21 Aug Eclipse Songs – Your Eclipse Party Soundtrack
Full disclaimer: this post has nothing to do with sailing. But there’s a historic solar eclipse happening in the U.S. – and we had such a good time putting together our Ultimate Sailor’s Playlist, we couldn’t resist the urge to make a soundtrack of eclipse songs. So without further ado, here’s our list of suggested music for viewing the solar eclipse. It’s an eclectic mix, ranging from Beethoven to the Beatles to Billie Holiday to Bruce Springsteen. And of course, no playlist of eclipse songs would be complete without Bonnie Tyler’s ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’.
Whatever your plans for viewing this historic event, we hope these eclipse songs make for good company in your celebration. You can subscribe to the playlist on Spotify here: Eclipse Party Soundtrack. And for you music nerds out there, here’s the full list of eclipse songs in alphabetical order.
| Song | Artist |
| Ain’t No Sunshine | Bill Withers |
| Back To Black | Amy Winehouse |
| Black Hole Sun | Soundgarden |
| Blinded By The Light | Manfred Mann’s Earth Band |
| Blister in The Sun | Violent Femmes |
| Circle ‘Round The Sun | James Taylor |
| Corona | Calexico |
| Dancing In The Dark | Bruce Springsteen |
| Dancing In The Moonlight | King Harvest |
| Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me | Elton John |
| Eclipse | Pink Floyd |
| Fly Me To The Moon | Frank Sinatra |
| Here Comes The Sun | The Beatles |
| House Of The Rising Sun | The Animals |
| It’s Only A Paper Moon | Ella Fitzgerald |
| Let The Sunshine In | The 5th Dimension |
| Looking At The Sun | Matthew Sweet |
| Man On The Moon | R.E.M. |
| Moon River | Andy Williams |
| Moondance | Van Morrison |
| Moonlight Feels Right | Starbuck |
| Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller |
| Moonlight Sonata | Ludwig Von Beethoven |
| Moonshadow | Cat Stevens |
| New Moon On Monday | Duran Duran |
| No Sunlight | Death Cab For Cutie |
| Sail Into The Sun | Gentleman Hall |
| A Sailboat In The Moonlight | Billie Holiday |
| Shining Star | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| A Sky Full Of Stars | Coldplay |
| Soak Up The Sun | Sheryl Crow |
| Solar Sailer | Daft Punk |
| Staring At The Sun | U2 |
| Steal My Sunshine | Len |
| The Sun | Portugal, The Man |
| Sun King | The Beatles |
| Sunny Afternoon | The Kinks |
| Sunshine Superman | Donovan |
| Total Eclipse Of The Heart | Bonnie Tyler |
| Walkin’ On The Sun | Smash Mouth |
| Walking On Sunshine | Katrina & The Waves |
| The Whole Of The Moon | The Waterboys |
Happy eclipsing!