28 Songs About Fall

1. “Early Autumn” – Ella Fitzgerald

Lyric Sample: “Let’s never have to share another early autumn.”

This jazz standard is about a relationship that has run through its “seasons,” and the narrator hopes that they have a chance to start over without ever reaching “autumn” again.

2. “Autumn Leaves” – Nat King Cole

Lyric Sample: “The falling leaves drift by the window, the autumn leaves of red and gold.”

Similar to “Early Autumn,” “Autumn Leaves” is a jazz tune that compares the end of a relationship to the changing seasons.

3. “Harvest Moon” – Neil Young

Lyric Sample: “Because I’m still in love with you, on this harvest moon.”

This ’90s classic is about a great, long relationship, with Young asking his partner to dance with him under the moon just like they did decades earlier.

Related: “Harvest Moon” Song Meaning

4. “Autumn in New York” – Billie Holiday

Lyric Sample: “Lovers that bless the dark on benches in Central Park greet autumn in New York.”

This jazz standard is about the city’s mood when the leaves change, with glittering crowds and graying towers making the season feel like the most alive and the most fleeting time of year there.

5. “All Too Well” – Taylor Swift

Lyric Sample: “Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place.”

Swift sings about fall images like leaves and a lost scarf to show how memories stick around after a breakup. The song is about how those moments connect to feelings that last long after the season ends.

6. “Forever Autumn” – Justin Hayward

Lyric Sample: “Just as the trees are turning, forever autumn.”

“Forever Autumn” is about heartbreak that has become the default setting, with the narrator unable to feel any happiness because the one who gave it to him is gone.

7. “Autumn” – The Edgar Winter Group

Lyric Sample: “Autumn, the wind blows colder than summer.”

This ’70s track is about loss and change as the season shifts from summer to fall, and feeling stuck while dealing with a lost love.

8. “Back to Autumn” – Tall Heights

Lyric Sample: “Bring me back to autumn or lead me on to May.”

This 2025 folk song is about losing a father and the grief of being left to take over a role you don’t feel ready for.

9. “Harvest Time” – Luke Bryan

Lyric Sample: “It’s harvest time in this little town, time to bring it on in, pay the loans down.”

One of the best country songs about fall, “Harvest Time” is about small-town traditions and hard work. Bryan ties the season to family, faith, and putting in the hours.

10. “Autumn Love” – Death Cab for Cutie

Lyric Sample: “This autumn love is not enough.”

“Autumn Love” is about the dissatisfaction of a relationship that is fine but not good enough, and then choosing to let go of direction entirely rather than keep settling.

11. “Maple Leaves” – Jens Lekman

Lyric Sample: “And when she talked about the fall, I thought she talked about the season.”

Set in autumn in Sweden, Lekman’s 2005 indie pop song is about constant misunderstandings in a relationship, and feeling like it’s nearing its end.

12. “Autumn Serenade” – John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman

Lyric Sample: “Through the trees comes autumn with her serenade.”

This jazz collaboration is about a man remembering a romance that played out during a past autumn, and that he thinks about each time the leaves begin to fall.

13. “Changing of the Seasons” – Two Door Cinema Club

Lyric Sample: “Could be the changing of the seasons, but I don’t love you anymore.”

This 2012 indie rock song is about how time has allowed the narrator to finally get over their ex.

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14. “Autumn Tactics” – Chicane

Lyric Sample: “The hiding sun, like the hiding sun, feels like it’s just begun.”

“Autumn Tactics” is a dance song that is more literal than most of the other songs on this list. It’s about the transition from summer to autumn and the sense that winter is already on its way

15. “This Is What Autumn Feels Like” – JVKE

Lyric Sample: “When the seasons change, you won’t feel the same at all.”

JVKE’s 2023 song is from the perspective of someone who believes that love never lasts and that the “summer” of a relationship always leads to the “fall.”

16. “Autumn” – Paolo Nutini

Lyric Sample: “Autumn leaves are fading now, that smile I lost, well I’ve found somehow.”

Nutini’s piano ballad is set during the fall, but it’s really a tribute to his grandfather, who died when he was 12.

17. “Golden Autumn Day” – Van Morrison

Lyric Sample: “And I’m taking in the Indian summer, and I’m soaking it up in my mind.”

Morrison’s 1999 tune is about a fall day that started nice but ended with a mugging, and now he’s wishing he could take justice into his own hands.

18. “Autumn Almanac” – The Kinks

Lyric Sample: “I like my football on a Saturday, roast beef on Sunday’s all right.”

This 1960s pop-rock track celebrates autumn’s pleasures from an Englishman’s perspective, including the cabbages, the leaves to rake, and the fireside to come home to. It’s one of the most cheerful songs about the season ever recorded.

19. “Autumn Town Leaves” – Iron & Wine

Lyric Sample: “In this autumn town where the lights can change, some get mercy and some get blame.”

This 2018 folk song is about the randomness of how lives turn out. The narrator’s only goal is to see a specific person each morning.

20. “When Fall Comes to New England” – Cheryl Wheeler

Lyric Sample: “The nights are sharp with starlight, and the days are cool and clean.”

Wheeler’s 1988 song describes the colorful leaves and cool air of fall in the Northeast. It’s a love letter to the region and the season.

21. “Autumn Goodbye” – Britney Spears

Lyric Sample: “But summer love will keep us warm long after our autumn goodbye.”

In this ’90s pop track, Spears looks at a love that fades as the season changes from summer to fall. It’s about holding onto memories even after a breakup.

22. “Harvest Fair” – Summer Salt

Lyric Sample: “If she wants I will meet her there, at the parade or the harvest fair.”

“Harvest Fair” is an indie song that mixes small-town fall traditions with a story about a man promising to do better if he ever gets a second chance with his ex.

23. “Autumn’s Not That Cold” – Lorrie Morgan

Lyric Sample: “Guess I’m just not that lonesome and autumn’s not that cold.”

Morgan’s 1995 country song is about her discovering that a breakup she thought would break her has left her more intact than she expected.

24. “Autumnsong” – Manic Street Preachers

Lyric Sample: “So when you hear this autumn song, clear your heads and get ready to run.”

“Autumnsong” is a 2000s rock tune about shaking off old feelings and getting ready for change.

25. “Autumn Changes” – Donna Summer

Lyric Sample: “Autumn changes, shiftin’ phases, autumn changes, turnin’ stages.”

This disco song is about a relationship that is coming to an end while one person refuses to give up on it, still hoping something can keep them together.

26. “Just Like Autumn” – The Tuesday Crew

Lyric Sample: “Just a season, we both know ground is waiting, air below.”

This 2018 indie song is about falling in love during autumn while knowing the relationship might not outlast the season.

27. “Stick Season” – Noah Kahan

Lyric Sample: “And I love Vermont, but it’s the season of the sticks.”

Kahan’s 2022 hit is about a breakup that leaves him stuck in Vermont during autumn with nowhere to go and nothing working to dull the pain.

Related: “Stick Season” Song Meaning

28. “The Autumn Waltz” – Tony Bennett

Lyric Sample: “The wind dries the leaves, but my eyes stay wet.”

This classic is about a man who fell in love at an autumn harvest dance and still hasn’t gotten over the person he met there.