This is a list of songs that are typically played during

graduation Graduation is the awarding of a diploma to a student by an educational institution. It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day. The graduation ceremony is a ...

ceremonies. An example is the song "A Million Dreams" a song made by Artists: Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, Ziv Zaifman.

Popular traditional graduation songs by country or region

*Europe: Gaudeamus Igitur *Latin America:

Triumphal March A triumphal march is a musical form generally reflecting a triumph, victory or great joy. Many composers have written a triumphal march, with maybe the best known one being by Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi for his 1871 grand opera, ''Aida ...

from Aida *Japan: Hotaru no hikari (Uses the same tune as "Auld Lang Syne)." *Japan: Aogeba tōtoshi. *The Philippines:

from Aida, Pomp and Circumstance Marches *Taiwan:

Auld Lang Syne "Auld Lang Syne" (: note "s" rather than "z") is a popular song, particularly in the English-speaking world. Traditionally, it is sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. By extension, it is also often ...

*US and Canada: Pomp and Circumstance Marches *Sweden:

Den blomstertid nu kommer Den blomstertid nu kommer (literally: ''Now the time of blossoming arrives'', Suvivirsi in Finnish) is a Swedish summertime hymn, traditionally credited to Israel Kolmodin after walking at Hångers källa outside Visby. It was first published in ...

, I denna ljuva sommartid, Studentsången *Arab World: “Wehayat Albi” by Abdel Halim Hafez

Modern (20th century or later) graduation songs

Graduation (Friends Forever) "Graduation (Friends Forever)" (also titled "Friends Forever (Graduation)") is a song by American pop singer Vitamin C, released as the third single from her self-titled debut studio album (1999). Vitamin C wrote the song as a response to how ...

, a song by

Vitamin C Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits and vegetables, also sold as a dietary supplement and as a topical 'serum' ingredient to treat melasma (dark pigment spots) an ...

* Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) by Green Day *

10nen Sakura is the 11th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on March 4, 2009. It's a school graduation song. The single peaked at number 3 in the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart. 10 years after the song was released, as well as the same day ...

, a song by the Japanese idol group

AKB48 AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...

released in 2009. *"Next In Line" by Afterimage * Through the Years, a 1981 song by

Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted mo ...

* Goodbye to You by

Michelle Branch Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums: ''The Spirit Room'' and '' Hotel Paper.'' She won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Co ...

, released in 2002 *"The Whispering Wind" (earlier billed as "Whistling Wind"), "The Last Rose", and "All Those Years Ago" by Michael Flatley, released in 1998, 2005, and 2011 *Santorini by Yanni *”When We Were Friends” a song by Adam Fecht and Elizabeth Swearingen released in 2018 has received over 500,000 hits on YouTube. * Unwritten, a song by

Natasha Bedingfield Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a British singer and songwriter. Bedingfield released her debut album, '' Unwritten'', in 2004, which contained primarily up-tempo pop songs and was influenced by R&B music. It enjoyed intern ...

. *Я смотрю на них by Tarakany! *

Giovinezza (graduation song) Il commiato (''The farewell''), known by its refrain as Giovinezza (''Youth'') is an Italian song that is part of the repertoire of goliardic hymns of Italian universities. In vogue in the early twentieth century, the extemporaneous work of ...

, 1909 Italian student hymn

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