I am graduating in about three weeks and as a gift to all my friends I am making them all a CD full of Graduation/moving on themed songs. I have a pretty good list so far and I will write it here and add as I go. I just need some good ideas to make a good CD. Songs from any decade and genre are what I'm looking for. Thanks.

Don't You Forget about me- Simple Minds
Closing Time-Semisonic
Time of Your Life- Green Day
Somebody Else- Sister Hazel
Time After Time- Cyndi Lauper
I'll remember-Madonna
This Used to be My playground- Madonna(still kinda not sure   about this one)
Forever Young - Rod Stewart( Actually My Graduation Song)
Freebird- Lynrd Skynrd
Here's to the Night- Eve 6
Friends Forever- Vitamin C
The Promise- When in Rome

Thats it for now. Anything you guys can think of will be a HUGE help, thanks!

Rio

:D :D"Memories are Made of this"and "Give me a Future"--the Everly Brothers."ON the Wings of a Nightingale "would work,too.also,"playing For Keeps"by Elvis Presley.Cheers! 8) 8)

There is always the infamous "School's Out" by Alice Cooper.


Cat

The Best Is Yet To Come-Frank Sinatra, which was our prom theme. (I didn't go.)
The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shade-Timbuk3 (Even though it's really an anti-nuke song)
Graduation-Vitamin C
Goodbye, My Friend-DC Talk (Even though its about a former Christian artist who sold out.)
Extra Ordinary-Better Than Ezra
High School Dance-The Sylvers
Final Scene-Bob Seger
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John
Everything's Coming Up Roses-Ethel Merman  :P

Graduation Day-Bela

well when I graduated high school, our graduation song was "Dont you forget about me" by Simple Minds

but here are some more:
Graduation day-Beach Boys
Its the end of the world as we know it(and I feel fine)-REM (which me and my friend Brian started singing after the last period of class in 12th grade, along with Schools out)
Welcome to the jungle-GNR (Which I though was a very appropiate theme for graduation..."its a jungle out there, always look out for number one...but dont step in number 2"-Rodney Dangerfield)
These are the times-Billy Joel
The best of times-Styx (well, maybe not, but the title says it)
lets stay together-Al green (an ode to remaining friends)
School is out-Gary US Bonds
Ill be there for you-Bon Jovi
Ill be there for you-Rembrandts
what is life?_George Harrison (I dont remember the lyrics, but I think it works)

Something Worth Leaving Behind- Lee Ann Womack
Because You Loved Me- Celine Dion
Turn! Turn! Turn! -The Byrds
I Hope You Dance- Lee Ann Womack
School's Out- Alice Cooper
I Will Remember You- Sarah McLachlan
There You'll Be- Faith Hill

When I graduated from junior high, one of our songs was "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters.

I think the song was originally meant for a wedding but it does work for leaving school...as there are several references to beginning a new life.  Graduating (from either high shcool or college) is also about beginning an new, adult life.

Vanessa Williams - "Save The Best For Last" is the first song that popped into my head.  :)

"Time For Me To Fly" - REO Speedwagon
"Goodbye To You" - Scandal

Is this mich on? Ahem. Well, if you're still looking for suggestions here's a few more:

"Forever Young" by Alphaville! That is one great song and does sound like a graduation theme.

"Reap The Wild Wind" and "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" by Ultravox

"All Tomorrow's Parties" by The Velvet Underground

"Blue Monday" by NewOrder

"The Art Of Parties" by Japan

"Vacation" by The Go-Gos

"The Headmaster Ritual" by The Smiths!!!

"Dead Man's Party" and "Beautiful World" by Devo

"Don't Stand So Close To Me" by The Police

"Road To Nowhere" by Talking Heads

I gots more, but you're making one CD, right? You've got plenty to choose from already.

Since every graduating class has it's fair share of hell raisers...how bout "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC?  LOL  ::)

I get out in 2004, and I want these songs playin' at my graduation next year:

Styx "Come Sail Away"
Pink Floyd "Another Brick in the Wall" ::)
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Freebird"
Pink Floyd "Eclipse"
Britney Spears "That's Where You Take Me"
Styx "Renegade"
Michelle Branch "Goodbye to You"
Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"
Alice Cooper "School's Out For Summer"
Na na na na Hey Hey Hey Goodbye
Motorhead "Ace of Spades"
Michael Jackson "Beat It"
Van Halen "Jump"
GNR "Welcome to the Jungle"
BTO "Taking Care of Business" or "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"
Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here"
Pink Floyd "High Hopes"
Pink Floyd "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
Gloria Gaynor "I Will Survive"
Ozzy Osbourne & Dweezil Zappa "Stayin' Alive" (Or the Bee Gees original could work, but Ozzy's is funnier!)

Our class song....(this was in 89) was
Finer Things-Steve Windwood

Great song still to me ;D


While there is time
Let's go out and feel everything
If you hold me
I will let you into my dream
For time is a river rolling into nowhere
We must live while we can
And we'll drink our cup of laughter

My graduation songs were

Kindergarten: It's a small world

Sixth Grade:
It's so hard to say goodye to yesterday- Boys 2 men
Wind Beneath my wings-Bette Midler
Sunrise, Sunset-The Fiddler on the roof

Junior High:Pomp and circumstance, nuttin special

HighSchool: If I actually went I'd tell ya

I made a graduation CD for myself...although a lot of these aren't really graduation songs. Ones with *asterisks* are probably considered graduation songs the most:

***Vitamin C "Graduation (Friends Forever)"
***Abandoned Pools "Start Over"
Third Eye Blind "How's It Gonna Be"
Disturbed "Remember"
***Burt Bacharach "I Say A Little Prayer" (My Best Friend's Wedding cast Version)
Garbage "When I Grow Up"
***Dropline "Fly Away From Here (Graduation Day)"
Weezer "The Good Life"
Our Lady Peace "Innocent"
Linkin Park "Crawling"
Sum41 "No Brains"
***Uncle Kracker "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "The Zephyr Song"
New Radicals "You Only Get What You Give"
The Ataris "Make It Last"
Ozzy Osbourne "Dreamer"
Boxcar Racer "The End With You"
***Steam "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"
***Baz Luhrmann "Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)"