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Songs about the sun and moon

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u/001Guy001 avatar

when you say "about" do you mean the song is actually about the sun/moon? or just mentioning them? :) (literally or figuratively)

these fit mostly for the 2nd case-

Stevie Wonder - Moon Blue

Westlife - Moon River (cover)

Gabrielle - Sunshine

Bruno Mars - Talking To The Moon

Darius - Girl In The Moon

LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight

Sara Bareilles - Send Me The Moon

Savage Garden - To The Moon & Back

Jennifer Paige - Here In The Sun

U2 - Staring At The Sun

Lighthouse Family - Ain't No Sunshine (cover)

The Beatles - I'll Follow The Sun

Travis - Walking In The Sun

The Stranglers - Always The Sun

Elkie Brooks - Sunshine After The Rain

Echo & the bunnymen - killing moon is the best

Donnie Darko intensifies

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the Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon

Phosphorescent - A Moon Behind The Clouds

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Distance Equals Rate Times Time - Pixies

“Oh Yeah” by Yello.

Jimmy Cliff Under the Sun, Moon, and Stars

Chuck Berry Havana Moon

How High the Moon Les Paul, Mary Ford

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Pink Floyd

Who Loves the Sun Velvet Underground

Spanish Moon Little Feat

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Sia - Moon Feist - My Moon My Man

Purple sun - cannons

Waiting for the sun - the doors

Big red sun blues - phosphorescent (I think)

.....and the moon; many songs by Tiger Army

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Neko Case, I wish I was the moon. Amazing song!

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The first song that comes to mind is The Beatles Here comes the Sun

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The Warning - Automatic Sun

Werewolf - Cat Power

pequeno cidadão - o sol e a lua

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Here Comes the Sun- the Beatles

Heart of the Sunrise- Yes

Moonshadow- Cat Stevens

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Solar System by The Microphones

The Moon by The Microphones

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andromeda by weyes blood

Earthshine Rush

Under a glass moon Dreamtheater

Bark at the moon Ozzy

Hard sun Eddie Vedder

Blachole sun Soundgarden

Sunshine Aluce in chains

Rush - Between Sun & Moon

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Adem - Love and Other Planets

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

Texas Sun - Khruangbin

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Brighter than the Sun-Colbie Caillat

Dancing in the Moonlight- King Harvest

Necropocalypse by Infant Annihilator.

"Between the Sun and the Moon, the Earth now bleeds."

Moondance - Van Morrison

Moonage Daydream - David Bowie

Moonlight Serenade - Ella Fitzgerald

sun and moon - anees

Sun and Moon - Miss Saigon

Sunshine on my Shoulders - John Denver

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Cobalt 60 - That Day

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Black Hole Sun, Soundgarden

Moon Baby, Godsmack

Stars, Sixx AM

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Among other things Jimmy Buffett was a sailor and knew celestial navigation. He wrote a lot of songs that involve sailing and navigating by stars. Or the stars and moon in general.

Desdemona's Building a Rocket Ship

Stars on the Water.

Jolly Mon Sing

Stars Fell on Alabama

Everlasting Moon

By Being With You - Cosmo Sheldrake

It's so sweet.

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Will Wood - Red Moon

Good stuff, indie rock/jazz that might be a love song (very difficult to interpret).

Muse - Starlight.

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Freezing moon -Mayhem

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Why iii love the moon - phony ppl

Black hole sun by soundgarden

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Here Comes The Sun, Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles, Waiting For The Sun - The Doors, Man On The Moon - REM

Linkin park - Place for my Head
Beatles - here comes the sun
ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
QotSA - My God is the Sun

To name a few

Joseph Arthur - Honey and the moon

Mr. Big - Promise her the moon

Foo Fighters - Cold day in the sun

Dave Grohl and Norah Jones - Virginia Moon

Dela - I know why the dog howls at the moon

Frank Sinatra - Fly me to the moon

Savage Garden - to the moon and back

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Josh Ritter - Right Moves

Belly - Low Red Moon and Full Moon, Empty Heart - both tracks from the awesome Star album.

There Was Sun, NBT

This isn't entirely about the Sun and Moon, but here's my recommendation:

Sonne - Rammstein - German & English Lyrics

The song is in German, but you can read the English lyrics as you listen.

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Reflection - Tool

Sun- any song by Oasis ;)

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Eclipse - Pink Floyd !

Lost in Space - Derivakat and Netrum

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Sun, moon, stars - Mos Def

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"Sun and Moon" from Miss Saigon

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Here Comes The Moon - George Harrison

The Sun Whose Rays are all Ablaze by G&S

https://youtu.be/icgbv0yWdX0?si=ttlChRsA-d3Kz0TW

Jayhawks waiting for the sun

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Hey Moon! - Molly Nilsson

pink moon - nick drake

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Dual Lipa's song before she was known. It's called be the one. I like it.

moon & the sky - SADE

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Swim to the moon and sun of nothing by btbam

Buckethead has a good handful of instrumentals with sun or moon in the title.

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

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  • The Moon Song by Karen O

  • Full Moon Reggae Party by Tigercats

  • Hollow Moon by AWOLNATION

  • Violent Sun by Everything Everything

  • When the Sun goes down by The Outdoor Type

  • Kill the Sun by Motherfolk

Over the moon - The Marias

The Moon Will Sing by The Crane Wives! One of my fav songs <3

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Eclipse - Pink Floyd

Space - Grateful Dead (instrumental)

Depeche Mode - The Sun and the Moon and the Stars

Sun Kil Moon - Gentle Moon

Neil Young - Harvest Moon

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

King Crimson - Moonchild

Sun and Moon - Anees

Mr. Sun Mr. Moon Paul revair and the raiders

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Pink Moon - Nick Drake 

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