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

Girl from the North CountryBob Dylan

Girl from the North Country – Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan’s “Girl from the North Country” is the perfect song for the season when cold, wintry winds blow.

Released in 1963, this classic is featured on his early masterpiece “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan,” which reached number one on the UK charts.

The sound of the acoustic guitar paired with Dylan’s distinctive vocals evokes a sense of poignancy and melancholy.

When he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016, a musical was staged that used 20 of his songs, including “Girl from the North Country.”

exile (feat. Bon Iver)Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift – exile (feat. Bon Iver) (Official Lyric Video)

Taylor Swift’s “exile” is a perfect fit for the autumn mood, with its melancholy lyrics about a man and a woman parting ways.

Justin Vernon, the vocalist of the indie rock band Bon Iver, appears as a guest on the track.

It reached No.

6 on the U.

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Expressing miscommunication and separation, “exile” is a song that really hits home when you listen to it in the chilly autumn season.

Autumn Town LeavesIron&Wine

Autumn Town Leaves

It’s a song whose gentle guitar tones and Sam Beam’s warm vocals sink deep into the heart.

Included on the EP “Weed Garden,” released in August 2018, it’s a work that’s packed with the essence of Iron & Wine.

Set in an autumn town, it poetically depicts the passage of time and the shifts of life, stirring profound emotion in listeners.

Among Iron & Wine’s many tracks often featured in films and TV dramas, this one especially evokes the feeling of fall.

Its calm, mellow mood makes it perfect for a quiet autumn evening, the kind you’d want to share with someone special.

The BeachThe Neighbourhood

The Neighbourhood – The Beach (Audio)

A song by the American five-piece band The Neighbourhood, who work across various outputs without being confined to any one genre.

Rooted in electronic music, it’s a striking track characterized by lingering reverberations and the expansive swell of distant synthesizers.

The thick, layered arrangement is highly engaging, and the way the sound decays—like performing inside a large, sealed box—is beautifully rendered.

Autumn in New YorkElla Fitzgerald

Autumn in New York

Ella Fitzgerald is one of the most famous jazz vocalists of all time, and her name will forever be recorded in history as a great singer across genres.

With her overwhelming vocal power and superb expressiveness, she breathed new life into many standard numbers.

Among Ella’s discography, the song most fitting for autumn is surely Autumn in New York.

Also known in Japanese as “New York no Aki,” this piece was written and composed by Vernon Duke, a composer born in Russia, and—as its title suggests—it masterfully paints the autumn scenery of New York.

Although the song originally became famous through Frank Sinatra’s rendition, the duet version introduced here by Ella and Satchmo—Louis Armstrong—is a wonderful performance that perfectly sets a romantic autumn mood.

Lost CauseBillie Eilish

Billie Eilish – Lost Cause (Official Music Video)

Billie Eilish’s “Lost Cause” is a perfect fit for autumn, a season that feels a little lonely, thanks to its languid atmosphere.

Released in 2021, it was the fourth single from her globally successful album “Happier Than Ever.” The lyrics express a woman’s frustration with a hopeless lover, and combined with the sound, it carries a bittersweet melancholy.

The music video, which evokes a girls’ night vibe, features Billie Eilish herself, dancing in a sexy look.

Ramble OnLed Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin – Ramble On (Official Audio)

Led Zeppelin, the legendary rock band that debuted with Led Zeppelin in 1969.

Ramble On, included on Led Zeppelin II released the same year, is a number inspired by the British fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, whose poetic world fits perfectly with autumn.

In particular, the opening line, “’T was in the darkest depths of Mordor,”—wait, rather, “’T was the autumn leaves falling on the path when I was still there”—evokes an autumn landscape in the mind and is truly captivating.

Why not spend a special autumn moment with this song?