100 Best Songs With "Bright" in the Title

Best Tracks with Bright in the Name That Don’t Fake the Mood

There’s a strange clarity that hits when things feel unsteady. You’re not settled, not spiraling either, just somewhere in between with too much going on and no way to slow it down. And then a song with bright in the title hits the speakers, cutting through the fog. Not because it’s cheery or trying to fix anything, but because it holds that contrast. Like someone turning on a light in the middle of a thought you weren’t finished having. These tracks know how to hold that dissonance. They sparkle in places but stay messy where it counts.

You’ll find a few of them reaching for the sky with a cracked voice, others grounding themselves in fuzzed-out guitars or lyrics that don’t resolve. There's a version of bright that sounds like hope right before it turns into a plan. Another one’s trying to sound like the end of a road trip with the windows down and something unresolved in the backseat. You get pop, rock, country, and R&B songs in here all pulling from that same weird frequency. Not polished, not ironic, not trying to land the plane. Just stuck in that weird bright-limned space before something changes.

These aren't songs that beam with clarity or coat things in gloss. They flicker. They let you stay a little lost and still keep going. Maybe that’s the only way bright ever really works when you’re mid-shift, mid-thought, mid-something. Here’s a list of the best songs with bright in the title that manage to carry that feeling without cleaning it up.

1. 'Bright'—Echosmith

2. 'Bright (feat. Madison Reyes, Charlie Gillespie, Owen Patrick Joyner & Jeremy Shada)'—Julie and the Phantoms Cast

3. 'Lights Shine Bright (feat. Hollyn)'—TobyMac

4. 'Bright Lights'—Cannons

5. 'Shining So Bright'—Spur Pourier

6. 'Bright'—Kehlani

7. 'Bright As The Sun'—Hillsong Worship & Joel Houston

8. 'Bright Lights'—Matchbox Twenty

9. 'Bright Flight'—LiSA

10. 'Bright Side Of Broken'—MercyMe

11. 'Bright Side of Life'—Rebelution

12. 'Bright'—Peter White

13. 'Bright Soul'—Eric Donaldson

14. 'Bright Lights'—Ziggy Alberts

15. 'Shimmering, Warm & Bright'—bel canto

16. 'Bright and Shiny'—Doris Day

17. 'Bright Lights, Big City (feat. Susan Tedeschi)'—Johnny Winter

18. 'Brighter'—RFS DU SOL

19. 'Bright'—Airplanes

20. 'Love Shine Bright'—Culture

21. 'The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades'—Timbuk 3

22. 'Bright Blue Rose'—Mary Black

23. 'Star Light, Star Bright'—Super Simple Songs & Finny the Shark

24. 'Bright Sound ...for Dry Lagoon'—SEGA & Fumie Kumatani

25. 'Shine as Bright as You Are'—Blippi & Meekah

26. 'The Bright Lights and You, Girl'—Ray Charles

27. 'Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life'—Monty Python

28. 'Bright Lights'—Placebo

29. 'Your Bright Baby Blues'—Jackson Browne

30. 'Bright (Fast)'—Original Cast of Stereophonic, Sarah Pidgeon, Will Brill, Juliana Canfield, Tom Pecinka, Chris Stack, Will Butler, and Justin Craig

31. 'Bright Future'—Silent Partner

32. 'Bright Lights Big City (1999 Remaster)'—The Animals

33. 'All Things Bright And Beautiful'—Keith & Kristyn Getty & The Getty Girls

34. 'Bright Lights'—The Pogues

35. 'All The Bright Places II'—Keegan DeWitt

36. 'Bright Lights'—The Specials

37. 'Bright as Daylight'—Shireen

38. 'Bright Skies (The Bit U Know) (feat. Miles Graham)'—Don Diablo

39. 'Bright Shining Star'—Dry & Heavy

40. 'Bright Spring Morning'—Suburban Legends

41. 'Bright Mississippi'—Allen Toussaint

42. 'Love, Burn Bright'—Chris de Silva

43. 'Bright Lights'—THE SQUISH

44. 'Bright As Can Be'—EVT Kids

45. 'Bright Moments'—Grover Washington, Jr.

