BTS, “Spring Day”
Year Released: 2017
Genre: K-pop
A Lyric in Bloom: “I’ll come pick you up/ After the cold winter ends/ Until spring comes again/ Until it blooms.”
Listen above.
15 Best Songs About Spring Showers, Flowers & Everything in Between: Staff Picks
Written by djfrosty on April 16, 2025
Got spring fever? So does Billboard — and as a matter of fact, so have countless musicians dating back centuries, with the season spawning a litany of beautiful song tributes over the years.
And it’s easy to see why spring is such an inviting muse. Symbolizing fresh starts, rebirths and second chances, the season holds all the beauty of blooming flowers, sunny skies, cleansing rain and twittering birds, bugs and bunnies — everywhere you look, there’s inspiration to be found. This time of year also represents the end of cold, dark winter, which is all the more reason to rejoice. No more heavy coats, staying inside or Vitamin D deficiencies. Come late March, it’s all about stepping outdoors and embracing newness going forward, even if a little melancholia does linger over from the colder months.
And with all of that glorious complexity in mind, Billboard has assembled 15 of the best songs to represent the season, featuring old classics and American Songbook standards as well as new spring staples by modern artists. Some of them feature direct references to spring in the lyrics, while others just have that springtime vibe — but all of them are perfect in some way or another for the pre-summer period.
So whether you’re looking for the perfect spring-cleaning soundtrack or just want to spruce up your old playlists for the season, look no further. From spring-break bangers to introspective musings on the loveliest time of year, keep reading to see Billboard‘s top picks for spring songs — listed in no particular order — below.
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Lizzy McAlpine, “Spring Into Summer”
Year Released: 2024
Genre: Alternative
A Lyric in Bloom: “Spring into summer, and the winter’s gone/ I try to hold on to it, but the current’s too strong.”Listen here.
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The Dixie Cups, “Chapel of Love”
Year Released: 1964
Genre: Traditional pop
A Lyric in Bloom: “Spring is here, the sky is blue/ Birds all sing as if they knew/ Today’s the day we’ll say, ‘I do.’”Listen here.
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Ed Sheeran, “Spring”
Year Released: 2023
Genre: Pop
A Lyric in Bloom: “We can’t let winter win/ That’s why I’m holding out for spring/ Oh, what a state we’re in/ I’ll keep holding out for spring.”Listen here.
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Judy Garland, “April Showers”
Year Released: 1956
Genre: Traditional pop
A Lyric in Bloom: “When April showers may come your way/ They bring the flowers that bloom in May/ So when it’s raining, have no regrets/ Because it isn’t raining rain, you know/ It’s raining violets.”Listen here.
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Kacey Musgraves, “Cardinal”
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Year Released: 2024
Genre: Country
A Lyric in Bloom: “Cardinal, are you telling me I’m on somebody’s mind?/ Don’t leave me behind/ Are you just watching and waiting for spring?/ Do you have some kind of magic to bring?”Listen above.
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Caroline Polachek, “Spring Is Coming With a Strawberry in the Mouth”
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Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald, “April in Paris”
Year Released: 1956
Genre: Jazz
A Lyric in Bloom: “I never knew the charm of spring/ Never met it face to face/ I never new my heart could sing/ Never missed a warm embrace/ Till April in Paris.”Listen here.
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Charli XCX, “Spring Breakers”
Year Released: 2024
Genre: Pop
A Lyric in Bloom: “Got my finger on the detonator/ Crazy girl s–t, gonna go Spring Breakers/ Every time, I make it so outrageous.”Listen here.
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Billie Eilish, “Birds of a Feather”
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Year Released: 2024
Genre: Pop
A Lyric in Bloom: “Birds of a feather, we should stick together/ I said I’d never think I wasn’t better alone/ Can’t change the weather, might not be forever/ But if it’s forever, it’s even better.”Listen above.
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The Beach Boys, “Spring Vacation”
Year Released: 2012
Genre: Soft rock
A Lyric in Bloom: “Spring vacation, good vibrations/ Summer weather, we’re back together/ Easy money, ain’t life funny?”Listen here.
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Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, “Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World”
Year Released: 1993
Genre: Hawaiian
A Lyric in Bloom: “I see trees of green and red roses too/ I’ll watch them bloom for me and you.”Listen here.
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Norah Jones, “Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most”
Year Released: 2002
Genre: Jazz
A Lyric in Bloom: “Morning’s kiss wakes trees and flowers/ And to them I’d like to drink a toast/ I walk in the park just to kill lonely hours/ Spring can really hang you up the most.”Listen here.
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Simon & Garfunkel, “April Come She Will”
Year Released: 1966
Genre: Folk
A Lyric in Bloom: “April, come she will/ When streams are ripe and swelled with rain/ May, she will stay/ Resting in my arms again.”Listen here.
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The Beatles, “Here Comes the Sun”
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Year Released: 1969
Genre: Folk rock
A Lyric in Bloom: “Little darling, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter/ Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here/ Here comes the sun.”Listen above.