Ideas Please - Grad Song

Ortho_RN · May 9, 2004

We used Sarah McLaughlin (I know I spelled it wrong)... I will remember you.. Very good and teary song...

We had a classmate die our 3rd semester so that is what we used to light our candles with..

z's playa · May 9, 2004

The song is called Graduation and its sung by Vitamin C. Pretty cool song...and catchy! But its highschooly and probably already been done to death.

Catma63 · May 10, 2004

We used Sarah McLaughlin (I know I spelled it wrong)... I will remember you.. Very good and teary song...
We had a classmate die our 3rd semester so that is what we used to light our candles with..

OMG! How tragic!! I'm so sorry, Ortho_RN!

TopCat1234 · May 10, 2004

we had a classmate die our 3rd semester so that is what we used to light our candles with..

i too am sorry to hear that...how awful.

does anyone have a song that would appeal to the younger crowd and not make us old folks cringe?

how about going old school with "we are the world" or "that's what friends are for"?

topcat

FutureArmyNurse · May 10, 2004

I need help coming up with a suggestion for a graduation song. I know, I know it sounds like high school, but that's the tradition so I'm determined to make it a good one.

Okay, if you are allowed a humorous song: "We are the Champions" by Queen. We used this at my vocational school's graduation (tongue-in-cheek of course) and it was a hoot. Of course we all were a pretty crazy bunch.

If you want to be serious, I suggest the song "No Man is an Island." Joan Baez. It talks about how each person needs each other and helping each other out without being overly sappy. I think relates very well to nursing if used in the context.

NCINDASUN · May 10, 2004

Thanks y'all. I really appreciate your input.

RN-PA, RN · May 10, 2004

I remember the class that graduated the year before us used "Wind Beneath My Wings" sung by Bette Midler.

I had to go look up our class's song in our program from 1993, and it was "These Are the Days to Remember". I did a Google search with that title and it says it was performed/written by 10,000 Maniacs. I don't know if this is the song without hearing it, but the words sound like a graduation song:

These are days you'll remember.

Never before and never since, I promise,

will the whole world be warm as this.

And as you feel it,

you'll know it's true

that you are blessed and lucky.

It's true that you are touched by something

that will grow and bloom in you.

These are days you'll remember.

When May is rushing over you

with desire to be part of the miracles

you see in every hour.

You'll know it's true

that you are blessed and lucky.

It's true that you are touched by something

that will grow and bloom in you.

These are days.

These are the days

you might fill with laughter until you break.

These days you might feel a shaft of light

make its way across your face.

And when you do

you'll know how it was meant to be.

See the signs and know their meaning.

It's true, you'll know how it was meant to be.

Hear the signs and know

they're speaking to you, to you.

Truly_Blessed · May 10, 2004

* Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up (New song, But very moving)

*Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World (Aaaw so pretty, always

brings tears to my eyes)

* The Beatles - In My Life (It's the Beatles, need I say more?)

*Frank Sinatra - My Way (LOL, that one was kinda a joke, but a good one

for a laid back pal around bunch of grads)

It's late, I can't think of anymore. I will come back if I think of other songs. Hope this helped a little, teheehee.

Truly_Blessed · May 10, 2004

Okay, if you are allowed a humorous song: "We are the Champions" by Queen. We used this at my vocational school's graduation (tongue-in-cheek of course) and it was a hoot. Of course we all were a pretty crazy bunch.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahaha, lol. That is absolutely classic. I will be keeping this one in mind for our pinning ceremony. Depends on what kind of bunch we have this year though. LOL, love that song.

perfectbluebuildings, BSN, RN · May 10, 2004

"I Hope You Dance" by... Lee Ann Rimes, maybe? please correct me if I'm wrong, I've been up way too late and that name doesn't sound right... but it is a wonderful song. that is what we had for high school graduation and it was beautiful.

Ortho_RN · May 10, 2004

"I Hope You Dance" by... Lee Ann Rimes, maybe? please correct me if I'm wrong, I've been up way too late and that name doesn't sound right... but it is a wonderful song. that is what we had for high school graduation and it was beautiful.

I think it was actually Leanne Womack that sang that :) Real Close :)