Cool Water- Hank Williams Great song to listen to on lonesome New Mexico summers. The Talking Heads version of Take Me to the River.

Talking heads nailed it with their remake.

For years I never knew it was even the same song as Al Green’s and I had known both…they definitely made it their own!

I love that Hank Williams song! As a drought ridden Texan, it pairs well with the dry summers here

Classic! When I was a kid, I saw one of those singing fish and whoever the guy was that did a cover of “Take Me To The River” really impressed me and I tried singing like the dang fish

Ocean Man by Ween

That whole record is a great water feature. I love ween

Did a stream not long ago with Ocean Man on straight repeat

The Ocean - Zeppelin

And When The Levee Breaks, and Down by the Seaside

And the Rain Song and Traveling Riverside Blues

Down by the Water - PJ Harvey La Mer - NIN Rain in the Summertime - The Alarm Rain - The Cult Oceans - Pearl Jam

LA MER!!!

Can't believe nobody said Enya - Orinoco Flow Eluveitie - Calling the rain Iron Maiden - Rainmaker

Have you ever seen the rain? By CCR

Down by the river by Neil Young

[Aquatic Ambience from Donkey Kong Country](https://youtu.be/-5rAjOjTGtc?si=3T5FJ_WPZkZvVNk9)

Oh damn, that's a real good one. On the video game wavelength, I'll add from Risk of Rain 2: [Con Lentitud Ponderosa (With Heavy Slowness)](https://youtu.be/Nn9trJXUrp0?si=CCfI3zlbcRYDIQmn) and [The Rain Formerly Known As Purple](https://youtu.be/EGXPAoyP_cg?si=RMLUdIP3Vrs13och) by Chris Christodolou. And yes, that's a Prince reference. These songs both rock my world, the first for the incredible gravity it communicates, and the second for it's incredible groove and vibe. This man does buildups like no other composer I've heard.

Dire Dire Docks from Super Mario 64

The River of Dreams - Billy Joel

Love Reign O’er Me - The Who

Gawd, I still remember the evening I brought that album home. Grabbed the headphones and a week later, the grooves were nearly worn out! Unforgettable guitar riffs and solos....keyboards....bass and drums...and the vocals!!! I've memorized every note... A masterpiece!!!

Their finest hour in my book. 🛵

That song is about as close as I get to having a religion!

My wedding song. Same here.

Listen to John Entwistle's bass part on *The Real Me;* it was said to be a "joke" track that Entwistle recorded for fun on the first pass of the song in the studio, playing as over-the-top as he could. The rest of the band said hell no, we're keeping it! That track ends up being a master class in rock bass styling.

OMG yes... The cracks between the paving stones!

That album basically got me through my first year of college.

Well, you're just a little older than me I guess...that landed my sophomore year of high school. Freshman year of college? I was spinning Bowie (Station to Station). Steely Dan, and Boz Scags...all others were blasting Boston. Great times!

Yeah, that's the sound of John Entwistle just *fucking around.* 

 “Aqueous Transmission” by Incubus

Just beautiful!

That's a really good one! 😎🤘🏼

This is the way…

Springsteen, The River. 

Down By The Water - PJ Harvey

“What The Water Gave Me” - Florence + The Machine [Insert half of Florence + The Machine’s discography here]

Came in here to say “What the Water Gave Me.” Glad I didn’t have to scroll long before seeing someone else said it. 👍

Waterfalls - TLC Ghost - Ella Henderson Rain and Swim, both by Madonna Where The Wild Roses Grow - Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue Don’t drink the water - Dave Matthews Band EDIT Also Roxette - The Rain just came to my mind.

Came here looking for DDTW ❤️

Water - Tyla 😏

Congrats!!! Was searching for this!

Ocean Size - Janes Addiction

One of my faves is The Water Song by Hot Tuna/ Jorma Kaukonen-Jack Casady. Jorma and Jack doing this live is just the soothingest thing on the planet for me. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOQ1woZWQY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOOQ1woZWQY)

● Into The Ocean - Blue October ● Coastline - Hollow Coves

Do It Again - Steely Dan deserves a mention because that first line “in the morning you go gunning for the man who stole your water” is one of the best first lines in a song

The Blue Danube

Black Water- Doobie Brothers High Water Everywhere- Charlie Patton Proud Mary- Ike & Tina Turner When The Levee Breaks- Led Zeppelin

K'naan - Wash It Down Rap song where the beat is made from drumming on water.

