The Great American Solar Eclipse is Monday, Aug. 21. Our news partners at WUSA have compiled their favorite eclipse and celestial-themed songs to play at your eclipse watch party.
Here are our Top 9 Must-Haves:
1. Total Eclipse Of The Heart – Bonnie Tyler
2. Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles
4. Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
5. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me – George Michael & Elton John
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6. Blue Moon -- Billie Holiday
7. Starman – David Bowie
8. Eclipse – Pink Floyd
9. Sky Full of Stars – Coldplay
We are a newsroom that loves music and start with a "song of the day" at the beginning of our morning editorial meetings. If you love music as much as us, nine songs probably aren't enough for your Eclipse Party Playlist. Here are our other favorites that missed the cut, but you should still consider adding to your list:
You Are My Sunshine – Johnny Cash
You Are My Sunshine – Cat Stevens / Yusef Islam’s Version
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
Mr. Blue Sky – ELO
When The Night Comes – Joe Cocker
Life On Mars – David Bowie
Rocket Man – Elton John
Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden
Moondance – Van Morrison
A Place In The Sun – Stevie Wonder
Walking On Sunshine – Katrina And The Waves
Sunshine Of Your Love – Cream
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Under The Cover Of Darkness – The Strokes
No Sunlight – Death Cab For Cutie
Blinded By The Light – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band
How To Disappear Completely – Radiohead
Some Kind Of Wonderful – Joss Stone
December 1963 (Oh What A Night) – Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons
Sound Of Silence – Simon And Garfunkle
Day And Night – Kid Cudi
Dancing In The Dark – Bruce Springsteen
Dancing In The Moonlight – King Harvest
You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
When Day Met Night – Panic At The Disco
Stars – the xx
Sun – Concrete Blonde
Sun – Cat Power
Hard Sun – Eddie Vedder
Follow The Sun – Xavier Rudd
2001 – Deodato
New Moon Monday – Duran Duran
Blister In The Sun – Violent Femmes
Walking On The Sun – Smash Mouth
Dark Night – Green River Ordinance
Total Eclipse – Iron Maiden
All Night Long – Lionel Ritchie
Let The Sunshine In – HAIR
Steal My Sunshine – Len
Solar Eclipses – Hollywood Principles Featuring Dr. Awkward
