Recommended Western Music for Autumn: Popular Autumn Songs and Hidden Gems [2025]

Autumn ChangesDonna Summer

Autumn Changes Donna Summer

This is a song included on Four Seasons of Love, the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released in 1976.

The album is a concept album that tells a love story associated with the four seasons.

Just Like AutumnThe Tuesday Crew, Carly Bannister, Jordy Searcy

Just Like Autumn

This song features a melody that feels as if it paints an autumn landscape.

Known as a signature work by The Tuesday Crew, it’s a lavish track featuring Carly Bannister and Jordy Searcy.

Released in October 2018, it captured the hearts of many music fans as a standout in indie folk.

The fleeting wistfulness that accompanies the arrival of autumn is beautifully conveyed through the warm tones of acoustic guitar and gentle vocals.

It’s a moving piece you’ll want to listen to in moments when you sense the changing seasons, or when you’re facing a farewell with someone important.

Seasons (Waiting On You)Future Islands

Future Islands – Seasons (Waiting On You) (Official Video)

A song that sings of learning from mistakes, the passage of time, and a longing for love.

Vocalist Samuel T.

Herring has called it “one of the best songs I’ve ever written.” It was selected by Time Out magazine as the best song of 2014.

Early AutumnElla Fitzgerald

Early Autumn

Let me introduce “Early Autumn,” an autumn song loved across generations.

The piece was born in 1949, with music by Ralph Burns and Woody Herman and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.

It has since been covered by many singers, but the version I especially recommend is by Ella Fitzgerald.

She sings, with rich expressiveness, about the sorrow of a couple who part ways in the autumn.

The Autumn CarnivalThe Dandy Warhols

The Dandy Warhols – Autumn Carnival

A song written by lead singer Taylor-Taylor together with David J of the gothic rock band Bauhaus.

It was inspired by Ray Bradbury’s novel “Something Wicked This Way Comes.” The track appears on the 2012 album “This Machine.”

Forever AutumnJustin Hayward

Forever Autumn

A classic hit that was also hugely popular in Japan, “Forever Autumn.” This song was created by Justin Hayward, also known as the lead singer of The Moody Blues.

It has a somewhat lonely atmosphere, and the lyrics suggest a sad event in autumn.

It also portrays autumn as a harbinger of winter, with migratory birds gradually flying away.

See what message you take from it—give it a listen yourself.

SeptemberCorb Lund

Corb Lund – September (Official Video)

This is a heartfelt song by Corb Lund that poignantly sings of summer’s end and autumn’s beginning.

Set against the backdrop of Canada’s great wilderness, it carefully portrays the bittersweet feelings of trying to persuade a lover not to leave for the city.

Featured on the album Cabin Fever and released in August 2012, the track brims with a universal appeal that transcends country music.

In the music video, Lund’s presence singing amid vast natural scenery is especially striking.

It’s a perfect pick for anyone facing a complicated goodbye to a loved one, or for those inclined to contemplation on a long autumn night.