all the bloom.
Wildflowers by Tom Petty 1994
A gentle wish for someone to grow somewhere they belong.