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In winter, the days are shorter, the nights are colder, and the trees look pretty bare. In your own home, the fireplace crackles and warms the room, and a cozy atmosphere is in the air. To enjoy the relaxed mood properly, you might still be missing the right music?
We have compiled a playlist of the most popular and well-known winter songs. With the fitting soundtrack, even the snow flurry in front of the house becomes a pleasure.
Winter is the perfect season to listen to your favorite record wrapped in a thick blanket. Many singers have written great songs about the beauty of winter. Other musicians, however, complain about the cold season and the wet snow.
From rock to pop to hip-hop, it seems that every genre of music has produced some beautiful winter songs. The songs listed below are not necessarily songs for the Christmas season. If you’re looking for a Christmas Playlist, this list might not suit you if you are a winter fan.
We’ve been searching for winter tunes and lyrics for a long time. The following songs about winter are perfect for curling up with a book or hot cocoa. Of course, these winter songs are also suitable for cuddling with your partner.
Our winter playlist includes 70 songs that perfectly capture the winter feeling and hopefully inspire you.
(A Spotify playlist can be found at the end of this article.)
70 songs about winter:
Each piece is linked to its accompanying music video via its title.
№: | Song/Listen | Performer: | |
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1. | Snowfall | Ingrid Michaelson | |
2. | Mushaboom | Feist | |
3. | Snowblind | Black Sabbath | |
4. | Winter | Joshua Radin | |
5. | All My Bells Are Ringing | Lenka | |
6. | Blood Bank | Bon Iver | |
7. | Winter in America | Gil Scott-Heron | |
8. | More Than I Asked For | Joy Williams | |
9. | Early Winter | Gwen Stefani | |
10. | Cold Feeling | Pretty Lights | |
11. | Cold As Ice | Foreigner | |
12. | Winter Wonderland | Elvis Presley | |
13. | It Really Is (A Wonderful Life) | Mindy Smith | |
14. | Cold Cold Ground | Tom Waits | |
15. | I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm | Billie Holiday | |
16. | 50 Words for Snow | Kate Bush | |
17. | California Dreamin’ | The Mamas and the Papas | |
18. | 30 Days | Never Shout Never | |
19. | Baby, It’s Cold Outside | She & Him | |
20. | Sometimes in Winter | Blood, Sweat & Tears | |
21. | Winter Song | Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson | |
22. | In the Cold, Cold Night | The White Stripes | |
23. | Sleigh Ride | Ella Fitzgerald | |
24. | Winter Melody | Donna Summer | |
25. | My Love Is Winter | The Smashing Pumpkins | |
26. | Winter Moon | Mindy Gledhill | |
27. | Winter Rose / Love Awake | Wings | |
28. | December ’63 (Oh What a Night) | The Four Seasons | |
29. | Winter Morning I | Woodkid & Nils Frahm | |
30. | All That I Want | The Weepies | |
31. | White Winter Hymnal | Fleet Foxes | |
32. | Snow (Hey Oh) | Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
33. | Getting Ready for Christmas Day | Paul Simon | |
34. | January Hymn | The Decemberists | |
35. | The Idea of Growing Old | The Features | |
36. | North | Yotto | |
37. | The Hounds of Winter | Sting | |
38. | December | Weezer | |
39. | Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | |
40. | Wintertime Love | The Doors | |
41. | Winterlong | Pixies | |
42. | Winter Time | Steve Miller Band | |
43. | I Am a Rock | Simon and Garfunkel | |
44. | Cold December Night | Michael Bublé | |
45. | Cold Weather Blues | Muddy Waters | |
46. | Colder Than Winter | Sarah Brightman | |
47. | A Long December | Counting Crows | |
48. | Sledding | Geotic | |
49. | Long Long Winter | Bob Marley | |
50. | A Winter Snowscape | Jethro Tull | |
51. | Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out | Bruce Springsteen | |
52. | It Snowed | Meaghan Smith | |
53. | Winterbreak | MUNA & Tiësto | |
54. | Winter Song | Nico | |
55. | Winter Sole | FaltyDL | |
56. | December Snow | The Moody Blues | |
57. | A Hazy Shade of Winter | Simon & Garfunkel | |
58. | Snowball | Moby | |
59. | Snow & Taxis | Gold Panda | |
60. | December Child | Cyndi Lauper | |
61. | Frozen Sky | Phaeleh | |
62. | New York City | They Might Be Giants | |
63. | Now Winter Comes Slowly | Sting | |
64. | The Ice of Boston | The Dismemberment Plan | |
65. | First Snow | Emancipator | |
66. | Snowfall | Idealism | |
67. | While I Shovel the Snow | The Walkmen | |
68. | Winter | Tori Amos | |
69. | Under Ice | Kate Bush | |
70. | Ice Ice Baby | Vanilla Ice |