50 Best Songs About Memories for Slideshow

Unforgettable Songs for Memory Slideshows

There’s a strange quiet that hits when old photos start flicking past on a screen. A half-smile creeps up, maybe a little ache somewhere in your chest, and then the right track starts playing. The one that doesn’t try too hard to be nostalgic, it just lands. A hazy indie tune that sounds like summer, or a slow pop ballad that hits a little too on the nose. These tracks pull the moment back, grainy edges and all, and make you remember how it felt instead of how it looked.

Some of these songs were never meant to soundtrack memories, but somehow they work. A country hook that drags you back to small-town nights, an R&B groove that makes you remember who you were when you thought you had it figured out. Not every memory is soft. Some sting, some fade out too soon, some stay louder than they should. That mix of clarity and blur is what makes the right song hit differently when the slideshow starts looping.

This mix brings together pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that carry that feeling in their bones. Some tracks lean sentimental, others drift in sideways, fitting the theme even if they weren’t written for it. Each one has that echo of time passing you can’t shake. Here are the best songs for memory slideshows.

1. 'Photograph' by Ed Sheeran

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

3. 'In My Life' by The Beatles

4. 'The Way We Were' by Barbra Streisand

5. 'Forever Young' by Rod Stewart

6. 'Time After Time' by Cyndi Lauper

7. 'Best Day Of My Life' by American Authors

8. 'Unforgettable' by Nat King Cole

9. 'Memories' by Maroon 5

10. 'Glory Days' by Bruce Springsteen

11. 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' by Queen

12. 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac

13. 'I Will Remember You' by Sarah McLachlan

14. 'Yesterday Once More' by Carpenters

15. 'Remember When' by Alan Jackson

16. 'Through the Years' by Kenny Rogers

17. 'You'll Be In My Heart' by Phil Collins

18. 'Little Wonders' by Rob Thomas

19. 'Make It Mine' by Jason Mraz

20. 'Memory Lane' by Old Dominion

21. 'Times of Your Life' by Paul Anka

22. 'Young' by Kenny Chesney

23. 'Sunrise, Sunset' by Perry Como

24. 'My Wish' by Rascal Flatts

25. 'When We Were Young' by Adele

26. 'I Go Back' by Kenny Chesney

27. 'The House That Built Me' by Miranda Lambert

28. 'The Circle Game' by Joni Mitchell

29. 'If We Hold On Together' by Diana Ross

30. 'Old Photographs' by Jim Capaldi

31. 'Days' by The Kinks

32. 'Teach Your Children' by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

33. 'Time Passages' by Al Stewart

34. 'Reminiscing' by Little River Band

35. 'Do You Remember' by Jay Sean

36. 'Your Wildest Dreams' by The Moody Blues

37. 'Castle on the Hill' by Ed Sheeran

38. 'Good Old Days' by Macklemore ft. Kesha

39. 'My Next Thirty Years' by Tim McGraw

40. 'Photographs and Memories' by Jim Croce

41. 'Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong

42. 'The Song Remembers When' by Trisha Yearwood

43. 'Daydream' by Bobby Darin

44. 'I Lived' by OneRepublic

45. 'Simple Things' by Usher

46. '19 Somethin'' by Mark Wills

47. 'Our Lives' by The Calling

48. 'The Times They Are a-Changin'' by Bob Dylan

49. 'Whenever You Remember' by Carrie Underwood

50. 'These Memories' by Hollow Coves