Earth Day: 20 epic songs with nature in their titles
22 April 2024, 9:22 | Updated: 22 April 2024, 13:47
It's Earth Day every 22nd April, so here's a score of big tunes that mention nature, the weather and good old Mother Earth.
Earth Day is celebrated annually on 22nf April and 2024 is no different.
The global movement, which was first held on the same day in 1970, has grown to include a wide range of events across the globe organised by earthday.org with the aim of protecting the environment.
Find out more about Earth Day and get our playlist of epic tracks with nature in their titles, - which evoke weather, the changing seasons or the elements - here.
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What is Earth Day and why do we celebrate it every year?
Earth Day takes place on 22nd April every year and is a global event which aims to demonstrate support for environmental protection. The date also marks the anniversary of the modern environmental movement in 1970.
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The Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow
A rainbow is light refracted through raindrops - and a metaphor for Mick and Keith's mystical muse.
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Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
Any landform that extends above its surrounding terrain is fame for Kate Bush, it would seem.
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Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down
Wind, thunder, lightning and even rain and hail can all contribute to whipping up a storm. And, let's not forget there really was a Storm Brian, back in October 2017.
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The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds
A painting by John Lennon's young son Julian showed his schoolfriend Lucy floating in the celestial sphere.
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Royal Blood - Typhoons
The Brighton duo sang about the fearsome tropical cyclone that is a typhoon.
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Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
They may only be fake and plastic, but where would we be without trees?
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Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Chris Cornell gives you two astronomical phenomena in one song: the collapse of gravity that forms the black hole, plus the centre of our solar system, the sun.
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The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
George Harrison paid tribute to the arrival of Spring in this classic Beatles tune, from their Abbey Road album.
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Weezer - Islands In The Sun
The nerd-rock band looked forward to the summertime in this track from their 2001 "Green" album.
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Kings of Leon - Stormy Weather
The Followill clan prepared to batten down the hatches on this 2021 tune.
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Feeder - Seven Days In The Sun
Feeder have both hemispheres covered as their line-up consists of Grant Nicholas (from Newport in Wales) and Taka Hirose (from Mizuho in Japan).
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Haim - Summer Girl
The Haim sisters know all about being summer girls, as they hail from the San Fernando Valley in California.
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Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind
Dylan's ground-breaking topical folk song about the wind of change in the 1960s.
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Prince - Purple Rain
Prince's metaphorical downpour is one of the greatest rock ballads of all time.
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David Bowie - Wild Is The Wind
Bowie covers the title song to a 1957 song about a Nevada rancher (who probably knew a thing or two about hurricanes).
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Nick Drake - From The Morning
The late, great English singer-songwriter's moving ode to the early hours.
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Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
The Seattle band's beautiful memory of the harshness and beauty of winter.
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Manic Street Preachers - Tsunami
The Welsh trio's song uses the metaphor of a series of huge waves caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
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Neil Young - Like A Hurricane
One of the Godfather of Grunge's best-known - and most-covered - songs.
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Guns N'Roses - November Rain
Yes, Novemeber IS a rainy month, isn't it?
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