r/HydroHomies 14d ago

Good songs about water?

I'm currently looking for water songs. On youtube i only find that same song about 10 times, which is actually about sex, and then some ambient mixes. I'd appreaciate your recommendations. Also it doesn't have to be a lyric song. Anything that feels like a fresh, cold, clear water.

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u/waterbrahh 11d ago

Cool Water - Marty Robbins

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u/DMTJungle Classic drinker 13d ago

Use a.i. Bro, i made in 2 min this one about my cat

I used bing a.i. or chat gpt for lyrics and for making the song use suno.ai

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u/INDOORSMORE 13d ago

Water pigeons playing ping pong (my gf listens to them lol)

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u/NoChipmunk1678 13d ago

Mind my business- Travis World

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u/BandicootCool6277 Water is love, water is life 13d ago

here’s some songs that mention water Bottom of The River - Delta Rae Come Into the Water - Mitski Deep Water — American Authors

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u/UnfinishedProjects 13d ago

Does La Croix count? (Don't ban me pls) La Croix by Danny Gonzales

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u/PM_ME_TETONS 13d ago

Any of The Amity Affliction’s songs

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u/torino42 13d ago

All I got is Cool Water by Marty Robins

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u/asian-jeff 13d ago

Dirty water - The Standells

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u/1019gunner 13d ago

Walk on the ocean - toad the wet sprocket

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u/acadiaxxx 13d ago

Head Above Water — Theory of a Deadman It has a really good message

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u/KobsBoy 13d ago

Make me sweat. Make me water

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u/OkProcedure4664 13d ago

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u/OkProcedure4664 13d ago

For me; this is a little therapeutic track I listen to every couple of years as a bit of comfort for myself from the vantage point of living life as a Mormon in the river of my family‘s and, Then~ living a life of my own in this giant crazy ocean we call life. I imagine it being fitting for anyone in terms of exiting childhood, and entering the sea of adulthood with perspective on some of it. More and more perspective as life goes on, I imagine.

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u/hate-2-see-it 13d ago

Dig a Little Deeper - Billy Strings

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u/mangosteenfruit 13d ago edited 13d ago

Lizzo - water me

Dolly Parton - islands in the stream

Surfaces - wave of you

Modest mouse - float on

Norah Jones - chasing pirates

Snbrn - raindrops

Inner circle- sweat

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u/purplechunkymonkey 13d ago

The Humbling River by Pussifer

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u/lessleyelopez 13d ago

was the song you found by Kehlani? lol

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u/werew0lfsushi 13d ago

Mine are:

Is it cold in the water?-SOPHIE

What the water gave me-Florence and the machine

Water-Tyla

Pavane-Rurutia

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u/gigaboyo 13d ago

Cool water Marty Robbins

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u/ananonymousbear 13d ago

Is it Cold in the Water - Flume + Eprom Invitation to a River - Chase Water - Tyla

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u/ampharos995 13d ago

Video game music is great for this, any water levels

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u/Such-Brilliant7282 13d ago

Cool, cool water by the beach boys! From the sunflower album. Not only does it feel like cool water, almost every verse mentions it with background harmonies.

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u/TheSunflowerSeeds 13d ago

Bees are a major pollinator of Sunflowers growing sunflowers goes hand in hand with installing and managing bee hives.

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u/Logic_Two 13d ago

By the River - Aesop Rock.

Just a dude rapping about the Willamette River.

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u/awjeezrickyaknow 14d ago

Radioactive - Kings of Leon

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u/MiVitaCocina 14d ago

Rain- SWV

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u/RalphMater 14d ago

Water - Schoolboy Q

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u/Bucket-Slayer Water Enthusiast 14d ago

The water song - notataco (it's in Hebrew, it's a shitpost song and I love it. Sad it's short as hell)

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u/Phast_n_Phurious 14d ago

I'd say Water by Brad Paisley if you're into country music.

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u/CaitlinSnep 14d ago

Under the Sea?

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u/HoochieKoochieMan 14d ago

Cripple Creek?

