Throughout life, everywhere we go and just about everything we’re involved with , we’re surrounded by and immersed in colors. Colors are everywhere you look! – Only difference is – some of us notice them – while others pass them by without paying much attention. Some are vivid and stand out, while others are mild and blend in – From the material things around us each day such as cars we drive to the clothes we wear. God’s gifts or Mother Nature’s gifts of color are most impressive – including sunshine, sky, water (lakes, rivers, ocean), sandy beaches, trees, hills, grass, plants, animals, rainbows, night time,
elements of weather, etc. We are enveloped by this. So, with this in mind, I considered compiling a list of songs relating to “COLORS” – from my extensive music collection (both hard copy as well as digital). I had no idea that this list would keep going and going and going as it did – so I narrowed down the search to only those songs with a color of some sort in the title of the song. I have also stayed away from the word “Blues” since that is an entirely different subject altogether – but have included “compound words” of color such as blackbird, blackboard, blueberry, bluebird, greenback, greensleeves,
redneck, etc. I’ve come up with well over 400 songs so far and counting. These include songs of several different genres as well as time frames – Far from complete – but very comprehensive – something for everybody looking to put together a musical playlist for an event, gift, celebration or simply just because you’re in the mood to hear it.
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SONGS ABOUT COLORS
- 99 Red Balloons (99 Luftballoons) – Nena
- After The Gold Rush – Neil Young
- After The Gold Rush – Prelude
- Am I Blue – George Strait
- Apple Green – June Valli
- Aqua Boogie – Parliament
- Baby Blue – Badfinger
- Baby Blue – George Strait
- Back In Black – AC/DC
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
- Ballad of The Green Berets – SSgt Barry Sadler
- Band of Gold – Don Cherry
- Band of Gold – Freda Payne
- Behind Blue Eyes – The Who
- Behind Blue Eyes – Limp Bizkit
- Behind These Hazel Eyes – Kelly Clarkson
- Beyond The Blue Horizon – Lou Christie
- Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
- Big Yellow Taxi – Counting Crows
- Black – Pearl Jam
- Black & Blue – Van Halen
- Black & White– Three Dog Night
- Black Balloon – Goo Goo Dolls
- Black Bear Road – CW McCall
- Black Betty – Ram Jam
- Black Cars – Gino Vannelli
- Black Cat- Janet Jackson
- Black Cloud – Leroy Van Dyck
- Black Coffee – Lacy J. Dalton
- Black Coffee In Bed – Squeeze
- Black Cow – Steely Dan
- Black Denim Trousers – Cheers
- Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
- Black Friday – Steely Dan
- Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
- Black Horse & The Cherry Tree – KT Turnstall
- Black Is Black – Los Bravos
- Black Land Farmer – Frankie Miller
- Black Lassie – Cheech & Chong
- Black Magic Woman – Fleetwood Mac
- Black Magic Woman – Santana
- Black Night – Deep Purple
- Black Or White – Michael Jackson
- Black Pearl – Sonny Charles & The Checkmates, Ltd.
- Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
- Black Sheep – John Anderson
- Black Slacks – Joe Bennett
- Black Superman – Muhammad Ali – Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band
- Black Velvet – Alannah Myles
- Black Velvet – Robin Lee
- Black Water – Doobie Brothers
- Blackberry Boogie – Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Blackbird – Beatles
- Blackboard of My Heart – Hank Thompson
- Blood Red & Goin’ Down – Tanya Tucker
- Blue – Joni Mitchell
- Blue – LeAnn Rimes
- Blue Angel – Roy Orbison
- Blue Autumn – Bobby Goldsboro
- Blue Bayou – Roy Orbison
- Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt
- Blue Blooded Woman – Alan Jackson
- Blue Blue Day – Don Gibson
- Blue Boy – Jim Reeves
- Blue Christmas – Elvis Presley
- Blue Clear Sky – George Strait
- Blue Collar – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) – Styx
- Blue Condition
- Blue (Da Ba Dee) – Eiffel 65
- Blue Darlin’ – Jimmy Newman
- Blue Eyes – Elton John
- Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain – Willie Nelson
- Blue Guitar – Sheb Wooley
- Blue Hawaii – Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra
- Blue Hawaii – Elvis Presley
- Blue Heartache – Gail Davies
- Blue Highway – John Conlee
- Blue Jean – David Bowie
- Blue Kentucky Girl – Loretta Lynn
- Blue Kentucky Girl – Emmylou Harris
- Blue Lonely Winter – Jimmy Newman
- Blue Love – O’Kanes
- Blue Memories – Patty Loveless
- Blue Monday – Fats Domino
- Blue Monday – New Order
- Blue Money – Van Morrison
- Blue Moon – Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
- Blue Moon – The Marcels
- Blue Moon – Bobby Vinton
- Blue Moon of Kentucky –
- Blue Moon With Heartache – Roseanne Cash
- Blue Morning, Blue Day – Foreigner
- Blue On Black – Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
- Blue On Blue – Bobby Vinton
- Blue Orchids – Glen Miller & His Orchestra
- Blue Prelude – Bing Crosby
- Blue Rain – Glen Miller & His Orchestra
- Blue Ramble – Duke Ellington
- Blue River – Al Jolson
- Blue Room – The Revelers
- Blue Room – Perry Como
- Blue Rose Is – Pam Tillis
- Blue Shadows On The Trail – Roy Rogers
- Blue Side – Crystal Gayle
- Blue Side of Lonesome – Jim Reeves
- Blue Side of Town – Patty Loveless
- Blue Sky – Allman Brothers Band
- Blue Sky Mine – Midnight Oil
- Blue Skies – George Olsen & His Orchestra
- Blue Skies – Count Basie & His Orchestra
- Blue Skies – Bing Crosby
- Blue Skies – Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra/Frank Sinatra
- Blue Skies – Ella Fitzgerald
- Blue Skies – Willie Nelson
- Blue Star – Les Baxter
- Blue Star – The Ventures
- Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins
- Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
- Blue Suede Shoes – Johnny Rivers
- Blue Tail Fly – Andrews Sisters
- Blue Tail Fly – Burl Ives
- Blue Tango – Leroy Anderson & His Orchestra
- Blue Tango – Bill Black’s Combo
- Blue Texas Moonlight – Elton Britt
- Blue To The Bone – Sweethearts of The Rodeo
- Blue Velvet – Tony Bennett
- Blue Velvet – Bobby Vinton
- Blue Winter – Connie Francis
- Blue Yodel – Jimmie Rodgers
- Blueberry Hill – Glen Miller & His Orchestra
- Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino
- Blueberry Lane – Elton Britt
- Bluebird – Buffalo Springfield
- Bluebird – Helen Reddy
- Bluebird – Anne Murray
- Bluebird Island – Hank Snow & Anita Carter
- Bluebird of Happiness – Art Mooney & His Orchestra
- Bluebird On Your Windowsill – Doris Day
- Bluebirds In The Moonlight – Glen Miller & His Orchestra
- Bluejean Bop – Gene Vincent
- Bluer Than Blue – Michael Johnson
- Bluest Eyes In Texas – Restless Heart
- Bluest Heartache of The Year – Kenny Dale
- Born To Be Blue – The Judds
- Bowling Green – Everly Brothers
- Brick Is Red – Pixies
- Brown-Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Chuck Berry
- Brown Eyed Woman – Bill Medley
- Brown Sugar – Rolling Stones
- Brown Sugar – D’Angelo
- Chains of Gold – Sweethearts of The Rodeo
- Charlie Brown – The Coasters
- Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White) – Perez Prado & His Orchestra
- Courtesy of The Red White & Blue (The Angry American) – Toby Keith
- Crimson & Clover – Tommy James & The Shondells
- Crimson & Clover – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
- Crystal Blue Persuasion – Tommy James & The Shondells
- Deep Purple – Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
- Deep Purple – Billy Ward
- Deep Purple – Nino Temp & April Stevens
- Deep Purple – Donny & Marie Osmond
- Devil With A Blue Dress On – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
- Dirty White Boy – Foreigner
- Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow – Frank Zappa
- Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle
- Ebony & Ivory – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
- Ebony Eyes – Everly Brothers
- Ebony Eyes – Bob Welch
- Fade To Black – Metallica
- Fell On Black Days – Soundgarden.
