100 Best Songs About Trees
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Trees make the world a better place. Here, you'll discover all the best songs about them!
Tree Songs and Songs About Forests
Singers and songwriters have expressed a plethora of sentiments with trees as a metaphor. While certain songs are actually about trees in a literal sense, the majority of songs use the term tree figuratively to portray a wide range of emotions. Musicians from different genres have highlighted the importance of trees for our planet with their thought-provoking lyrics. A number of singers and songwriters have described relationships with trees and their branches as an expression.
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Meaning Conveyed With Trees in Songs
Different meanings are conveyed with songs that use the word tree as a metaphor. In certain songs, the harsh realities of life are showcased with diverse expressions. The calming shade of trees is often correlated with understanding and commitment in a relationship. Memories and nostalgia of childhood and growing years are conveyed thoughtfully with trees used as an expression.
In certain songs, the spreading of branches is used as a comparison to growth in our personal and professional lives. Certain musicians from alternative genres have exquisitely showcased different stages of a relationship with their correlation to the growth of branches. The joy that one feels when admiring a beautiful tree is poetically expressed by certain songwriters in mainstream genres.
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Symbolism: Trees in Songs
Trees in songs are sometimes mentioned to explain a philosophical outlook of life. The branches of trees may represent a sense of belonging with family and friends. Withering trees are often showcased to highlight dark moments, difficulties or failed relationships. In certain songs, the transitional stages from childhood to adulthood are represented by the growth of trees.
The calming sense of trees is in certain songs is used as a comparison with the human mind. The manifestation of dreams that are associated symbolically with real-life experiences are often showcased with trees as a backdrop in music videos. While trees may associate with a wide spectrum of concepts or ideas, they often represent or denote
- Calmness
- Growth
- Transition
- Life
- Reconciliation
- Friendship
- Loneliness
- Acceptance
- Death
- Protection
- Celebration
- Love
- Forgiveness
- Relationships
- Patience
- Relaxation
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The list below showcases an epic collection of rock songs, pop songs, country songs, folk songs, alternative songs, indie songs, R&B songs, jazz songs, blues songs, EDM songs, and dance songs with trees in the title. If you have an opinion or song suggestion, let us know in the comments section.
Top 10 Songs About Trees
- “Coconut Tree”—Mohombi featuring Nicole Scherzinger
- “The Trees”—Rush
- “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”—Tony Orlando & Dawn
- “The Dreaming Tree”—Dave Matthews Band
- “Mango Tree”—Zac Brown Band featuring Sara Bareilles
- “Talk to the Trees”—Snow Patrol
- “Lemon Tree”—Fool’s Garden
- “Birch Tree”—Foals
- “Shaking the Tree”—Peter Gabriel featuring Youssou N’Dour
- “Heart of Oak”—Richard Hawley
#11—20
11. “Wind in the Trees”—Joe Satriani
12. “The Apple Tree”—Nina Nesbitt
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13. “Big Tree Blue Sea”—Golden Earring
14. “Cactus Tree”—Joni Mitchell
15. “Four Cypresses”—Grizzly Bear
16. “Thorn Trees in the Garden”—Derek & the Dominos
17. “Underneath the Tree”—Kelly Clarkson
18. “English Trees”—Crowded House
19. “Bare Trees”—Fleetwood Mac
20. “Christmas Tree”—Lady Gaga
#21—40
21. “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)”—The Andrew Sisters
22. “Here We Go Round (The Lemon Tree)”—The Move
23. “Old Pine”—Ben Howard
24. “Valley of Calm Trees”—Klaxons
25. “Shadows and Tall Trees”—U2
26. “Fake Plastic Trees”—Radiohead
27. “Two Silver Trees”—Calexico
28. “The Memory of Trees”—Enya
29. “The Hanging Tree”—Marty Robbins
30. “Beech Like a Tree”—Lower Than Atlantis
