100 Best Songs With Names of Flowers in the Title
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Flowers express a plethora of emotions. In many songs the names of flowers are used to convey a deep meaning. A number of singers and songwriters have used flower names to symbolically represent precious moments in relationships. Certain musicians in folk genres have showcased different aspects of purity and innocence with songs about flowers. The names of flowers in many rock songs, pop, songs, R&B songs, alternative songs, indie songs, and country songs, are used as metaphors to underline a broader concept.
What Do Flowers Symbolize in Songs?
Songs that have the name of a flower in their title may convey a diverse outlook on life experiences. While flowers are often used in lyrics to convey a feeling of passion and happiness, certain singers and songwriters have sensitively portrayed death and broken relationships, by depicting a change of season with withering flowers. Certain flower names are used in songs as a symbolic representation to highlight a significant event. In songs from different genres, flowers may symbolize
- Romance
- Passion
- Admiration
- Love
- Happiness
- Innocence
- Sadness
- Devotion
- Loyalty
- Joy
- Death
- Confidence
- Prosperity
- Loneliness
- Adoration
- Understanding
- Purity
- Rebirth
- Faith
- Wisdom
- Luck
- Emotion
- Paradise
- Integrity
- Strength
- Royalty
- Tranquility
The lines below showcase a diverse list of songs with flower names in their title. If you have a view, opinion, or song suggestion, feel free to blossom in the comments section.
Top 10 Best Songs With Names of Flowers in the Title
- “Sunflower”—Post Malone and Swae Lee
- “Desert Rose”—Sting
- “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”—Poison
- “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses”—Kathy Mattea
- “Morning Glory”—Oasis
- “Blue Orchid”—The White Stripes
- “Last of the English Roses”—Pete Doherty
- “Build Me up Buttercup”—The Foundations
- “Lotus Flower”—Radiohead
- “Hyacinth House”—The Doors
#11—20
11. “Daisies”—Katy Perry
12. “Forget Me Nots”—Patrice Rushen
13. “Edelweiss”—The Sound of Music (OST)
14. “Sugar Magnolia”—Grateful Dead
15. “Supermarket Flowers”—Ed Sheeran
16. “Kiss Form a Rose”—Seal
17. “Cherry Blossom Girl”—Air
18. “Monarchy of Roses”—Red Hot Chili Peppers
19. “Iris”—Goo Goo Dolls
20. “Flower”—Liz Phair
#21—40
21. “Dead Flowers”—The Rolling Stones
22. “For The Roses”—Joni Mitchell
23. “Sunflower”—Vampire Weekend
24. “Bed Of Roses”—Bon Jovi
25. “Mystery of a Blood Red Rose”—Avantasia
26. “New Rose”—The Damned
27. “Marigold”—Dave Grohl
28. “Roses Are Red (My Love)”—Bobby Vinton
29. “Lavender (Nightfall Remix)”—Snoop Dogg
30. “Bleeding the Orchid”—Smashing Pumpkins
31. “Amaryllis”—Shinedown
32. “Rose Of Sharyn”—Killswitch Engage
33. “Lilies”—Bat for Lashes
34. “Roses”—Saint Jhn
35. “Daisy Jane”—America
36. “Black Rose”—Thin Lizzy
37. “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden”—Lynn Anderson
38. “A Good Year for the Roses”—George Jones
39. “English Rose”—The Jam
40. “Lotus Flower Bomb”—Wale featuring Miguel
#41—60
41. “Wildflowers”—Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
42. “A Rose by Any Name”—Blondie
43. “Orange Blossom Special”—Johnny Cash
44. “Rose of Cimarron”—Poco
45. “Magnolia”—Playboi Carti
46. “Roses”—The Chainsmokers
47. “Pictures of Lily”—The Who
48. “Wallflower”—Bob Dylan
49. “Passionfruit”—Drake
50. “Roses”—The Cranberries
51. “The Rose”—Bette Midler
52. “Run for the Roses”—Dan Fogelberg
53. “Eighteen Yellow Roses”—Bobby Darin
54. “Black Rose”—Volbeat featuring Danko Jones