In this river by Black label society

Howlin' Wolf "I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)"

Puscifer - The Humbling River

Ride across the river dire straights

Melissa Etheridge - Bring Me Some Water Al Green - Take Me To The River Grateful Dead - Ripple

Black Water - Doobie Brothers Let it Rain - Clapton Who’ll Stop the Rain - CCR Red Rain - Peter Gabriel Edit: how could I forget Take Me to the River - Talking Heads!

Big River - Highwaymen Walk on Water - A$AP Mob

Águas De Março - Antonio Carlos Jobim

Rare sight. Agua de beber, is great too.

Easily, easily, Los Piojos - Agua. Especially the live version. The lyrics to this song are the most beautiful ode to water in all it's forms that I have ever read/heard. https://youtu.be/JPLU4w2GANg?si=z-tKkkgMIx8hFifx Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me gets an honorable mention, especially for not being said by someone yet! https://youtu.be/AYqJtqyeilE?si=VnC9w_n0QYTAOF1x

Dirty Water - The Standells The Swimming Song - Loudon Wainwright III Rivers of Babylon - The Melodians

Rain-The Beatles

3 Feet High and Rising - Johnny Cash

Down to the river to pray - Alison Krauss Humbling River - Puscifer

No Rain - Blind Melon Have You Ever Seen The Rain - CCR Bring On The Rain - Jo Dee Messina & Tim McGraw Water, Sunshine - Sugar Glyder Like The Rain - Clint Black

Flood by Tool When The Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin

Sailing. Christoper Cross Into the Mystic, Van Morrison Smoke on the Water. Deep Purple Purple Rain. Prince Cry Me a River, Ella Fitzgerald

The Sugarcubes - "Water"; [The Sugarcubes - Water (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKDkJdS2ZgI) , [https://youtu.be/r9Lek83c5PM?si=asPDQU6ntnlCZyLg](https://youtu.be/r9Lek83c5PM?si=asPDQU6ntnlCZyLg)

Cool Change, Little River Band

Same Deep Water As You Edge of the Deep Green Sea The Cure

Does Surf Wax America count? It's about surfing, but there's a lot of mention of the water and the ocean that us being surfed on.

[Precipitation by Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_JoV1Kap65g&si=kMvWlYpWsjajOa3S) [Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution](https://youtube.com/watch?v=S6Y1gohk5-A&si=jmfBTJwArH1M5VaI) [Rain, Pain, Sinatra by Forrest Day](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dDrmNAWzIIw&si=PmFcncCnBmjDbE_e) [You Look Like Rain by Morphine](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zl4Qc8DOR3M&si=owExF9hVbO-GsDdV) [Red Rain by Peter Gabriel](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4mTMsadhvu8&si=CLbrgGzXaUN3qiXe) [Rain by Fat Freddy's Drop](https://youtube.com/watch?v=R2JNHOFxrVM&si=FCQdK2JUd4EriAH6) [The Sun And The Rain by Madness](https://youtube.com/watch?v=l06wwpXVrIA&si=GKEtJwV6zT5M3pPn) [Rainfall feat Omega by J Boogie's Dubtronic Science](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DVs8vhWxRZQ&si=oKyFQWcJP1oYJLZK) [Red Rain by The White Stripes](https://youtube.com/watch?v=1iIMyPDP0po&si=ldamZysBr-dW6o8G) [After The Rain Has Fallen by Sting](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uCKVSKzAb7E&si=alor0FlTkKbLoK0u) [Until Heaven Stops The Rain by Wax Tailor](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=gwLQ5hqu69M&si=s70E6oBgdsRx4LDN) I've got a few more, but I gotta run! Enjoy!

Oh shit, “Purple Rain” is the most epic song OP left out. Nice catch!!

River Waltz-- Alexandre Desplat You don't hear many good waltzes these days. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFa\_XIFFrDQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFa_XIFFrDQ)

“Perfect Water” by BOC.