- Fields of Gold – Sting
- Follow The Yellow Brick Road – classic from TheWizard of Oz
- Fool’s Gold – Stone Roses
- Forever In Blue Jeans – Neil Diamond
- Gold – John Stewart
- Gold – Spandau Ballet
- Gold Digger – Kanye West
- Gold Dust Woman – Fleetwood Mac
- Golden Age of Rock N’ Roll – Mott The Hoople
- Golden Slumbers (medley) – Beatles
- Golden Years – David Bowie
- Goldfinger – Shirley Bassey
- Goldmine – Pointer Sisters
- Goodbye Blue Sky – Pink Floyd
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
- Green Christmas – Stan Freberg
- Green Door – Jim Lowe
- Green-Eyed Lady – Sugarloaf
- Green Eyes – Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
- Green Grass – Gary Lewis & The Playboys
- Green Grass & High Tides – The Outlaws
- Green Grass Starts To Grow – Dionne Warwick
- Green Green – New Christy Minstrels
- Green Green Grass of Home – Tom Jones
- Green Green Grass of Home – Johnny Cash
- Green Light – American Breed
- Green Manalishi – Fleetwood Mac
- Green Manalishi – Judas Priest
- Green Onions – Booker T & The MG’s
- Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Green Shirt – Elvis Costello
- Green Tambourine – Lemon Pipers
- Green Years – Eddie Fisher
- Greenback Dollar – Kingston Trio
- Greener The Grass – Reginald Forsythe
- Greenfields – Brothers Four
- Greensleeves – Mantovani
- Greensleeves – John Coltrane
- Greensleeves – Vince Guaraldi Trio (From A Charlie Brown Christmas)
- Grey Street – Dave Matthews Band
- Heart of Gold – Neil Young
- In The Court of The Crimson King – King Crimson
- Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini – Brian Hyland
- Ivory Tower – Cathy Carr
- Ivory Tower – Otis Williams & The Charms
- Ivory Tower – Gale Storm
- Jackie Blue – Ozark Mountain Daredevils
- Lady Blue – Leon Russell
- Lady In Red – Chris DeBurgh
- Lavender Blue – Sammy Turner
- Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) – Helen Reddy
- Lil’ Red Riding Hood – Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs
- Little Band of Gold – James Gilreath
- Little Black Book – Jimmy Dean
- Little Blue Man – Betty Johnson
- Little Brown Jug – legendary classic from 1869
- Little Brown Jug – Glen Miller & His Orchestra
- Little Green – Joni Mitchell
- Little Green Apples – Roger Miller
- Little Green Apples – OC Smith
- Little Green Bag – George Baker Selection
- Little Red Corvette – Prince
- Little Red Rented Rowboat – Joe Dowell
- Little Red Rodeo – Collin Raye
- Little Red Rooster – Sam Cooke
- Little White Lie – Sammy Hagar
- Little White Lies – Betty Johnson
- Long Black Train – Josh Turner
- Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) – Hollies
- Love Is Blue – Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra
- Mammy Blue – Pop Tops
- Man In Black – Johnny Cash
- Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – Beatles
- Mellow Yellow – Donovan
- Midnight Blue – Melissa Manchester
- Midnight Blue – Lou Gramm
- Moody Blue – Elvis Presley
- Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
- Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter – Herman’s Hermits
- My Blue Angel – Aaron Tippin
- My Blue Heaven – Fats Domino
- Nights In White Satin – Moody Blues
- Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back – Billy Edd Wheeler
- Ol’ Red – Blake Shelton
- Old Blue Chair – Kenny Chesney
- Old Brown Shoe – Beatles
- Old Red – Marty Robbins
- Orange Blossom Special – Johnny Cash
- Orange Crush – REM
- Orange Sky – Alexi Murdoch
- Paint It Black – Rolling Stones
- Panama Red – New Riders of The Purple Sage
- Pink – Aerosmith
- Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
- Pink Cadillac – Natalie Cole
- Pink Chiffon – Mitchell Torok
- Pink Flag – Wire
- Pink Houses – John Cougar Mellencamp
- Pink Moon – Nick Drake