55. “Ramblin' Rose”—Nat King Cole
56. “Tulips”—Bloc Party
57. “Wildflower”—Skylark
58. “Roses for the Dead”—Funeral for a Friend
59. “Love Is A Rose”—Linda Ronstadt
60. “Roses from My Friends”—Ben Harper
#61—80
61. “Yankee Rose”—David Lee Roth
62. “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses”—The Jaynetts
63. “Flowers on the Wall”—The Statler Brothers
64. “Roses”—Benny Blanco and Juice Wrld featuring Brendon Urie
65. “Where the Wild Roses Grow”—Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds featuring Kylie Minogue
66. “Scarlet Begonias”—The Grateful Dead
67. “Wildflower”—5 Seconds of Summer
68. “The Truth Beneath the Rose”—Within Temptation
69. “Bramble Rose”—Tift Merritt
70. “Stoplight Roses”—Nick Lowe
71. “Black Roses Red”—Alana Grace
72. “Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose”—Tony Orlando and Dawn
73. “Psycho Daisies”—The Yardbirds
74. “San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)”—Scott McKenzie
75. “Black Water Lilies”—Aurora
76. “Dandelion”—The Rolling Stones
77. “Virginia Bluebell”—Miranda Lambert
78. “Mary Pickford (Used To Eat Roses)”—Katie Melua
79. “(Nothing But) Flowers”—Talking Heads
80. “London Pride”—Noel Coward
#81—100
81. “Rose Tattoo”—Dropkick Murphys
82. “Gold Roses”—Rick Ross featuring Drake
83. “Lavender”—Marillion
84. “Days of Wine and Roses”—Henry Mancini
85. “Flowers in the Rain”—The Move
86. “Blood Red Roses”—Rod Stewart
87. “La Vie en rose”—Edith Piaf
88. “Red Roses”—Lil Skies featuring Landon Cube
89. “Tulips from Amsterdam”—Max Bygraves
90. “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”—Neil Diamond
91. “Rosenrot”—Rammstein
92. “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies”—Doris Day
93. “Guns and Roses”—T.I. featuring Pink
94. “Roses”—Outkast
95. “Scarlet Fever”—Kenny Rogers
96. “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”—Pete Seeger
98. “Bread and Roses”—Judy Collins
98. “Throw Down the Roses”—Kate Pierson
99. “Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave)”—Roxette
100. “Carolina Rose”—Gloriana
Other Notable Songs With Flower Names in the Title
- “Lotus Intro”—Christina Aguilera
- “Bluebonnets (Julia’s Song)”—Aaron Watson
- “Daisy”—Zedd featuring Julia Michaels
- “Tulip”—Jesca Hoop
- “Like A Rose”—Ashley Monroe
- “Rose Garden”—Nick Jonas & the Administration
- “Lilac Wine”—Jeff Buckley
- “Daffodils”—Mark Ronson
- “Lilac Breeze”—Eels
- “Black Orchid”—Blue October
- “Like a Rose”—Meat Loaf
- “Roses”—Kaiser Chiefs
- “All Kinds of Roses”—Yusuf Islam
- “Honeysuckle Rose”—Fats Waller
- “Wildflower”—The Avalanches
- “Dandelion”—Tevin Campbell
- “Marigold”—Sugarplum Fairy
- “Day of The Sunflowers (We March On)”—Basement Jaxx featuring Yoko Ono
- “Buttercup”—Lucinda Williams
- “Furious Rose”—Lisa Loeb
- “Sandra's Rose”—Drake
- “Blue Roses”—Flyleaf
- “Dandelion”—Audioslave
- “Tulip Baroo”—Of Montreal
- “Daisy”—Kate Davis
- “Buttercup”—Brad
- “Pushing Up Daisies (Love Alive)”—Brothers Osborne
- “Lily the Pink”—The Scaffold
- “Yellow and Rose”—James Taylor
- “Flowers in Your Hair”—The Lumineers
- “Weed Instead Of Roses”—Ashley Monroe
- “Rose”—A Perfect Circle
- “A Dozen Roses and a Six-Pack”—Cole Swindell
- “When You Wore a Tulip”—Judy Garland and Gene Kelly
- “Tigerlily”—La Roux
- “Days of Wine and Roses”—Robin Gibb
- “Like A Daisy”—Superfood
- “River of Orchids”—XTC
- “Bring Me Edelweiss”—Edelweiss
- “Wild Roses”—Of Monsters and Men
- “It's Tulip Time in Holland (Two Lips are Calling Me)”—Richard A. Whiting
- “She's a Wildflower”—Lauren Alaina
- “A Rose for Emily”—The Zombies
- “Dandelions”—Ruth B.
