Good Graduation Songs for High School and College Commencement
Graduation would contain different emotions: happiness, bitterness, sweetness, sadness, etc. You cannot express your emotion easily through words. Yet, a right song may help you. A good graduation song can express what you want to say, keep your school time on your memory, and make this benchmark occasion left deep down on your heart. Let's check the most popular graduation songs around the last 10 years.
Part 1. Top 10 graduation songs most people like
1. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", Green Day
- Released: 1997
- Genre: Punk
- Lyrics: "It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right / I hope you had the time of your life."
- Comment: After graduation, your life ahead is unpredictable, but we will encourage each other to do things following your heart, then everything would be ok as it is all part of your life.
2. "Graduation (Friends Forever)", Vitamin C
- Released: 1999
- Genre: Pop
- Lyrics: "As we go on, we remember / All the times we had together / And as our lives change, come whatever / We will still be, friends forever"
- Comment: School friends are lifetime treasure, no matter how the life change us after graduation, it never change our friendship.
3. "See You Again", Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
- Released: 2015
- Genre: Hip-hop/rap
- Lyrics: "It's been a long day without you, my friend / And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again / We've come a long way from where we began / Oh, I'll tell you all about it when I see you again."
- Comment: From the graduation day we separate, we always try to find the time to see each other again and tell each other what we come through after graduation.
4. "We Are Young", fun.
- Released: 2015
- Genre: '10s Pop, Alternative/Indie
- Lyrics: "Tonight / We are young / So let's set the world on fire / We can burn brighter than the sun."
- Comment: School day is the time we are full of passion. We have done some crazy things together, laughing together and crying together. All those memories will be a great treasure to our lives.
5. "The Climb", Miley Cyrus
- Released: 2009
- Genre: Pop
- Lyrics: "I may not know it / But these are the moments / That I'm gonna remember most, yeah / Just gotta keep going."
- Comment: Life is full of ups and downs just like mountain. And I feel lucky to have you by my side when I climb on my school time. Although from the left of my life after graduation, you may not by my side, I will keep my faith and keep climbing.
6. "Breakaway", Kelly Clarkson
- Released: 2004
- Genre: '00s Pop
- Lyrics: "Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye / I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change / And break away."
- Comment: Leaving school is just like to say goodbye to a chapter of your life and start a new page. You may need the courage to make a change and break away from the previous live.
7. "Unwritten", Natasha Bedingfield
- Released: 2004
- Genre: Pop
- Lyrics: "Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten."
- Comment: Life starts like an unwritten book, everyday you write something into your book. Graduation means an end of a written chapter, and the rest after graduation is still unwritten.
8. "Firework", Katy Perry
- Released: 2010
- Genre: Teen pop, Europop, Rock, Folk
- Lyrics: "You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine / Just own the night like the 4th of July"
- Comment: School time is like firework, sparkle and passion. Because of you, the life is lightening and shine. We will still remember that after graduation.
9. "I Will Remember You", Sarah MacLachlan
- Released: 1993
- Genre: Alternative/Indie
- Lyrics: "I will remember you / Will you remember me? / Don't let your life pass you by / Weep not for the memories."
- Comment: There would be some people in your life you will never remember again, and there will be some people you will remember forever. After graduation, I will still remember you who accompany me in my school time.
10. "Send Me On My Way", Rusted Root
- Released: 1992
- Genre: Jamband, Rock, Soundtracks
- Lyrics: "I would like to reach out my hand / I may see you, I may tell you to run (On my way, on my way) / You know what they say about the young."
- Comment: Young sometimes means we will do what we like, we laugh, we cry, we run, we jump. It seems a crazy time, but also a memorable time we cannot go back after graduation.
