August doesn’t get as many songs as June or July, but the ones it gets tend to be tied to a date, a moment, or a feeling that comes from that particular stretch of late summer. I didn’t have a huge list of August songs to choose from, unfortunately, but I still found some good ones.
Be sure to check out the Songs About August Playlist at the bottom of this page.
Best Songs About August
1. “August 30th” – Delirious?
Lyric Sample: “Thank you for the chance to live again, I will run always for you.”
Martin Smith wrote this ’90s worship song after he and bassist Jon Thatcher survived a near-fatal car accident on August 30th, 1995. It’s a thank-you to God for the chance to keep living.
2. “August” – Taylor Swift
Lyric Sample: “August slipped away into a moment in time, ’cause it was never mine.”
Swift’s 2020 song is about a summer fling told from the perspective of the person who wanted more than the other did, looking back at an August that meant everything to her and probably not much to him.
Related: Best Songs with Months in the Title
3. “Cold Wind in August” – Van Morrison
Lyric Sample: “It was a cold wind in August, shivers up and down my spine.”
This 1977 song is about a man standing outside a woman’s home, overwhelmed by how badly he wants her and unable to walk away.
4. “The First Day in August” – Carole King
Lyric Sample: “On the first day in August, I want to wake up by your side.”
King’s 1972 folk pop song is about wanting to spend a full day and night with someone, from waking up together to falling asleep by the fire when it’s over.
5. “August October” – Robin Gibb
Lyric Sample: “In August, October, the grass grew, the sky was blue, and I want you.”
This 1970 pop song is about a man looking back at a love that filled different months of his life, and he’s now sitting alone and watching the world carry on without the person who made those months matter.
6. “August 7, 4:15” – Bon Jovi
Lyric Sample: “Tell me it was just a dream, August 7, 4:15.”
This ’90s rock song is about the murder of a six-year-old girl in Texas on August 7th, told from the perspective of a neighborhood shattered by what happened.
7. “Stuck in the August Rain” – Jethro Tull
Lyric Sample: “Out in the cloudburst once again.”
Jethro Tull’s 1995 prog rock song is about a man trapped in depression, unable to shake it even with someone caring for him right beside him.
8. “August 10” – Khruangbin
Instrumental track
There are no words in Khruangbin’s 2018 track, but it is an excellent funky rock tune that many fans play every time August 10 rolls around.
9. “August Moon” – Sara Bareilles
Lyric Sample: “Her eyes, they shine on you, while I stay under the August moon.”
This 2008 folk-pop ballad is about showing up unannounced and finding out in the worst possible way that the person you came to see has already moved on to someone new.
Related: Songs About the Moon
10. “33rd of August” – David Allan Coe
Lyric Sample: “It’s the 33rd of August, Lord, and I’m finally coming down.”
This 1974 country song uses a nonexistent date to describe a man emerging from the darkest stretch of his life.
11. “August” – Rilo Kiley
Lyric Sample: “August, I’ll see you soon, under yellow moons.”
This 2001 indie rock tune is about someone who betrayed the narrator’s trust, but she holds on to the hope that someday things will finally make sense.
12. “August Day” – Hall & Oates
Lyric Sample: “And the sky colored heavy gray, August Day.”
“August Day” is a slow pop rock song about not being able to tell someone you care about how you really feel about them.
13. “August 8th” – NOFX
Lyric Sample: “August 8th is a beautiful day, I see a bunch of hippies crying.”
The 1996 punk song is NOFX’s oddly cheerful eulogy for Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia. Songwriter Fat Mike actually got the date wrong (Garcia died on the 9th), but now it’s a song punk fans return to every August 8th.
Conclusion
While August isn’t the most popular month for songs, it’s probably the month with the most songs about exact dates. August apparently leaves a mark.
Check out more of our Songs About the Months of the Year lists!