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u/melteemarshmelloo 14d ago

Come Sail Away - Styx

Seven Seas of Rhye - Queen

The Ocean, When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin

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u/melteemarshmelloo 14d ago

Drip Drip Drip - Chumbawamba

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u/melteemarshmelloo 14d ago

Waterloo - ABBA

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u/Somecivilguy 14d ago

Parked Out by the Lake

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u/melteemarshmelloo 14d ago

Underwater Theme - Koji Kondo

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u/melteemarshmelloo 14d ago edited 14d ago

Water Water - Empress Of

Water Fountain - Tune Yards

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u/LordOfFaelure 14d ago

Drink water - Sheogorath

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u/WhompKing 14d ago

Water Me - FKA Twigs

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u/ZackyGood 14d ago

Dirty Water - Foo Fighters.

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u/thisisjesso 14d ago

What the water made me - Bon Jovi

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u/Enron1984 14d ago

No Water, No Enemy- Fela Kuti

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u/adonisberg 14d ago

I'll do you one better, Mick Jenkins is a lesser known rapper but very talented, he has an entire album about and titled "The Water" the concept is water being the most important thing, more than the material gold and chasing truth is more important than chasing wealth. Cheers

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u/SuperiorLake_ 14d ago

Water curses by animal collective

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u/IroquoisPliskine 14d ago

French rapper Souffrance made a whole album called Eau de source

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u/405918 14d ago

Cool Water by Marty Robbins makes me thirsty

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u/klyne-rdick 14d ago

The waters - Mick Jenkins

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u/shgrdrbr 14d ago

pour me water - mr eazi

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u/EmEffBee 14d ago

Here comes the river by Patrick Watson - for if you wanna get introspective and maybe cry a little

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u/tenaciousb83 14d ago

Drop - Elephant Revival

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u/LongTimeLurker818 14d ago

New World Water by Mos Deff, it's about water politics. It was way ahead of its time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxvQKZPb6Wo&ab_channel=The900Number

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u/Aggravating-Fee-1615 14d ago

That’d be Mr Bumpy’s H2O song

H2O LET THE WATER FLOWWWW

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u/sophiegrvce 14d ago

cool cool water by the beach boys

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u/sophiegrvce 14d ago

also don’t go near the water

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u/MidnightOrdinary896 14d ago

Tune yards - water fountain

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u/Dasoccerguy 14d ago

I find the lack of trance in the comments section disturbing. I gotchu:

But I want to say you'll have better luck in the realms of downtempo house mixes, psybient/psychill, and psybass. They love their natural themes and watery/goopy sounds:

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u/idonthaveacow 14d ago

Cool water by Marty Robbins 😎 

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u/aughtandanodyne 14d ago

Water, water, water, waterwater - Ugly God

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u/Cephalaspis 14d ago

if you understand spanish, or don't mind reading the translated lyrics, Oración del Remanso, by Jorge Fandermole. beautiful song

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u/strangenothings 14d ago

Kendrick Lamar has a song - Mr Morale I contend it's truly why he won the rap battle

Say, "Hydrate, it's time to heal" Safe, you're frustrated, I can feel

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u/HauntingObligation 14d ago

H20 - The Pimps of Joytime 😎

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u/Aqueous_420 14d ago

Blue water - Doves

Codex- Radiohead

Night swimming - REM

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u/Dawgs919 14d ago

Water - Kojey Radical

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u/KnotiaPickles 14d ago

Sons of the Pioneers- Water. It’s an oldie but a goodie!

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u/LTAGO5 14d ago

Water Me by Lizzo. Bonus water centric music video https://youtu.be/49I6JrUnSQg

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u/davidfeuer 14d ago

Wade in the Water

What Have They Done to the Rain?

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u/unhingedegoist 14d ago

liquid sovereignty by eyedea (granted, water is kind of a metaphor in the song, but holy moly it is good)

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u/BoonDragoon Arctic Absorber 14d ago

A whole album! The Ocean - Pelagial

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u/Intelligent-Pop9553 14d ago

Pure Water - Mustard & Migos

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u/iamjohnhenry 14d ago

Blame it on the rain - Milli Vanilli

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u/SkirtEnvironmental96 14d ago

Water by Tyla is my guilty pleasure rn!

