March is a month that can’t make up its mind. It’s cold one day, warm the next, and depending on where you live, it might bring snow, rain, or the first real hint of spring. It’s also the month of St. Patrick’s Day, March Madness, and that restless feeling that winter might finally be done. Songwriters have picked up on all of it.
Be sure to listen to the Songs About March Playlist at the bottom of this page.
Great Songs About March
1. “St. Patrick’s Day” – John Mayer
Lyric Sample: “February, won’t you be my Valentine? And we’ll both be safe ’til St. Patrick’s Day.”
Mayer’s 2001 track follows a relationship through the winter months, with the couple quietly agreeing (without saying it outright) that St. Patrick’s Day is probably where things will end.
2. “The Fifth Day of March” – Novembers Doom
Lyric Sample: “I’ve lived the darkest day, on that fifth day of March.”
This 2009 metal track is a grief song written around a specific date, following someone trying to process the loss of a person who was a steady, guiding presence in their life.
3. “March Madness” – Future
Lyric Sample: “Dirty soda in a Styrofoam, spend a day to get my mind blown.”
Future borrows the tournament phrase as a passing comparison to the high-speed, high-stakes lifestyle he’s describing, covering everything from fast cars to street paranoia to police violence.
4. “Winds of March” – Journey
Lyric Sample: “You are my child, you came like the winds of March, with all the love in your eyes.”
“Winds of March” is a parent’s song to a child, comparing the arrival of the baby to the winds of March sweeping in.
5. “March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away” – The Carter Family
Lyric Sample: “Low down foreman, dirty engineer, stole my gal, left me standing here.”
This 1935 folk-country track is about heartbreak and patience, with the March wind standing in for the hope that hard times will eventually pass.
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6. “Melancholy March” – Julie London
Lyric Sample: “Melancholy March, your clouds are crying, your trees are sighing as though they’ll die.”
This 1956 jazz track personifies March as a month stuck between seasons with no real home in either winter or spring, and sees something of itself in the singer’s sadness.
7. “Leprechaun Promenade” – Dixie Dregs
Written in 1976, “Leprechaun Promenade” is a jazz-rock instrumental piece with a St. Patrick’s Day theme.
8. “(March 19th 1983) It Was Probably Green” – Carissa’s Wierd
Lyric Sample: “After the snow you can finally see, if you could be the trees I would be your leaves.”
This 2002 indie folk song is about the death of a young girl, written from the perspective of people who loved her and decided after she was gone that her favorite color was probably green.
9. “March Winds and April Showers” – Ruth Etting
Lyric Sample: “March winds and April showers, make way for sweet May flowers.”
Etting’s 1935 blues track uses the transition from March into spring to represent romantic optimism, with the changing season standing in for love coming into bloom.
10. “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” – Dropkick Murphys
Lyric Sample: “I’m shipping off to Boston, to find my wooden leg.”
This classic Celtic punk track, based on a Woody Guthrie poem, follows a one-legged sailor heading to Boston to find his missing leg. It’s become a St. Patrick’s Day staple.
Conclusion
March doesn’t get as much attention as some other months in music, but there are some great tunes about it. Whether it’s grief, new love, or just the feeling of a season changing, there’s something about a month that can’t quite commit to a season that feels worth writing about..
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