14 Songs About Memories and Good Times
Every day we form memories as we experience life and as we get older we may want to spend some time to just take a moment and remember the good times we experienced. Here are some songs that speak about memories and good times:
1. Alan Jackson – Remember When
In the track, Alan Jackson looks back at different times in his relationship with his wife. He starts out when they were both young and were each other’s firsts. They got married and as they lived together they realized that in life there are ups and downs. They have experienced the loss of loved ones and the birth of new life. They share three daughters who filled their life with joy and purpose.
Alan and his wife vowed to each other that they will be together forever no matter what. At some point in their marriage, the two separated due to infidelity but they reconciled a few months later.
2. Halsey & Khalid – Eastside
The song shares memories of two people who fell in love when they were kids. They started dating when they were teenagers and had planned to move in together and have a family. Now they are adults with the pressure to take life more seriously and things are just different. They look back at the good old days when they were young.
The music video of the song is an intimate introduction to Halsey and Benny’s life. It contains a home-video material about their childhood with descriptions of what happened at different times over the years.
3. Macklemore feat Kesha – Good Old Days
Macklemore sings about making the most of life so years later you don’t end up dwelling on past experiences with regret but rather with joy that you experienced it all. One of his regrets, when he was young, is overindulging in drinking. Between 2005 and 2008 his career almost ended due to alcohol addiction. He spent most of his twenties trying to combat his addictions.
Kesha sings about valuing experiences as you’re experiencing them so that years later you aren’t dwelling on them and wishing you had made different choices to take advantage of a situation better.
4. Adele – When We Were Young
This is the second single from her album 25 and was her favorite in the collection. In an interview with The Spectrum, Adele stated that the setting of the track is a party with old friends and acquaintances. At that point, you are all like in your 50s but it doesn’t matter since you are having so much fun and you feel like you are 15 again.
Lyrically Adele expresses her sudden flood of memories of back when she was much younger.
5. Ed Sheeran – Photograph
This is the 5th radio single from X. He wrote the song about his ex-girlfriend Nina Nesbitt. It talks about trying to preserve their love in a picture so that it will remain with them forever.
The music video of the song is composed of a number of home videos of Ed Sheeran and his family from the time he was born, followed by different moments in his childhood till he turns to a teenager and finally his early adulthood before the launch of his music career.
6. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill
Ed Sheeran stated that it is a love song for Suffolk. He grew up in the hills of Framilingham, a market town located in Suffolk. In the song, he shares memories of different times while growing up there. Due to his massive success in the music industry, he has not gotten the chance to live in a place with such roaring fields hence he really misses the place.
Ed shares memories of smoking hand-rolled cigarettes while he was a teenager and running away from the police after being busted engaging in underage drinking with his friends. Once they grew up they all took different paths in life however, they are still a core pillar in Ed Sheeran’s life and he refers to them as the people that raised him.
7. T.I – Memories Back Then
The three artists share different memories of the different girls they used to know at specific stages in their lives. TI sings about how he dated a bad girl while still in school. The two engaged in cutting classes, trying out different drugs and she would buy her different expensive gifts.
BOB raps about a girl he dated when he was just beginning his musical career when he was around 17 years old and didn’t even have a driver’s license. He used to suspect him of cheating but didn’t leave him. One night BOB drank too much and had unprotected sex with a random girl. She got pregnant and decided to keep it. This was it for his girlfriend so she decided to leave. BOB later discovered the baby wasn’t even his.
Kendrick Lamar raps about a girl who rejected him because he was broke. Years later he gained massive success and he met her with three kids from different men.
8. Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
This is the sixth and final single for the group before their initial disbandment in 2013. The main topic of the song is childhood innocence and its loss. The singer states that his childhood and teenage years were some of the best times in his life. Life as an adult is just tougher. He also adds that if things are meant to be they will find a way.
John Martin stated that the song came about when they were in Michael’s studio hangovered. They were getting to know each other at the time and were having a discussion about their relationship with their dads.
9. Lady Gaga – Always Remember Us This Way
This is the 8th track on the A Star is Born album. It was nominated for ‘Song of The Year’ for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. In the film, Ally performs solo in front of a crowd.
Lady Gaga sings about cherishing the memories of her partner after they say goodbye.
10. Maroon 5 – Memories
Adam looks back at the past memories he has shared with people who are no longer with him. He states that at one point or another in someone’s life we all experience sorrow and encourages us to push on ahead and still remember those times when we enjoyed with them.
Adam dedicated the song to anyone who has ever experienced loss. The song peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 chart.
11. Alan Jackson – Drive
Alan Jackson shares some of the precious memories he shared with his father when he was a young boy. His father owned a boat and he used to let him drive it and this made him feel amazing. He then shared how his father taught him to drive his Ford truck that had a dent on the door. He is now creating similar memories with his daughters teaching them how to drive.
12. Alan Jackson – Precious Memories
Alan sings about memories of his parents and scenes from his childhood home. They often flood his mind from time to time especially late at night.
13. Miranda Lambert – The House That Built Me
The track is from her third studio album, Revolution which was released in 2009. Miranda goes back to her childhood home and meets someone else already living there. She starts telling them the memories she has created in different parts of the house and how the house helped shape her into the person she is today. She went back to try and find herself.
The music video shares different home videos together with her parents and siblings doing different things in different parts of the house.
14. Taylor Swift – All Too Well
In this song, we see Taylor Swift picking up shards of memories after undergoing a break up. She takes her listeners through a journey of some of the best and worst memories with her ex.
Many believe that the inspiration for this song is her relationship with actor Jack Gyllenhaal.