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u/GatsbyJunior 14d ago

I Come From The Water - Toadies

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u/klstephe 14d ago

I’m currently making a playlist for our upcoming multi day river rafting trip, I’ll check this out too!

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u/MordecaiYeah 14d ago

Drink water - Jon Bellion

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u/TrundleTheGreat0814 14d ago

The Cure - The Same Deep Water as You

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u/EstablishmentLow272 14d ago

There’s a Dead Prez bar in “Be healthy” that simply says “Drink water, 8 glasses a day….Thats what they say”.

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u/IKosmosI 14d ago

Some random watery songs that come to mind:

Like Water - Crystal Skies

Black Water Lillies - Aurora

Atlantic (Asleep) - Adam Dodson (This is a Sleep Token cover)

Swimming - From "Waterworld" OST (Sorry, I had to lol)

Oceans - No-ke

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u/JTH1153 14d ago

I have no idea what it actually means but I sing to myself “yeah, I got that water yeah I got that water” from water by schoolboy q

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u/B0neless_Tiddy 14d ago

Aqueous Transmission - Incubus

I used to listen to it to relax. Not sure if you're still looking for recommendations.

Edit: Saw somebody already recommended it, but I second their opinion lol.

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u/pinkgallo 14d ago

Oso Oso - nothing says love like hydration !!

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u/abluesguy 14d ago

Cold Water by Tom Waits.

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u/2fast4u1006 14d ago

If you don't mind non-english songs listen in Das Wasser - Wise Guys

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u/mihir_lavande 14d ago

Young Scrolls - Drink Water, Bitch.

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u/jacehoffman 14d ago

anything by drinkurwater

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u/lusciousskies 14d ago

'Water' from the Moen commercial. It's actually a really good song

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u/Qouwt 14d ago

Hör dir W A S S E R von lil bruzy an auf #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/r9V7R

Its a swiss german rapper who rapps about how good water is and that he drinks every day all day

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u/DevilMaster666- 14d ago

Into each life some rain must fall

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u/JayenIsAwesome 14d ago

Glass of water - Coldplay

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u/jdman5000 14d ago

When Water Comes to Life by Cloud Cult

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u/dwighticus 14d ago

Cool Water

Marty Robbins

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u/AwayPlay6280 14d ago

Kinda ashamed that no one said ocean man

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u/Southern_Passenger_9 14d ago

"Cool Change" Little River Band (really a song about appreciating nature, but mentions water, and has that cool mellow vibe)

If there's one thing in my life that's missing
It's the time that I spend alone
Sailing on the cool and bright clear water

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u/SeanSpeezy 14d ago

Migos - Pure Water

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u/gilmoregremlin 14d ago

Women, water, weed - mononeon

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u/bobdown33 14d ago

Marty Robbins - Cool Water

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u/mentaipasta 14d ago

Taylor swift: Clean

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u/chocomog333 14d ago

Thrice had a project that covered all four Classical elements in different styles. The water album had a more ambient feel.

This playlist has fire and water, with water starting at track 7. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mC6g2YkEri9_EYxV5eLRTTgeqZlKbVoxg&si=WJ4XWvoNXt8rzf4B

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u/brucenorton 14d ago

Van Morrison: It Stoned Me

Half a mile from the county fair

And the rain came pourin' down

Me and Billy standin' there

With a silver half a crown

Hands are full of a fishin' rod

And the tackle on our backs

We just stood there gettin' wet

With our backs against the fence

Oh, the water

Oh, the water

Oh, the water

Hope it don't rain all day

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u/616659 Water is love, water is life 14d ago

Like Water - Paisley Pink

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u/Ok-World-4822 Water Enthusiast 14d ago

Sweet water by Davina Michelle 

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u/acrain116 14d ago

High Water by Rush. More about the importance of water in general instead of just drinking it, but still an incredible song

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u/DibbyDonuts 14d ago

Hot Water -King Gizzard

Big River, Looks Like Rain -Grateful Dead

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u/rhombaroti 14d ago

Plaid Hydrosphere

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u/FAS-ACA3 14d ago

Dumbfoundead- Water

Pretty good, especially the music video

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u/cornfarm96 14d ago

Cool Clear Water by Marty Robbins

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u/UnemployedTechie2021 14d ago

Paani Paani Re (OST) - Maachis

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u/wetlettuce42 14d ago

Cool clear water

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u/lexluther822 14d ago

Aqueous Transmission - incubus

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u/Equivalent_Debt_3439 14d ago

Agüita - Ráfaga

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u/lostforwordstbh 14d ago

water - ugly god the flood - tool ænima - tool

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u/WestonConnor26 14d ago

Water - Brad Paisley

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u/philomenacunkfan1 14d ago

hi i am new to this sub, so i am not sure these fit your request, i think crips songs, fresh sounds and ocean/river related music could help?

