50 Best Farewell Party Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Best Songs for Farewell Parties on Instagram Reels and Stories

There’s a strange type of energy that hangs in the air when a farewell party kicks off. People are trying to act casual, passing drinks around or laughing too loud, but everyone knows the night has an expiration date. It’s not exactly sad and not exactly celebratory, but it hovers somewhere between nostalgia and chaos. The right track hits and suddenly the whole room feels like it’s on pause for a second, caught between clinking glasses and people pretending they’re not already missing each other.

Nobody coasts through a farewell like it’s easy. It’s messy hugs, awkward toasts, too many phone cameras flashing in faces that already look tired. And somewhere in the noise, a track slips in that holds all of it together. Some songs are literal goodbyes, others aren’t even close, yet they fit because they tap into that blur of endings and beginnings. It might be a slow burn ballad or a bass-heavy track that makes the floor shake, and both work because farewell nights never stick to one mood.

These are the tracks that give a party its backbone, the ones that get replayed in reels and stories the next morning when everyone’s scrolling through the night like proof it happened. They pull from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, each one carrying a different shade of the chaos. Some are tear-streaked, some wild enough to drown out the feelings, but every one of them earns its place in the soundtrack of leaving. Here are the best farewell party songs for Instagram reels and stories.

1. 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)' by Green Day

2. 'See You Again' by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth

3. 'Memories' by Maroon 5

4. 'Closing Time' by Semisonic

5. 'Don't Stop Believin'' by Journey

6. 'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston

7. 'Yaaron' by KK

8. 'Unwritten' by Natasha Bedingfield

9. 'Count on Me' by Bruno Mars

10. 'The Climb' by Miley Cyrus

11. 'Goodbye My Friend' by The Carpenters

12. 'Forever Young' by Alphaville

13. 'Long Live' by Taylor Swift

14. 'Bye Bye Bye' by NSYNC

15. 'With a Little Help from My Friends' by The Beatles

16. 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams

17. 'You've Got a Friend in Me' by Randy Newman

18. 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack

19. 'How Am I Supposed to Live Without You' by Michael Bolton

20. 'Here's to the Night' by Eve 6

21. 'Hero' by Enrique Iglesias

22. 'Lean on Me' by Bill Withers

23. 'I'll Be There for You' by The Rembrandts

24. 'Aanewala Pal' by Kishore Kumar

25. 'Goodbye Stranger' by Supertramp

26. 'Photograph' by Ed Sheeran

27. 'History' by One Direction

28. 'Already Gone' by Kelly Clarkson

29. 'Stand by Me' by Ben E. King

30. 'Someone Like You' by Adele

31. 'Graduation (Friends Forever)' by Vitamin C

32. 'We Are Young' by Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe

33. 'It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday' by Boyz II Men

34. 'Tera Yaar Hoon Main' by Arijit Singh

35. 'Hello, Goodbye' by The Beatles

36. 'Firework' by Katy Perry

37. 'So Long, Farewell' by Rodgers & Hammerstein

38. 'Channa Mereya' by Arijit Singh

39. 'Pyaar Ke Pal' by KK

40. 'The Last Goodbye' by The Kills

41. 'You Say It's Over' by The Miracles

42. 'Goodbye' by Night Ranger

43. 'Goodbye' by Bo Burnham

44. 'The Party's Over' by The Sundays

45. 'Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana' by Kishore Kumar

46. 'I'll Be Missing You' by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans

47. 'With or Without You' by U2

48. 'We Are The Champions' by Queen

49. 'My Way' by Frank Sinatra

50. 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' by Elton John