Graduating high school is one of the most exhilarating and rewarding milestones you can experience. Even if you can’t wait to finally graduate, once the mere thought of it becomes a reality as you stand in front of all your family and friends about to embark on a new chapter in your life – you’re going to become overwhelmed with different emotions. Choosing the perfect graduation song for your slideshow if incredibly important. Depending on the genre you wish to choose, you need to choose a song (or a range of songs) that best represents your graduating cohort. It needs to be a combination of nostalgic, memorable and sentimental to mark the end and beginning of a new journey.

So if you’re scrambling for the perfect songs, here is a list of 30 song ideas your graduation slideshow. From the tear jerking songs and the classic anthems to more contemporary mainstream music. You can find all these songs on the Graduation Playlist on Spotify here:

Tear Jerkers:

  • I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack
  • Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
  • Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C
  • You’ve Got A Friend by Randy Newman
  • Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson
  • Little Wonders by Rob Thomas
  • Forever Young by Youth Group
  • I Will Remember You by Sarah McLachlan
  • One Year, Six Months by Yellowcard

Classic Anthems:

  • I’ll Be There For You by The Rembrandts
  • How Far We’ve Come by Matchbox Twenty
  • Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) by Green Day
  • Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
  • Life Is A Highway by Rascal Flatts
  • You Get What You Give by New Radicals

Contemporary:

  • History by One Direction
  • 7 Years by Lucas Graham
  • Youth by Troye Sivan
  • See You Again by Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
  • Never Grow Up by Taylor Swift
  • Never Forget You by Zara Larsson and MNEK
  • Firework by Katy Perry
  • On Top Of the World by Imagine Dragons
  • Best Day of My Life by American Authors
  • We Are Young by Fun. ft. Janelle Monae
  • Count On Me by Bruno Mars
  • Say You Won’t Let Go by James Arthur
  • All We Know by The Chainsmokers
  • The Greatest by Sia ft. Kendrick Lamar
  • By Your Side by Jonas Blue ft. Aye