40 Songs about Getting Older

Filed Under: Life Songs

Mark Twain once said, “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter”.

Getting old happens to the best of us. It happens to all of us. Fortunately, we have music far and wide that helps us cope as time goes by:

I. Latest songs about getting older (2019,2020,2021)

Check out our list below for the latest trending songs on getting old, growing older, growing up, and just plain aging.

1) Growing Old With You

2) Growing Older

3) Losing My Edge

4) Wasn’t Expecting That

II. Funny songs about getting older

Getting old is no joke unless, of course, you don’t take yourself seriously! This is pretty much the way to go – life is hard enough as it is without adding getting older to it.

1) Old Grand-Dad

2) Waitin’ On A Woman

3) Hey Nineteen

4) The Little Old Lady From Pasadena

III. Songs about being 60 years old

It seems 60 is the new “It Age,” and if you’re there or about to be, or still have a long way to go – rest easy. It’s well worth the ride. We have a pretty interesting and diverse range of songs about being 60 right here.

1) What The Hell Happened To Me?

2) Once I Was 7 Years Old

3) 7 years

4) Free The Madness

IV. Pop songs about getting older

Everyone has a little something to say about growing old, from funnyman Adam Sandler to outlandish pop icon Billie Eilish. There is a song in here for all of us!

1) Grow Old With You

2) Getting Older

3) Help The Aged

4) My Generation

V. Rock songs about aging

Rock n Roll will never die! And neither will it let us. So while you can, listen on and live long!

1) A Hazy Shade Of Winter

Basically, a cold, hard look at how the passing of time crushes the exuberance of youth. Call it a stock-take of wasted opportunity during the peak of your life. Nevertheless, this duo delivers as they always do, and while it might not get you taking stock of your own life – it will have you singing along in no time at all!

2) Glory Days

3) Wild At Heart

4) I Don’t Want To Grow Up

VI. R&B songs about getting old

We just love the vibey, smooth beats and the way these soul singers to the thing that everybody can relate to getting old!

1) Same Drugs

2) Ghost!

3) When They Reminisce Over You

4) 7 Years

This song was nominated for three Grammy Awards in February 2017. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), it was the seventh best-selling song worldwide in 2016, with a whopping 10.4 million digital downloads.

VII. Rap/Hip Hop songs about getting older

Getting older is not for the faint of heart. Check out our selection of Rap and Hip Hop songs that speak to this very thing.

1) Growing Pains

2) Grown Up

3) Ivy

4) Childish Gambino – Hold You Down

VIII. Country songs about growing old

We can always rely on those good old country singers to have something to say about the hardships and realities of aging. Sit back, and enjoy.

1) In Our Old Age

2) Hello Grandma

3) A Woman Half My Age

4) I’ve Aged Twenty Years In Five

IX. Disney songs about growing up

Yay for Disney and always having a cool and meaningful song to get stuck in your head! Here’s what they have to deliver for growing up and life!

1) Never Grow Up

2) When I Am Older

3) How Far I’ll Go

4) Circle Of Life

X. Songs with “Old Man” in the title

Whether you call your Dad Old Man, or whether you are one or know one – this varied selection of music genres has something to say about it.

1) Old Man

2) Don’t Let The Old Man In

3) My Old Man

4) Mean Old Man