50 Best Swing Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Swing Songs for Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a particular kick that swing music carries, the kind that sneaks up on you when brass collides with a sharp snare hit. It’s jittery but smooth, restless but stylish, the sort of energy that makes you picture crowded dance floors where nobody is entirely in sync but the room feels alive anyway. You don’t throw these tracks on to glide through a mood. They trip you up, make you grin, maybe push you into moving even when you swore you were scrolling in silence. Some might come straight from the swing era, others borrow the horns and shuffle to twist it into something fresh, much like pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that slip into playlists even if they weren’t built for them.
Swing has this way of turning awkward into cinematic. Think of a slow Monday suddenly getting hijacked by a trumpet riff that cuts through your earbuds, or a random clip on Stories where the audio flips the scene into something way cooler than reality. A thrift store try-on, a messy night out, an unplanned montage from old clips—once the swing kicks in, it frames things with a wink. A lot of these tracks aren’t literally tied to swing in theme, but they still carry the snap and shuffle that make the format work.
The thing about reels is they don’t need perfect polish. They need a spark, and swing thrives on imperfection that feels alive. It’s in the horns blasting a little too loud, in the drums rushing the beat, in a vocal line that sounds half playful, half reckless. That chaos, dressed up in rhythm, can make the most boring clip feel like it stumbled into a vintage movie set. These are the best swing songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Swing Instagram Songs
1. 'Sing, Sing, Sing' by Benny Goodman
2. 'Jump, Jive an' Wail' by Louis Prima
3. 'Zoot Suit Riot' by Cherry Poppin' Daddies
4. 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)' by Duke Ellington
5. 'In the Mood' by Glenn Miller
6. 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' by The Andrews Sisters
7. 'Puttin' on the Ritz' by Fred Astaire
8. 'Minnie the Moocher' by Cab Calloway
9. 'Take the 'A' Train' by Duke Ellington
10. 'Why Don't You Do Right' by Peggy Lee
Popular Swing Music #11 to 20
11. 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' by Glenn Miller
12. 'Let Me Off Uptown' by Anita O'Day & Gene Krupa
13. 'For Dancers Only' by Jimmie Lunceford
14. 'Begin the Beguine' by Artie Shaw
15. 'Rock Around The Clock' by Bill Haley & His Comets
16. 'Fly Me to the Moon' by Frank Sinatra
17. 'Stompin' at the Savoy' by Benny Goodman
18. 'Choo Choo Ch'Boogie' by Louis Jordan
19. 'Anything Goes' by Cole Porter
20. 'Beyond the Sea' by Bobby Darin
Classic Swing Songs #21 to 30
21. 'A-Tisket, A-Tasket' by Ella Fitzgerald
22. 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' by The Mamas & the Papas
23. 'I've Got You Under My Skin' by Frank Sinatra
24. 'All of Me' by Louis Armstrong
25. 'Bei Mir Bist Du Schn' by The Andrews Sisters
26. 'I'm Beginning to See the Light' by Bobby Darin
27. 'Come Fly with Me' by Frank Sinatra
28. 'Almost Like Being in Love' by Ella Fitzgerald
29. 'Straighten Up and Fly Right' by Nat King Cole
30. 'Mack the Knife' by Louis Armstrong
Vintage Swing Dance Music #31 to 40
31. 'Jumpin' at the Woodside' by Count Basie
32. 'Minor Swing' by Django Reinhardt
33. 'Sentimental Journey' by Doris Day
34. 'The Way You Look Tonight' by Frank Sinatra
35. 'Sultans of Swing' by Dire Straits
36. 'Get Happy' by Judy Garland
37. 'L.O.V.E.' by Nat King Cole
38. 'Ain't Misbehavin'' by Louis Armstrong
39. 'Cheek to Cheek' by Fred Astaire
40. 'What a Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong
Swing Era Favorites #41 to 50
41. 'Fever' by Peggy Lee
42. 'Night and Day' by Art Tatum
43. 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree' by The Andrews Sisters
44. 'Moonlight Serenade' by Glenn Miller
45. 'Route 66' by Nat King Cole
46. 'Blue Suede Shoes' by Elvis Presley
47. 'Satin Doll' by Duke Ellington
48. 'The Charleston' by James P. Johnson
49. 'American Patrol' by Glenn Miller
50. 'I've Got the World on a String' by Frank Sinatra
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