The Best Graduation Songs of the Past 25 Years
“Rolling Stone” has put together a list of the 20 best GRADUATION songs of the past 25 years.
They defined “graduation songs” as, quote, “Songs [that] have captured the proper feelings of pride, nostalgia, excitement and sadness that accompany such a rite of passage.”
Here’s the list . . .
1. “The Climb”, Miley Cyrus, 2009
2. “Photograph”, Nickelback, 2005
3. “Moment 4 Life”, Nicki Minaj, 2010
4. “Sing”, My Chemical Romance, 2010
5. “All My Friends”, LCD Soundsystem, 2007
6. “See You Again”, Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth, 2015
7. “How Far We’ve Come”, Matchbox 20, 2007
8. “I Hope You Dance”, Lee Ann Womack, 2000
9. “My Last Semester”, The Wonder Years, 2010
10. “Am I Wrong”, Nico & Vinz, 2013
11. “I Can”, Nas, 2003
12. “Unwritten”, Natasha Bedingfield, 2004
13. “Breakaway”, Kelly Clarkson, 2004
14. “Graduation (Friends Forever)”, Vitamin C, 2000
15. “Started from the Bottom”, Drake, 2013
16. “I Will Remember You”, Sarah McLachlan, 1995
17. “Everybody’s Free (to Wear Sunscreen)”, Baz Luhrmann, 1998
18. “Firework”, Katy Perry, 2010
19. “We Are Young”, Fun featuring Janelle Monáe, 2011
20. “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”, Green Day, 1997
(RollingStone.com has brief write-ups on each song.)
