50 Best Songs About Constellations
Songs That Feel Like Staring at Constellations
There’s a strange calm that settles in when you look up and find the sky scattered with small lights pretending to be still. It feels ancient and new at the same time. Some songs hit that space where distance turns into wonder, where you catch yourself tracing invisible lines between things that never really touch. They hum in the background of quiet drives or nights that stretch longer than planned, turning the dark into something you can almost recognize.
Not every track in this mix talks directly about constellations, but the spirit’s there. The pull of something unreachable, the ache of trying to name it anyway. A few of these pop, rock, country, and R&B songs orbit around the sky, while others just sound like they were written under it. You can feel the cold edge of space tucked inside a synth line or the flicker of a dying star in the way a guitar fades out too soon.
These songs drift between wonder and isolation, glowing in their own crooked ways. Some are tender, some expansive, some sound like static caught between radio stations late at night. They build constellations out of noise and memory until the whole thing feels almost human again. Here are the best songs about constellations.
Top 10 Constellation and Space Songs
1. 'Constellations' by Jack Johnson
2. 'Starman' by David Bowie
3. 'A Sky Full of Stars' by Coldplay
4. 'Across the Universe' by The Beatles
5. 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie
6. 'Orion' by Metallica
7. 'Drops of Jupiter' by Train
8. 'Starlight' by Muse
9. 'Rocket Man' by Elton John
10. 'Astronomy Domine' by Pink Floyd
Music About Stars and Celestial Bodies #11 to 20
11. 'Stars' by Hum
12. 'Under The Milky Way' by The Church
13. 'We Are All Made of Stars' by Moby
14. 'Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft' by The Carpenters
15. 'Sleeping Satellite' by Tasmin Archer
16. 'The Whole Of The Moon' by The Waterboys
17. 'Vincent' by Don McLean
18. 'Fly Me to the Moon' by Frank Sinatra
19. 'Southern Cross' by Crosby, Stills & Nash
20. 'The Galaxy Song' by Eric Idle
Night Sky and Cosmic-Themed Popular Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Counting Stars' by OneRepublic
22. 'Satellite of Love' by Lou Reed
23. 'Harvest Moon' by Neil Young
24. 'Intergalactic' by Beastie Boys
25. 'Star Sky' by Two Steps from Hell
26. 'Shining Star' by Earth, Wind & Fire
27. 'Man on the Moon' by R.E.M.
28. 'Wandering Star' by Portishead
29. 'Space Song' by Beach House
30. 'Black Hole Sun' by Soundgarden
Songs Inspired by Planetary Exploration and Stars #31 to 40
31. 'Girl from Mars' by Ash
32. 'Blue Moon' by The Marcels
33. 'Major Tom' by Peter Schilling
34. 'Telstar' by The Tornados
35. 'Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever)' by Muse
36. 'To The Moon And Back' by Savage Garden
37. 'Planet Caravan' by Black Sabbath
38. 'Sirius' by The Alan Parsons Project
39. 'Space Cowboy' by Steve Miller Band
40. 'When You Wish Upon A Star' by Cliff Edwards
Modern and Classic Songs for Stargazing #41 to 50
41. 'Aquarius' by The 5th Dimension
42. 'Blue Moon of Kentucky' by Elvis Presley
43. 'Venus' by Frankie Avalon
44. '39' by Queen
45. 'Mr. Spaceman' by The Byrds
46. 'Star' by Erasure
47. 'Star Shopping' by Lil Peep
48. 'Jade LeMac' by Constellations
49. 'Space Truckin'' by Deep Purple
50. 'I'm Wishing on a Star' by Rose Royce
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