- Pink Panther Theme – Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
- Pink Pedal Pushers – Carl Perkins
- Pink Shoe Laces – Dodie Stevens
- Plain Brown Wrapper – Gary Morris
- Pocket Full of Gold – Vince Gill
- The Power of Gold – Dan Fogelberg
- Pretty Blue Eyes – Steve Lawrence
- Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) – Offspring
- Pretty In Pink – Psychedelic Furs
- Pretty Pink Rose – Adrian Belew & David Bowie
- Purple Haze – Jimi Hendrix
- Purple Haze – The Cure
- Purple Hills (Pills) – D12
- Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
- Purple People Eater – Dickie Goodman
- Purple Rain – Prince
- Queen of The Silver Dollar – Dave & Sugar
- Quicksilver – Elton Britt & Rosalie Allen
- Raspberry Beret – Prince
- The Red – Chevelle
- Red & Rio Grande – Doug Supernaw
- Red Bandana – Merle Haggard
- Red Barchetta – Rush
- Red Blues – Cootie Williams
- Red Dirt Road – Brooks & Dunn
- Red Door – Carl Smith
- Red High Heels – Kellie Pickler
- Red Hill Mining Town – U2
- Red Hot Memory – Kenny Dale
- Red House – Jimi Hendrix
- Red Light – Linda Clifford
- Red Light Special – TLC
- Red Rag Top – Tim McGraw
- Red Rain – Peter Gabriel
- Red Rain – White Stripes
- Red Red Wine – Neil Diamond
- Red Red Wine – UB40
- Red River Rock – Johnny & The Hurricanes
- Red River Rose – Ames Brothers
- Red River Valley – Woody Guthrie
- Red River Valley – Jo Stafford
- Red River Valley – Connie Francis
- Red Rooster – Howlin’ Wolf
- Red Rooster – Rolling Stones
- Red Rose From The Blue Side of Town – George Morgan
- Red Roses For A Blue Lady – Wayne Newton
- Red Roses Tied In Blue – Clyde Moody
- Red Rubber Ball – Cyrkle
- Red Sails In The Sunset – Bing Crosby
- Red Sails In The Sunset – Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra
- Red Sails In The Sunset – The Platters
- Red Sails In The Sunset – Fats Domino
- Red Silk Stockings & Green Perfume – Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
- Red Skies – The Fixx
- Red Skies – Blink 182
- Red Strokes – Garth Brooks
- Red, White & Blue – Loretta Lynn
- Red, White & Blue Collar – Gibson Miller Band
- Red, White & Blue Memories – Joe Stampley
- Redneck Friend – Jackson Browne
- Redneck Girl – Bellamy Brothers
- Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson
- Redneck Yacht Club – Craig Morgan
- Rednecks, White Socks & Blue Ribbon Beer – Johnny Russell
- Return of The Red Baron – Royal Guardsmen
- Reverend Mr. Black – Kingston Trio
- Ride A White Swan – T. Rex
- Roses Are Red (My Love) – Bobby Vinton
- Scarlet Begonias – Grateful Dead
- Scarlet Fever – Kenny Rogers
- Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) – The Browns
- She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft) – Jerry Reed
- Silence Is Golden – The Tremeloes
- Silence Is Golden – Four Seasons
- Silver & Cold – AFI
- Silver & Gold – Burl Ives
- Silver & Gold – Dolly Parton
- Silver & Gold – U2
- Silver & Gold – Sway (featuring Akon)
- Silver & Gold – T-Pain
- Silver, Blue & Gold – Bad Company
- Silver Bells – Bing Crosby (original)
- Silver Bird – Mark Lindsay
- Silver Dollar – Teresa Brewer
- Silver Lining – Rilo Kiley
- Silver Springs – Fleetwood Mac
- Silver Threads & Golden Needles – The Springfields
- Silver Threads & Golden Needles – Linda Ronstadt & The Stone Ponies
- Sink The Pink – AC/DC
- Sister Golden Hair – America
- Snoopy & The Red Baron – Royal Guardsmen
- Song Sung Blue – Neil Diamond
- Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem
- Suicide Blonde – INXS
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Suite Madame Blue – Styx
- Tangled Up In Blue – Bob Dylan
- That Old Black Magic – Glen Miller & His Orchestra
- There’ll Be Bluebirds Over The White Cliffs of Dover – Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
