100 Best End-of-Year Playlist Songs

Here we are in the final stretch of the school year, and it’s time to celebrate! If you’re looking for the perfect last day of school songs, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re looking for the perfect graduation song, a last day dance party song, or just a tune that’ll capture the right end-of-year moment, this playlist is for you.

We know that every classroom is different. As always, please be sure to review these school’s-out summer songs before sharing them with students to ensure they are appropriate for the learning environment you’ve created.

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We’ve partnered with popular Instagram music teacher Dana Kemp (@music.with.mrsk) to bring you this top 10 list of amazing, teacher-recommended songs for your last day of school playlist. Be sure to follow her on Instagram for more music teacher fun!

1. Risk It All by Bruno Mars

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song encourages taking chances and making the most of opportunities, doing anything and everything for people you care about. ‘It’s crazy, but it’s true / There’s nothing I won’t do / I’d risk it all for you.’”

2. Golden by Huntrix from KPop Demon Hunters

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song celebrates personal breakthroughs and highlights feeling confident, free, and full of energy. ‘We’re going up, up, up / It’s our moment.’”

3. Opalite by Taylor Swift

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song highlights resilience and growth, showing how you can push through challenges and learn to create your own light. ‘You had to make your own sunshine, but now the sky is opalite.’”

4. Good Feelings by Ayra Starr and Coldplay

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song focuses on the positivity, joy, and carefree vibe of the end of the school year. ‘All the good, good feelings, don’t ever let them go.’”

5. Whatever by Walk off the Earth

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song highlights friendships and going with the flow, enjoying time together with the people who are important to you, no matter what you are doing. ‘Whatever you want to do / down for whatever as long as I’m here with you.’”

6. You’re On Your Own, Kid by Taylor Swift

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song acknowledges personal growth and independence, reflecting the growth and independence students gain by the end of the school year as they become more confident in who they are. ‘So, make the friendship bracelets, take the moment and taste it.’”

7. Don’t Lose Sight by Lawrence

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song encourages staying true to yourself and your goals as one chapter ends and another begins, never losing sight of your future and goals. ‘This life will get you down, but I keep living. So I tell myself when I sleep at night, don’t lose sight, baby don’t lose sight.’”

8. Bang! by AJR

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song captures the feeling of leaving one stage of life with energy and optimism and moving into the next one with a fresh, enthusiastic start. ‘Come hang, let’s go out with a bang!’”

9. Best Day of My Life by American Authors

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song expresses pure joy and celebration of one of the biggest days in one’s life, feeling the excitement and accomplishment of another school year. ‘This is gonna be the best day of my life.’”

10. I Lived by OneRepublic

Why Mrs. K loves it: “This song emphasizes making the most of every moment that life gives you, as students reflect on fully experiencing, learning, and growing through the year. ‘I owned every second that this world could give.’”