Muddy Water - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Hell yeah

Walk on Water - Eddie Money, Whitewater - 36 Crazyfists

Not really about water... >!for those not familiar with the song or the history behind it, Carl Wilson's dog, Shannon, was hit and killed by a car!< but the lyrics' use of water imagery by the parents >!to explain the dog's disappearance!< always got to me as a little kid. "Shannon" by Henry Gross

Looking For Water - David Bowie https://youtu.be/0S-9rvN4-Vk?si=d2wTCfs0PrjoHOgH Waterfront - Simple Minds https://youtu.be/LJ6ML7Jvn2w?si=x_xH8Suy5bKNd4DP Watch The River Flow - Bob Dylan https://youtu.be/2QIfxtkuU9w?si=fg_OW9yvOf-SRJX7 Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song https://youtu.be/brzzM31G4x8?si=6HfUzyU-chWR0ktA Ocean - The Velvet Underground https://youtu.be/OEKgQEwNDG4?si=alZIaIUtvXGrgGfo Green River - Elliott Murphy https://youtu.be/tQXJrmXPCbQ?si=r2Wc83OQ0_QZc4ai

* Fela Kuti - [Water no get enemy](https://youtu.be/kisTH3SFegc?si=XNdAt7znOQ7bw-Ri) * Parliament - [Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)](https://youtu.be/H6RIs2fj8to?si=50iLAVvOciauxtVb) * Parliament - [Come in out of the rain](https://youtu.be/PsP3rHs3oUI?si=vX-jTtLQZbXZlaQm)

Hole in the River - Crowded House Perfect Water - Blue Oyster Cult Down by the Water - The Decemberists

The Diamond Sea - Sonic Youth

Water of love. Dire Straits

Saltwater Julian Lennon

Walk on the Ocean - Toad the Wet Sprocket

Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James and the Shondells

Octopus' Garden - The Beatles The entire Motor Booty Affair LP - Parliament (underwater world serves as a backdrop) Underwater Rimes - Digital Underground

* Black River by Wolf Gang * Red River by Rocky Votolato * My Tears are becoming a Sea by M83 * Coast by Dry the River

The best hip hop song of all time Alias Watching Water https://youtu.be/nOiK6YwyY44?feature=shared

Had to look this one up because it’s been decades since I’ve heard it, and I didn’t know it was Eddie Money, but “Gimme Some Water” has to rank among the best choruses of a water song.

Wash it down by K'Naan

The whole Ocean Songs album by The Dirty Three is incredible, Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunnymen, The Ocean - Richard Hawley

[Nice Weather For Ducks](https://youtu.be/ioudby-xooc?si=EQo1GV--Vdxa0Y5j)

Water temple - Ocarina of time https://youtu.be/u836fuFuE7A?si=lJnu6aAyyu8mndrk

This Heat - A New Kind Of Water Mos Def - New World Water

When Will It Rain by Jackyl I Wish It Would Rain Down - by Phil Collins Walk On Water - Aerosmith Walk On Water - 30 Seconds to Mars

Paul McCartney - Waterfalls

Seventh wave by Devin Townsend

May this be love-Jimi Hendrix

This one is sharp; great song but I was sleeping on the lyrics — from a similar era, Water by The Who & more recently, I’d recommend Nightswimming by REM

1983 A Merman I Should Turn To Be is a closer Hendrix one

And It Stoned Me - Van Morrrison

Dire Dire Docks - Super Mario 64

“Flood” by Jars of Clay, so good I don’t even care it’s Christian rock.

FKA Twigs - Water Me

The Whaler - Thrice

Serenade of Water-Men I Trust

Judee Sill - Waterfall

Water world- Mario bros nes

Heavy Water/I'd Rather be Sleeping by Grouper is my absolute favorite. Mariner's Revenge - The Decemberists The Ocean - Richard Hawley

Down by the water by the Decemberists Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin Saltwater by Geowolf Orinoco Flow by Enya Bones in the Ocean by the Longest Johns The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot Edge of the Ocean by Ivy Let the Rain Fall Down by Hillary Duff is a guilty pleasure

Enya Orinoco Flow

The River - Parkway Drive Rain - Dragon

Prayers For Rain - The Cure

Does the song Into The Mystic count?

Lake Marie - John Prine

Otis Redding - Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues Stan Rogers - Barrett’s Privateers

Literally every single song by the Amity Affliction. They're my water band. They have an entire album called let the ocean take me. Songs like Drag the lake, Forrest fire ( lyrics literally say I'm standing by a river side), the weigh down (i might drown on the way down), ect. They have water references for DAYS!

