Top 30 Graduation Songs: The Ultimate MP3 Playlist for Life

Congratulations Graduates! Time to Get Down and Celebrate

Aly Adair
One of the most exciting rights of passage in life is graduation. Whether you walk the graduate procession line for kindergarten graduation, elementary school graduation, high school graduation, college graduation, military academy graduation, religious study graduation, or arts and entertainment graduation, the feeling is always the same: pride and accomplishment.

One of the most exciting times of my life was attending my daughter's college graduation from Auburn and her husband's graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy at which President Bill Clinton spoke. Parents are sometimes more proud than graduates when they attend the ceremonial honor of graduation.

After the graduation ceremony and all its pomp and circumstance, it is time to get down and celebrate. When I graduated from high school, in a family with six children, my Dad wrote Amen on the wall of his children's pictures. As for me, I stayed out all night partying with friends and wondering what I will do for the rest of my life. The next morning, I felt a sense of panic as if I suddenly now had to do something adult and responsible.

Fifty-three years later, I still listen to these Top 30 Graduation Songs that spell out the answers to life. Don't panic, graduates. It all works out in the end. Good luck in life and keep these best songs about life on your iPods and MP3 players forever!

Top 30 Graduation Songs: The Ultimate MP3 Playlist for Life

Dream On by Aerosmith
Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo Ole
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
I'm Not Gonna Cry by Corey Smith
Graduation Song (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C
Simply the Best by Tina Turner
Graduation Album by Kanye West
Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
First Day of My Life by Melanie C
You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban
Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall
I Believe I Can Fly by R. Kelly
A Moment Like This by Kelly Clarkson
Change the World by Eric Clapton
My Generation by The Who
Live to Win by Paul Stanley
Good Riddance by Green Day
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Winds of Change by The Scorpions
If I Can Dream by Celine Dion
What A Feeling from Flashdance
It's My Life by Jon Bon Jovi
You'll Never Walk Alone by Jordin Sparks
Congratulations by The Rolling Stones
The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha
Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
Nothings Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship
Schools Out for Summer by Alice Cooper
I Did It My Way by Elvis Presley
Top of the World by Van Halen

Published by Aly Adair

Aly Adair is an Air Force Veteran with a career in teaching and educational publishing. Aly has an MBA and is a former small business owner.  View profile

  • The Graduation album by Kanye West is a must for all graduation party MP3 playlists.
  • The Graduation Song (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C is a favorite of graduates.
  • The lyrics to I'm Not Gonna Cry are perfect for parents proudly celebrating their graduates.
"Graduation", the third studio album from Kanye West, received three Grammy Awards including Best Rap Album. The album reached Number 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and on the Billboard European Top 100 Albums chart.

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  • Lenora Murdock2/23/2009

    This is great and also useful for those of us who have to plan graduation events for parties, groups, etc. Wow. I bookmarked this as a resource. Thanks Aly.

  • Julia Bodeeb2/22/2009

    What great picks. I'll email this to some teaching friends.

  • Momie Tullottes2/21/2009

    Great list for graduation. :-)

  • Kay Whittenhauer2/21/2009

    Classic list- sure to be popular year after year!

  • Susan S2/21/2009

    Great list.

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