Good Graduation Songs for High School and College Commencement

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.