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

Aogeba tōtoshi is a song sung at graduation ceremonies in Japan. It is usually in the key of D major, D or E-flat major, in 6/8 time, time. History The melody is often said to be based on a traditional Scottish folk music#Folk music, Scottish folk song of un ...

. *The Philippines: Triumphal March 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 * 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 released in 2009. *"Next In Line" by Afterimage * Through the Years, a 1981 song by Kenny Rogers * Goodbye to You by Michelle Branch, 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. *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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