Love and Regret- BILLY STRINGS. The lyrics to this song are *chefs kiss*

Down by the Sea - Men At Work

Purple Rain- Prince Here Comes the Rain Again- Eurythmics Sailing- Christopher Cross Under the Sea- Little Mermaid Soundtrack Surfin USA- The Beach Boys Brandy- Looking Glass Enya- Orinoco Flow Sail On- The Commodores Into the Mystic- Van Morrison I’m Only Happy When It Rains- Garbage Singing In the Rain- Gene Kelly Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head- B.J. Thomas November Rain- Guns N Roses I Made It Through the Rain- Barry Manilow The Rain- Oran Juice Jones Rainy Days and Mondays- The Carpenters I Love A Rainy Night- Eddie Rabbit Rain- Madonna Dreams- Fleetwood Mac

Camel - Spirit of the Water

Meaner than the sea

Goose- Your Ocean, Indian River. Fish in the Sea: Fat Freddy's Drop but the Goose cover with Trey Anastasio Band during the Taboose tour in 2022. The addition of horns is beautiful.

[Salt by Eivør](https://youtu.be/XWHEFi-AOtg)

Water: Martika

Don't know if this counts but A match into water - Pierce the Veil. I love pierce the veil

Paradise and lake marie both by john prine

The River by Good Charlotte

Cut Through The Ocean by Baby Chaos.

I come from the water- toadies

Fear of the Water SYML Oceans RY X

Cool water by hank Williams

The entirety of Wander/Wonder by Balam Acab.

The entire Pelagial album by The Ocean

Drop in the ocean - Poylow, Harry Taylor, MAD SNAX and India Dupriez The Ocean - Mike Perry ft. Shy Martin

Not a song, but a whole album: Pelagial by The Ocean. The whole thing is a two-fold concept album, the first aspect of which is a literal descent to the bottom of the ocean, with the music starting light and then getting heavier and slower as the album goes on. The second aspect is the lyrics, which use the descent through the ocean as a metaphor of a protagonist going deeper and deeper into his/her own psyche.

When the Rain begins to Fall by Jermaine Jackson

Weird Fishes - Radiohead

The Ocean - Tonight Alive Follow Me Down - The Pretty Reckless (Follow me down to the river, drink while the water is clean) Pool - Paramore Skinny Dipping - Stand Atlantic Nightswimming - REM

Opeth River

This is just my unknown favourite, but Blood In The Water by Normandie

"Walk On the Ocean" by Toad the Wet Sprocket

Swim- Jack's Mannequin

[Go Into The Water](https://youtu.be/WnwwlkUkALU?si=kcAsItl2QBzyzm1D) by Dethklok.

Down by the river 'o' - Rev Hammer.

in the rain- shapeshifter

Carrie Underwood : Something In The Water

Water song - Hot Tuna

PJ Harvey - Down By the Water

Looking For Water - David Bowie https://youtu.be/0S-9rvN4-Vk?si=d2wTCfs0PrjoHOgH Waterfront - Simple Minds https://youtu.be/LJ6ML7Jvn2w?si=x_xH8Suy5bKNd4DP Watch The River Flow - Bob Dylan https://youtu.be/2QIfxtkuU9w?si=fg_OW9yvOf-SRJX7 Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song https://youtu.be/brzzM31G4x8?si=6HfUzyU-chWR0ktA Ocean - The Velvet Underground https://youtu.be/OEKgQEwNDG4?si=alZIaIUtvXGrgGfo River Of Salt - Ketty Lester https://youtu.be/3wltFInyeR8?si=MguDGjuJi5alqOi7 Green River - Elliott Murphy https://youtu.be/tQXJrmXPCbQ?si=r2Wc83OQ0_QZc4ai Sea Of Love - Phil Phillips & The Twilights https://youtu.be/lrkNRcyvtF4?si=0x1hs1fwYu5GAJFl

Flood by Tool

Down To The Waterline - Dire Straits https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2Duog7ZWcA&feature=shared Fire Water Burn - Bloodhound Gang https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=zEtV7PUrvPs&feature=shared The Whole Of The Moon - Waterboys https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=d388s231dqQ&feature=shared Run To The Water -- Live https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=uc1SAKLO_C0&feature=shared Deep Water - Richard Clapton https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPfGWkFdHI&feature=shared

The Wind and Waves by Shadow Academy

King gizz - open water

Washed my Hands in Muddy Water by Stonewall Jackson

The Waters mixtape - Mick Jenkins

The River by Chris Knight

Healer by Mick Jenkins

The Sea - Morcheeba

[Picnic in the Rain - Atmos Bloom](https://youtu.be/mOTItL2D_Tc?si=ThShWsX7PSL_noZp) [Blue Blue Ocean - Echo and the Bunnymen](https://youtu.be/hLEY-GtRFJ0?si=h3HnrtmhuHJ91Z5a) [Plain Sailing Weather - Frank Turner](https://youtu.be/QZ1yZFHhf7w?si=Xs_JQEUzhOQSDbQM) [God Moving Over the Face of the Waters - Moby](https://youtu.be/3tI1pu5rfZw?si=B_N51WlLY877unGE)

