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Clean Graduation Songs

This collection is built for graduations, senior nights, end-of-year videos, and milestone moments that need something emotional but still safe to play in front of families, staff, and younger students.

These songs lean reflective, hopeful, and celebratory so they work for ceremonies, slideshows, farewell playlists, and classroom send-offs.

List of Songs

13 clean songs

How we decide what’s clean

  • Vitamin C - Graduation (Friends Forever)

    Clean

    Album: Vitamin C

    Why this status: No profanity detected in the lyrics.

  • OneRepublic - I Lived

    Clean

    Album: Native

    Why this status: The song contains inspirational and motivational themes about living life fully and overcoming challenges.

  • The Script, will.i.am - Hall of Fame

    Clean

    Album: #3

    Why this status: The song contains the word 'h***' used metaphorically in 'You can walk straight through h*** with a smile,' which is a descriptive/inspirational context rather than an expletive or intensifier, so it does not count as profanity.

  • Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten

    Clean

    Album: Unwritten

    Why this status: No profanity or explicit sexual content detected.

  • Miley Cyrus - The Climb

    Clean

    Album: Hannah Montana The Movie

    Why this status: Song contains no profanity, explicit language, or offensive content.

  • Sara Bareilles - Brave

    Clean

    Album: The Blessed Unrest

    Why this status: Song contains no profanity or explicit language

  • American Authors - Best Day Of My Life

    Clean

    Album: Oh, What A Life

    Why this status: The song contains no profanity, explicit sexual content, or other inappropriate material.

  • Bruno Mars - Count on Me

    Clean

    Album: Doo-Wops & Hooligans

    Why this status: Song contains wholesome, positive messages about friendship and loyalty

  • Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams - A Million Dreams

    Clean

    Album: The Greatest Showman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Why this status: No profanity or explicit sexual content detected. The song is an inspirational ballad about dreams, imagination, and sharing visions with loved ones. It contains positive themes of creativity, partnership, and hope. Despite the metadata flag indicating possible profanity, careful examination of all lyrics reveals no casual expletives, insults, or explicit content. The song is appropriate for school settings.

  • Katy Perry - Firework

    Clean

    Album: Teenage Dream

    Why this status: Song contains inspirational and motivational messaging about self-worth and inner potential

  • Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World

    Clean

    Album: Night Visions

    Why this status: No profanity or explicit sexual content detected.

  • Selena Gomez & The Scene - Who Says

    Clean

    Album: When The Sun Goes Down

    Why this status: The song contains no profanity or expletives.

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  • Kool & The Gang - Celebration

    Clean

    Album: Celebrate!

    Why this status: No profanity detected in lyrics.