- There’ll Be Bluebirds Over The White Cliffs of Dover – Kate Smith
- Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree – Tony Orlando & Dawn
- Touch of Grey – Grateful Dead
- True Blue – Madonna
- The Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
- Violet – Hole
- Violet Hill – Coldplay
- When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again – Elvis Presley
- When The Red Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin’ Along – Doris Day
- When You Wore A Tulip & I Wore A Big Red Rose – Judy Garland & Gene Kelly
- When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver – Frank Luther & Carson Robison
- Where The Black-Eyed Susans Grow – Henry Burr & Earl Campbell
- Where The Blue of The Night (Meets The Gold of The Day) – Bing Crosby
- Where The Shy Little Violets Grow – Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra
- White & Nerdy – Weird Al Yankovic
- White Bird – It’s A Beautiful Day
- White Christmas – Bing Crosby
- White Christmas – The Drifters
- White Cross On Okinawa – Bob Wills
- White Dove – Lawrence Tibbett
- White Flag – Dido
- White Horse – Laid Back
- White Horse – Taylor Swift
- White Knight – Cledus Maggard
- White Lies, Blue Eyes – Bullet
- White Light/White Heat – Velvet Underground
- White Light/White Heat – Lou Reed
- White Lightning – George Jones
- White Limozeen – Dolly Parton
- White Line – Emmylou Harris
- White Line Fever – Merle Haggard
- White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five w/Melle Mel
- White Man In Hammersmith Palais – The Clash
- White On White – Danny Williams
- White Punks On Dope – The Tubes
- White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
- White Riot – The Clash
- White Room – Cream
- White Rose of Athens – David Carroll & His Orchestra
- White Sails (Beneath A Yellow Moon) – Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
- White Silver Sands – Owen Bradley Quintet
- White Silver Sands – Don Rondo
- White Silver Sands – Bill Black’s Combo
- White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) – Marty Robbins
- White Summer – The Yardbirds
- White Wedding – Billy Idol
- Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
- Yellow – Coldplay
- Yellow Balloon – Yellow Balloon
- Yellow Bandana – Faron Young
- Yellow Bird – Arthur Lyman Group
- Yellow Bird – Kingston Trio
- Yellow Dog Blues – Joe Darensbourg
- Yellow Ledbetter – Pearl Jam
- Yellow Ribbon – Johnny Carver
- Yellow River – Christie
- Yellow Rose – Johnny Lee & Lane Brody
- Yellow Rose of Texas – Ernest Tubb
- Yellow Rose of Texas – Johnny Desmond
- Yellow Rose of Texas – Stan Freberg
- Yellow Rose of Texas – Mitch Miller & His Gang
- Yellow Roses – Hank Snow
- Yellow Roses – Dolly Parton
- Yellow Submarine – Beatles
- Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – Flaming Lips
- You Got The Silver – Rolling Stones
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BONUS SONGS
(These songs below have the word “COLOR“ in the title)
- A Lack of Color – Death Cab For Cutie
- Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
- Color Him Father – The Winstons
- Color My World – Petula Clark
- Color My World – Chicago
- Color of Roses – Beth Neilsen Chapman
- Colorblind – Counting Crows
- Colors of Love – Supremes
- Colors of Love – Billy Ocean
- The Colors of My Life – Perry Como
- The Color of My Love – Celine Dion
- Color of The Blues – George Jones
- Colors of The Spirit – Journey
- Colors of The Wind – Vanessa Williams
- In The Colors – Ben Harper
- My Coloring Book – Dusty Springfield
- Rose Colored Glasses – The Raspberries
- True Colors – Cyndi Lauper
- True Colors (The Storm) – Squeeze
- What’s The Colour Of Money? – Living Colour
- Wine Colored Roses – George Jones
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