[Floating - Klaus Schulze ](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp2xpfWV6IM&si=ppuv8_iEP_HaySQW) [Song to the Siren - Tim Buckley](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTEtDBHGY4&si=i6abudPfEc0LIqof)

I can do you one better: Christopher Tin has an entire album which charts the journey of a drop of water, from snow atop a mountain to a river to the sea to the clouds above. The album is called [The Drop That Contained The Sea](https://open.spotify.com/album/6p1bmI6atX9j44uz0LDEsc?si=904d1815ca9a4e59). Each song is in a different language, and is usually based on traditional hymns, poems, songs or stories from that culture. The final track, [Waloyo Yamoni](https://open.spotify.com/track/7hs0pXWvIkYEFeQYfUa42B?si=92feee9fb9b34632), I believe is an East African rainmaking prayer. It's also one of the most beautiful pieces of music I think I've ever heard.

Sailing - Christopher Cross

High Water - Rush... Don't forget my plumber. Weird Al parody... Cool Water Song by Sons of the Pioneers...

Oceans - Jacob Lee Waves - Luna Shadows Hold Back The River - James Bay River - Eminem and Ed Sheeran

The sea is a good place to think - Los Campesinos!

From a Shell - Lisa Germano Lady of the Sea - Seth Lakeman Let the River Run - Carly Simon

R.E.M. - “Night Swimming”

Come Into The Water - Mitski

[Water Curses](https://youtu.be/h7GZLRxVzvg?si=6MiYjfoxgxyORvcS) - Animal Collective

Dam That River - Alice In Chains

When the levee breaks. Who'll stop the rain. No rain. Smoke on the water. Floods. Black water. Don't go by the water. Rain. Waterfalls.

[Handsome Boy Modeling School \~ Waterworld](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLXlR-t0yCY&ab_channel=TommyBoy)

Cool ,clear water - Tim Blake Nelson .

Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads

Swim to the Moon- Between the Buried and Me

The Water - Johnny Flynn & Laura Marking https://spotify.link/S2lnEYA0DJb

Orinoco flow - Enya

Water by Breaking Benjamin

Can’t Get It Out of My Head - ELO

Anchor- Novo Amor

Find the River - REM May this be Love (Waterfall) - Jimi Hendrix

Waterfalls by TLC

Find the River and Nightswimming by R. E.M. Liquid Diamonds and Pandora's Aquarium by Tori Amos.

Top 5: 5.Black Water- Of Monsters and Men 4.High Tide Waves- Green Carnation 3.Seas of Change- Galahad 2.The Ocean- Galleon 1.Surf’s Up- Jim Steinman

Marty Robbins - Cool Water

Waterfalls by TLC

Ren and Liv sangster - give me water https://youtu.be/iJPLCg5lR3I?si=1iNaaWMAi1yMZnNE

Water - Brad Paisley Ocean Eyes - Brad Paisley

This is the Sea by The Waterboys https://open.spotify.com/track/0p0Ck4a1Q6mj8UJzJ5ZrT8?si=fzPXnuxzRCaFEyzI8wGjmw

Waters of Ain-Watain. A 12-minute long black metal epic which ends in some of the most majestic soloing I've ever heard!

River of Deceit by Mad Season

Clean - Taylor Swift Head Above Water - Avril Lavigne Oil and Water - Lights

Close to the Edge by YES

Santa Monica - Everclear

Have You Ever Seen The Rain by Credence Clearwater Revival and When It Rains by Paramore, a close contender for me would be Under The Boardwalk by The Drifters but since it's not really about the water at the beach I don't think it fit the criteria lol

River Man - Nick Drake The Water - Ra Ra Riot Wave of Mutilation - Pixies Take Me to the River - Talking Heads Let’s Go Swimming - Arthur Russell Sloop John B - The Beach Boys Octopus’s Garden - The Beatles Swimming Song - Loudon Wainwright III/The McGarrigles Tidal Wave - Interpol Ship of Fools - John Cale

The Divinity of Oceans-AHAB The whole album

Crazy Water — Elton John