prom songs

Formal dance playlist

Prom songs are the slow, romantic ballads played at high school proms, typically during the final dances of the evening.

The term evokes a specific genre of sweeping, sentimental pop songs suitable for couples swaying together: They played all the classic prom songs at the end of the night.

By extension, any earnest love song with that swooning quality might be dismissed or embraced as a prom song.

Related

last dance · romance · sweetheart · glitter · disco ball · formal · limo · king · queen · spotlight · memories · sway · dance floor · embrace · senior · gymnasium · punch bowl · fairy lights

Categories
Opposites
event formality and context

prom songsfuneral dirges

Mournful music for the deceased

funeral music · requiems · mourning songs · taps · death marches

musical purpose and mood

prom songsdeath metal

Extreme subgenre with growls

black metal · industrial music · grindcore · protest songs · battle hymns

life stage and social context

prom songsdeath metal

Extreme subgenre with growls

breakup songs · hardcore punk · industrial noise

Family

prom, proms, song, songs, sing, singer, singers, singing, sung

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G