31. “Tree of Life”—Funeral Suits
32. “New Love Grows on Trees”—Pete Doherty
33. “Coconut Tree”—Shakira
34. “In My Tree”—Pearl Jam
35. “Lime Tree”—Bright Eyes
36. “Underneath the Tree”—The Water Babies
37. “The Cherry Tree”—Sting
38. “Boys in the Trees”—Carly Simon
39. “Apple Blossom”—The White Stripes
40. “Redwood Tree”—Cam
#41—60
41. “Feed the Tree”—Belly
42. “Everything is One Big Christmas Tree”—Magnetic Fields
43. “Hanging Tree”—Blackmore’s Night
44. “Little Willow”—Paul McCartney
45. “A Tree Too Weak To Stand”—Gordon Lightfoot
46. “Orange Trees”—Marina
47. “Say Goodbye to the Little Girl Tree”—Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
48. “The Crying Tree of Mercury”—The Smashing Pumpkins
49. “Willow Tree Lullaby”—America
50. “Underneath the Big Green Tree”—Stan Ridgway
51. “I Am a Tree”—Guided By Voices
52. “Willow Weep for Me”—Ann Ronell
53. “The Sweetheart Tree”—Henry Mancini
54. “Chop ‘em Down”—Matisyahu
55. “Trees”—21 Pilots
56. “A Day in the Life of a Tree”—The Beach Boys
57. “Flame Trees”—Jimmy Barnes
58. “Del Davis Tree Farm”—Primus
58. “Seed to a Tree”—Blind Melon
60. “Redbud Tree”—Mark Knopfler
#61—80
61. “Fig Tree Bay”—Peter Frampton
62. “Under My Tree”—NSYNC
63. “Withering Tree”—Traffic
64. “The Oak Tree”—Morris Day
65. “Season’s Trees”—Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi featuring Norah Jones
66. “If a Tree Falls”—Bruce Cockburn
67. “Under Giant Trees”—Agnes Obel
68. “So Tall a Tree”—Bing Crosby
69. “Hunger of the Pine”—Alt-J
70. “Treefingers”—Radiohead
71. “Apples Don’t Fall From the Tree”—Cher
72. “July Tree”—Nina Simone
73. “Kissing Tree”—Spencer Lee Band
74. “Falling Out of Trees”—Barcelona
75. “Marble Tulip Juicy Tree”—Ween
76. “King of Trees”—Cat Stevens
77. “Tree (Today is an Important Occasion)”—David Byrne
78. “Weeping Willow”—The Verve
79. “In Dark Trees”—Brian Eno
80. “Lemon Tree”—Peter, Paul and Mary
#81—100
81. “Pine for Cedars”—Dan Mangan
82. “Kalimba Tree”—Earth, Wind & Fire
83. “The Shade of Poison Trees”—Dashboard Confessional
84. “I Talk to the Trees”—Chet Baker
85. “Tall Oak Tree”—Dorsey Brunette
86. “An Olive Tree”—Basia
87. “Chorus of Trees”—Hammock
88. “Apple Sucking Tree”—Bob Dylan
89. “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree”—KT Tunstall
90. “The Hanging Tree”—James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence
91. “The Cherry-Tree Carol”—Joan Baez
92. “Skeleton Tree”—Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
93. “The Tree”—Lori McKenna
94. “Lovin’ Don’t Grow on Trees”—Samantha Fox
95. “Mango Tree”—Angus & Julia Stone
96. “Pale Green Ghosts”—John Grant
97. “Under the Greenwood Tree”—Donovan
98. “Mighty Oak Tree”—Hank Williams Jr.
99. “Trees of Barcelona”—Superchunk
100. “Palm Trees, Helicopters and Gasoline”—Joe Bonamassa
Other Notable Songs With Trees in the Title
- “A Tree in the Park”—Sarah Vaughn
- “Fruit Tree”—Nick Drake
- “A Forest”—The Cure
- “The Lowest Trees Have Tops”—Sting
- “Money Trees”—Kendrick Lamar featuring Jay Rock
- “Tree Song”—Xylouris White
- “Battle of Trees”—Tori Amos
- “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”—Brenda Lee
- “A Thousand Trees”—Stereophonics
- “Cypress Tree”—The Black Crowes
- “Talking of the Trees (Sanctuary)”—Children of Bodom
- “Our Trees”—Tegan and Sara
- “Tree Song (Branch Out and Nourish My Veins)”—Amy Montgomery
- “Underneath the Mango Tree”—Monty Norman
- “Through the Trees”—Wildling
- “Coconut Tree”—Kenny Chesney with Willie Nelson
- “Monkey Tree”—Mother Mother
- “Trees”—Pitbull, Baby Bash and Angeldust
- “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow Tree”—Rosanne Cash
- “The Olive Tree”—Leon Rosselson
- “Shadow of the Pines”—The Innocence Mission
- “The Trees”—Pulp
- “As Long As There’s An Apple Tree”—Dionne Warwick
- “Lime Tree Arbour”—Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- “The Trees They Grow So High”—Sarah Brightman
- “Love Don’t Grow on Trees”—Johnny Burke
- “Song for the Trees”—Sounds Like Reign
- “The Giving Tree”—If These Trees Could Talk
- “All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands”—Sufjan Stevens
- “The Trees in Philadelphia”—Patti Page
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