- “Flowers Never Bend With the Rainfall”—Simon & Garfunkel
- “Rose of My Heart”—Bill Haley
- “China Cat Sunflower”—Grateful Dead
- “Black Flowers”—Chris Isaak
- “Through the Roses”—Future Islands
- “Put a Flower in Your Pocket”—The Arcs
- “Van Lear Rose”—Loretta Lynn
- “The Blackest Lily”—Corinne Bailey Rae
- “Marigold Conjunction”—Stackridge
- “Wildflowers”—Elle Fanning
- “Bluebells”—Rosa Rebecka
- “My Wild Irish Rose”—Chauncey Olcott
- “The Appleblossom Rag”—Josh Ritter
- “Roses”—Mary J. Blige
- “Dandelion”—Kacey Musgraves
- “If I Could Divide the Smell of Flowers”—Catman Cohen
- “Mother Rose”—Patti Smith
- “Black Rose”—Eliza Rickman
- “The Yellow Rose of Texas”—Mitch Miller
- “Daffodil Lament”—The Cranberries
- “65 Roses”—Lee J Collier
- “A Rose is Still a Rose”—Aretha Franklin
- “The Rose”—Westlife
- “Marigold”—Periphery
- “Beauty of the Rose”—The Gits
- “Daisy a Day”—Jud Strunk
- “Flowers of Romance”—Public Image Ltd.
- “Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris”—Hayley Williams
- “Tiger Lily”—Matchbook Romance
- “Rose of Sharon”—Mumford & Sons
- “Mind Flowers”—Ultimate Spinach
- “Tulip”—Augie March
- “When the Lavender Returns”—Catman Cohen
- “Ma Tiger Lily”—Arthur Collins
- “Daffodil”—Dan Mangan
- “Bluebell Song”—Mark Olsen
- “The Daffodil Song”—Philippa Hanna
- “In the Flowers”—Animal Collective
- “The Last Living Rose”—PJ Harvey
- “Daisy Lane”—Stereophonics
- “I’m a Lonely Little Petunia In An Onion Patch”—Imogen Heep
- “Marble Tulip Juicy Tree”—Ween
- “Goodbye Blood and Roses”—Malice Mizer
- “Roses”—Krept & Konan
- “(Listen to the) Flower People”—Spinal Tap
- “Bluebell”—Babes in Toyland
- “A Rose Has to Die”—Dooleys
- “Lotus Blossom”—Billy Strayhorn
- “Tiptoe Through the Tulips”—Tiny Tim
- “Ashes and Roses”—Mary Chapin Carpenter
- “Sunflower”—Lenny Kravitz
- “Tulips”—Christopher
- “Bluebells of Scotland”—John McDermott
- “Plastic Roses”—Jessica Sanchez
- “Flowers in the Window”—Travis
- “Roses for Mama”—C.W. McCall
- “Spinning in Daffodils”—Them Crooked Vultures
- “Tokyo Rose”—Idle Eyes
- “Buttercups”—Fran Healy
- “The Rose with the Broken Neck”—Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
- “Small Poppies”—Courtney Barnett
- “Run into Flowers”—M83
- “Bluebells”—Patrick Wolf
- “Tiger Lily”—The Bluetones
© 2020 Ansel Pereira
Comments
Umesh Chandra Bhatt from Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India on August 13, 2020:
Good compilation. Exhaustive.