Part 2. Other good graduation songs you may like
Graduation Song Title |
Artist |
Released |
Genres |
Imagine |
John Lennon |
1971 |
'70s Pop |
Fast Car |
Tracy Chapman |
1988 |
Singer-songwriter |
You Raise Me Up |
Josh Groban |
2003 |
Easy listening, Adult contemporary |
Wonderwall |
Oasis |
1995 |
Rock |
My Wish |
Rascal Flatts |
2006 |
Country, Contemporary country |
Photograph |
Nickelback |
2005 |
Alternative/Indie, Hard rock |
History |
One Direction |
2015 |
Pop |
Forever Young |
Bob Dylan |
1974 |
Classic rock |
I Believe I Can Fly |
R. Kelly |
1996 |
R&B/soul, Pop |
Time After Time |
Cyndi Lauper |
1983 |
Pop |
The Middle |
Jimmy Eat World |
2001 |
Emo/hardcore |
Hero |
Mariah Carey |
1993 |
Pop |
It's My Life |
Bon Jovi |
2000 |
Metal, '00s Rock |
Vienna |
Billy Joel |
1977 |
'70s Pop |
Float On |
Modest Mouse |
2004 |
Indie |
We Are The Champions |
Queen |
1977 |
Classic rock, Rock |
Lean On Me |
Bill Withers |
1972 |
Classic soul |
Don't You (Forget About Me) |
Simple Minds |
1985 |
New wave/post-punk |
Through The Years |
Kenny Rogers |
1981 |
Easy listening, Country, Blues, Pop |
End Of The Road |
Boyz ll Men |
1992 |
Soundtracks |
Fire & Rain |
James Taylor |
1970 |
Folk |
In My Life (I Love You More) |
The Beatles |
1965 |
Rock |
I Hope You Dance |
Lee Ann Womack |
2000 |
Country, Contemporary country |
I Gotta Feeling |
The Black Eyed Peas |
2009 |
Pop |
True Colors |
Cyndi Lauper |
1986 |
Pop |
Forever Young |
Alphaville |
1984 |
Alternative/Indie |
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) |
Pink Floyd |
1979 |
Classic rock |
Closing Time |
Semisonic |
1998 |
Alternative/Indie |
Run |
Snow Patrol |
2003 |
Rock |
100 Years |
Five of Fighting |
2004 |
Singer-songwriter |
Moment 4 Life |
Nicki Minaj |
2010 |
Hip-Hop Hitmakers, Hip-hop/rap |
Am I Wrong |
Nico & Vinz |
2014 |
Pop |
Times Like These |
Foo Fighters |
2002 |
'00s Alternative |
With A Little Help From My Friends |
The Beatles |
1967 |
Rock |
You Get What You Give |
New Radicals |
1998 |
Alternative/Indie |
Tongue Tied |
Grouplove |
2011 |
'10s Rock |
Little Wonders |
Rob Thomas |
2007 |
Soundtracks |
Champion |
Kanye West |
2007 |
Hip-Hop Hitmakers |
All My Friends |
LCD Soundsystem |
2007 |
'00s Alternative |
I Can |
Nas |
2002 |
East Coast hip-hop, Hip-hop/rap |
Good Feeling |
Flo Rida |
2012 |
Pop, Hip-hop/rap |
Young Blood |
The Naked and Famous |
2010 |
Alternative/Indie |
A Moment Like This |
Kelly Clarkson |
2002 |
Adult contemporary |
No Such Thing |
John Mayer |
2001 |
Adult contemporary |
Tonight, Tonight |
The Smashing Pumpkins |
1995 |
'90s Alternative |
Stronger |
Kelly Clarkson |
2011 |
'10s Pop |
One Step At A Time |
Jordin Sparks |
2007 |
R&B/soul, Teen pop, '00s Pop |
New Soul |
Yael Naim |
2007 |
Neo-folk |
Rivers And Roads |
The Head and the Heart |
2011 |
Folk-rock, Neo-folk |
SING |
My Chemical Romance |
2010 |
'00s Alternative |
Part 3. How to download or record graduation songs for slideshow
Download Graduation Songs for Slideshow
Step 1Download and install one Video Downloader and launch the software.
Step 2Type in the URL of the graduation songs music video and click "Analyze" button.
Step 3Choose the resolution you like and you can choose to automatically convert the video into audio formats like MP3. Click "OK" to start downloading.
Record Graduation Songs for Slideshow
Step 1Download and install one Video Screen Recorder and launch the software.
Step 2You can choose to record video and audio or record audio only. Open the Graduation song video webpage and select recording area.
Step 3Click "REC" button and start playing the graduation music. After recording, the recorded video would automatically save to WMV/MP4 format and audio into MP3 format.
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