46. 'Bright Bright Sunshine'—Joel Hunger

47. 'Bright as the Sun'—Dan Musselman

48. 'Shine Bright (From Trolls)'—Chloe x Halle

49. 'make me bright'—timelesz

50. 'Bright Lights, Big City'—Rod Stewart

51. 'Bright Girl'—The Skints

52. 'SHINE BRIGHT'—DAISHI DANCE

53. 'All Is Violent, All Is Bright'—God Is An Astronaut

54. 'The Moon Shines Bright (feat. Alison Krauss & Ron Block)'—Kate Rusby

55. 'Burn the Bright Lights'—The Collective

56. 'Bright'—Lilli Furfaro

57. 'Bright Star Revolution'—Solomon Jabby

58. 'When The Booth Goes Bright (Original London Cast Recording)'—Chris Jared & ’Amélie’ Original London Cast

59. 'Bright Side'—Unroyal

60. 'Always Look On The Bright Side of Life'—Company & Todd Ellison

61. 'BRIGHT LIKE LIGHT'—DJ KAWASAKI

62. 'Hot Bright Lights'—The Grass Roots

63. 'Bright as the Day'—Darlingside

64. 'There's A Bright Side Somewhere'—James Cleveland And The Southern California Community Choir

65. 'Bright Blue Rose'—Christy Moore

66. 'Bright Lights, Big City'—Jimmy Reed

67. 'Bright Young Thing'—Albert Hammond Jr.

68. 'Bright Future (feat. Sarah Traynor)'—Station Worship

69. 'Bright (Sped Up ver.)'—Local Campione

70. 'Bright Lights'—Mike Farris

71. 'Bright Light (feat. Antwaun Stanley)'—Swatkins & Antwaun Stanley

72. 'Bright Lights (Live in London, England)'—Gary Clark Jr.

73. 'Bright One (feat. Sammy Adams)'—Joey Burbs

74. 'Bright Lights (Live (1991 The Roxy))'—Yellowjackets

75. 'Pyramid - In the Wood - In the Bright Light (feat. Walter Keiser, Pedro Haldemann & Jon Otis)'—Andreas Vollenweider

76. 'Future Bright'—Jordan Sandhu & Bunty Bains

77. 'The Bright Side'—Lenka

78. 'Bright Lights'—Pat Reedy

79. 'Bright Cloud'—Nana Grizol

80. 'bright eyed'—Strings and Heart

81. 'Bright Angels'—Michael Reid

82. 'Bright Sunny South'—Dock Boggs

83. 'Bright Lines'—The Donnies The Amys

84. 'Shine Bright Like A Diamond'—Mbuzeni

85. 'Bright College Days'—Tom Lehrer

86. 'Bright Lights And Country Music (Live) (feat. Rhonda Vincent)'—Country's Family Reunion

87. 'Bright Tomorrow'—Kim Clement

88. 'Bright Lights (Sam Feldt Extended Remix)'—HAEVN

89. 'Bright as the Sun'—J.Fla

90. 'Bright Lit Blue Skies'—The Rising Storm

91. 'Bright Like Sunrise, You and I Together'—bgm.mp3

92. 'Bright Side (Low-Country Style)'—Jason Singleton & Friends

93. 'Bright Lights'—Rob Thomas

94. 'Bright Lights Big City'—Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis

95. 'Bright College Days'—Tom Lehrer

96. 'Bright Moments Song'—Rahsaan Roland Kirk

97. 'Bright'—JOOSH

98. 'Bright Side of the Road (feat. Jerry Garcia Band)'—Jerry Garcia Band

99. 'Bright Stone'—Lo Greco Bros & Fusion Funk Foundation

100. 'Bright Lights and Country Music'—Patsy Riggir