37 Songs About Home, Coming Home and the Places That Made Us

What is a good song about home?

"Home" by Phillip Phillips and "Home" by Michael Bublé are the modern favorites, and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver is the classic everyone sings. For a song about the house you grew up in, "The House That Built Me" by Miranda Lambert is the one that makes people cry.

Famous songs about home

1. "Home", Phillip Phillips: a promise of a place to belong.
2. "Home", Michael Bublé: tired of the road and ready to go back.
3. "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver: the singalong about going home.
4. "Sweet Home Alabama", Lynyrd Skynyrd: the Southern rock anthem.
5. "Homeward Bound", Simon & Garfunkel: wishing you were on the way home.
6. "Our House", Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: a cozy domestic love song.
7. "Home Sweet Home", Mötley Crüe: the power ballad about the road.
8. "Feels Like Home", Chantal Kreviazuk: written by Randy Newman, about finally belonging.
9. "To Build a Home", The Cinematic Orchestra: a haunting ballad.
10. "Home", Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: a joyful duet about being with the one you love.
11. "Our House", Madness: a joyful British pop song.
12. "This Is Home", Switchfoot: finding where you belong.

Songs about coming home

13. "Mama, I'm Coming Home", Ozzy Osbourne: a rock ballad.
14. "Coming Home", Leon Bridges: a smooth retro soul song.
15. "Back Home Again", John Denver: the joy of returning.
16. "Home", Daughtry: coming back to where you started.
17. "Homesick", Kane Brown: missing someone while far away.
18. "Come Home", OneRepublic featuring Sara Bareilles: for someone far away.
19. "I'll Be Home for Christmas", Bing Crosby: the wartime promise.

For a welcome-home party, see our guide to welcome-home gift ideas.

Songs about your hometown

20. "More Than My Hometown", Morgan Wallen: choosing home over the big city.
21. "My Hometown", Bruce Springsteen: a town changing over time.
22. "Small Town", John Mellencamp: proud of where he is from.
23. "Hometown Glory", Adele: a love letter to London.
24. "Where I Come From", Alan Jackson: pride in his roots.
25. "Boondocks", Little Big Town: a celebration of a small-town upbringing.

Songs about home and family

26. "The House That Built Me", Miranda Lambert: visiting the house you grew up in.
27. "Grandma's Feather Bed", John Denver: joyful memories of a family home.
28. "This Old House", Rosemary Clooney: an old-time singalong.
29. "My Old Kentucky Home", Stephen Foster: the old American song.

For more, see our list of songs about family.

Songs for when you are homesick

30. "Homesick", Dua Lipa: a quiet piano ballad.
31. "Somewhere Only We Know", Keane: a place that belongs to you.
32. "Subterranean Homesick Alien", Radiohead: feeling out of place.
33. "Home", Dierks Bentley: a song about the country he calls home.

Gift ideas are in our guide for someone who is homesick.

Classic songs about home

34. "Home on the Range": the cowboy classic.
35. "Home! Sweet Home!": the 1823 song behind the phrase.
36. "(There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays", Perry Como: the travel song.
37. "Show Me the Way to Go Home": the old singalong.

Songs for a housewarming party

For a housewarming, play the happy home songs: "Our House" by Madness, "Home" by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, "Our House" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and "This Is Home". A personalized song about the new home makes a memorable gift; see our guide to a housewarming song.

Country songs about home

Country music may love home more than any other genre: "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Where I Come From", "The House That Built Me", "Boondocks" and "More Than My Hometown" are the classics, and "Back Home Again" is a gentle one for a long drive back.

Songs about leaving home

Leaving home for college, a new job or a new city is a big moment for the whole family. "Homeward Bound", "Home" by Phillip Phillips and "Hometown Glory" capture it. For more, see our songs about moving on.

Songs about home for a military homecoming

For a soldier coming home, "Coming Home", "Home" by Daughtry and "I'll Be Home for Christmas" are favorites. Many families play one when they meet at the airport. See also our welcome-home song for a son.

Why home is in so many songs

Home stands for safety, belonging and memory, so songwriters use it to talk about love, distance, growing up and loss. Many of the best home songs are written by people far away from theirs, which is part of why they ache so much. Listening to one can feel like a short trip back to the kitchen table you grew up around.

A song about your home

A first house, a family farm, a childhood street: a personalized song can capture the place that matters to you, with the names of the people who lived there and the memories that made it home.

How to create a song about home

1. Choose a style from 14 genres: country, acoustic, pop, folk and more.
2. Add the names of the people in the song.
3. Share three memories of the home or the town.
4. Review the lyrics and edit or regenerate them for free before any music is made.
5. Listen to 4 free 45-second previews and choose your favorite.

The full 3 to 4 minute song costs $24.99, or $29.99 for Premium with four full versions and editable lyrics. You get the MP3, a gift page and the lyrics as a PDF.

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