50 Best Meadow Picnic Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Picnic Songs for Instagram Stories and Reels
There’s a certain kind of mood that comes with spreading out a blanket in the grass and unpacking whatever snacks made it through the trip. The air feels slower, softer, and then a song drifts in that matches the light shift of leaves overhead. It’s not really about polished vibes or curated moments. It’s the way a track feels when it blends into the sound of laughter, the crunch of chips, and a warm breeze that sticks around longer than you thought it would. Some of these tracks are literally about open fields or sunlight, others only feel like they belong there.
A meadow picnic doesn’t always mean quiet background music. Sometimes you want something upbeat, even messy, like a track that gets people standing up and swaying before the sandwiches are finished. Other times it’s pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that hold the space without needing to be turned up loud. You might hear one that wasn’t made for picnics at all but slips into the setting so naturally that it feels like it always belonged under that patch of sky.
What ties them together is the way they sit in the moment without forcing it. A song can be playful, calm, or a little strange, and it still clicks with the sound of a meadow day unfolding in real time. These are the best meadow picnic songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Outdoor Nature Songs
1. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles
2. 'Golden' by Harry Styles
3. 'What a Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong
4. 'Dog Days Are Over' by Florence + The Machine
5. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver
6. 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina & The Waves
7. 'Sunflower' by Post Malone & Swae Lee
8. 'I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' by The Proclaimers
9. 'Vienna' by Billy Joel
10. 'Better Together' by Jack Johnson
Popular Aesthetic Meadow Songs #11 to 20
11. 'You Are the Best Thing' by Ray LaMontagne
12. 'Home' by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
13. 'Harvest Moon' by Neil Young
14. 'L-O-V-E' by Nat King Cole
15. 'Drops of Jupiter' by Train
16. 'Come Away With Me' by Norah Jones
17. 'Send Me On My Way' by Rusted Root
18. 'Island In The Sun' by Weezer
19. 'Sweet Creature' by Harry Styles
20. 'Golden Hour' by JVKE
Essential Picnic Reel Songs #21 to 30
21. 'You Make My Dreams (Come True)' by Daryl Hall & John Oates
22. 'Put Your Records On' by Corinne Bailey Rae
23. 'Daylight' by Taylor Swift
24. 'Life is a Highway' by Rascal Flatts
25. 'Lovely Day' by Bill Withers
26. 'Here Comes the Sun' by Richie Havens
27. 'Come and Get Your Love' by Redbone
28. 'Little Talks' by Of Monsters and Men
29. 'Into the Wild' by LP
30. 'Budapest' by George Ezra
Trendy Outdoor Instagram Songs #31 to 40
31. 'Wagon Wheel' by Old Crow Medicine Show
32. 'Rivers and Roads' by The Head and the Heart
33. 'Wildflowers' by Tom Petty
34. 'Adventure of a Lifetime' by Coldplay
35. 'The Lumineers' by Ho Hey
36. 'Hey, Soul Sister' by Train
37. 'Fire and the Flood' by Vance Joy
38. 'Walking in a Dream' by Empire of the Sun
39. 'Free Fallin'' by Tom Petty
40. 'Sunday Morning' by Maroon 5
More Popular Nature-Themed Songs #41 to 50
41. 'Island in the Sun' by The Maine
42. 'Ophelia' by The Lumineers
43. 'Daydream Believer' by The Monkees
44. 'Soak Up The Sun' by Sheryl Crow
45. 'Say Yes to Heaven' by Lana Del Rey
46. 'Bel Air' by Lana Del Rey
47. 'The Open Road' by Hollow Coves
48. 'Here Comes the Sun' by Richie Havens
49. 'Oceans' by Seafret
50. 'I Will Wait' by Mumford & Sons
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