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Songs About the Sun

The sun stands in for hope, warmth, and a fresh start more than almost anything else in music. These are the songs that chase it.

Updated 2026

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    Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles 1969

    The long winter ends and the warmth returns.

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    Walking on Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves 1985

    Joy at full volume.

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    Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers 1971

    The other side: gone, and the light goes with them.

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    Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden 1994

    A strange, heavy dream of the sky.

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    House of the Rising Sun by The Animals 1964

    A warning wrapped around an organ riff.

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    Sunny by Bobby Hebb 1966

    A thank-you to the person who is your sunshine.

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    You Are My Sunshine by Jimmie Davis 1940

    The standard everyone learns first.

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    Good Day Sunshine by The Beatles 1966

    A bright, skipping kind of happy.

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    Soak Up the Sun by Sheryl Crow 2002

    Choosing to make the best of the day you have.

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    Lovely Day by Bill Withers 1977

    One look outside and the whole day turns.

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    I'll Follow the Sun by The Beatles 1964

    Choosing the brighter road, even if it costs you.

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    Steal My Sunshine by Len 1999

    A loose, sunny one-hit summer.

Sunrise and sunset

The two quiet edges of the day.

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    Sunrise by Norah Jones 2004

    A soft, slow start to a morning.

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    Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks 1967

    Watching the day end from a window in London.

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    Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John 1974

    A plea not to be left in the dark.

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