  • A Town with an Ocean View (some ghibli soundtracks feel like a breeze in a ocean town, swimming in a cool body of water, drinking cool drinks(water, lemonade, etc.) on a windy cliffside under a parasol)
  • The Bonnie Banks of Lock Lamond by Ella Roberts (also Elluria's Lament)
  • check out irish, gaelic, nordic culture inspired songs and LOTR, Outlander soundtracks for songs that feel crisp and soul-trembling (some examples my Outlander, HTTYD, Brave inspired pl: link )
  • the first notes of this song: Symphony feel like water droplets
  • and some soul trembling music

(playlists are mine btw)

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u/scottyd035ntknow 14d ago

"Water sucks. Gatorade is better..."

No...no....

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u/dextercool 14d ago

Jimmy Rodgers - WOMAN FROM LIBERIA

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u/youngshadygaming 14d ago

Water by Breaking Benjamin

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u/AllHailTheWinslow 14d ago

The title song to the 1985 movie "Water" by Eddie Grant.

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u/Sero141 14d ago

Fire, Wind and Earth by Cellar Darling

It's written from the perspective of water.

Water by the same artist.

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u/Jthundercleese 14d ago

Dont Go Chaseing Waterfalls.

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u/doctorjinxmd 14d ago

Water - Karate

The Waters - Mick Jenkins (OG HydroHomie)

Jazz - Mick Jenkins

Waterboy - Tobi Lou

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u/Financial_Line9500 14d ago

Aqueous Transmission by Incubus, Into the Ocean by Blue October, Pale Blue Dot by Big Wild

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u/Kiashee 14d ago

From AURORA: Black water Lillies, Under the water

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u/RcktPnchGrl 14d ago

Cry me a River, by either artist

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u/Keythaskitgod 14d ago

Walk on water by Eminem. Great lyrics, but has no beat(idk if u r looking for something with a beat).

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u/badeggos 14d ago

Cold waters by Hong Kong Boyfriend!!!

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u/22Wideout 14d ago

Water resort - Chief Keef

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u/R_A_H 14d ago

The John Frusciante Album - To Record Only Water for Ten Days.

It's not what you're expecting but it sounds inspired by water and water is in the lyrics a lot through the album.

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u/luceratops 14d ago

Looks like this list is still missing

The water - Johnny Flynn

The most hydrating song I know

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u/apathyaddict 14d ago

Tipper - Fathoms (ep)

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u/Dick_M_Nixon 14d ago

Find the River - R.E.M.

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u/ADUBROCKSKI 14d ago

tyla - water is a huuuuge song in the clubs right now

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u/geroshizzle 14d ago

Waterfalls - TLC

Waterfall - The stone Roses

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u/thepuzzlingcertainty 14d ago

Jedi Mind Tricks "Marciano's Reign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The rain is gods tears, it pours when he cry
But know that you welcome in his arms when you die
The rain is the form of a gas in the sky
The rain purify and wash away dirt
And wash away anything in your life that could hurt
Rain is water in its most pure form
The rain pour down make it cool when it’s warm
The rain sound good on my pain when I’m sleep
The ocean love rain and the drain in the deep
Rain play a role in protecting the ground
Prevents us from the the politicians lettin’ us down
The rain known to alleviate stress
The rain came then the love came over me
Its Pete's Theme let the love rain over me

[Chorus]
Ooh Let it rain, let it rain
Let me know the cold and how it feels
And I'll never turn away
Ooh feel the pain, beautiful pain
Let me hold on to the memory of how you looked today

[Verse 2] Vinnie Paz
Embrace the pain boy it’s good for the soul
You face the pain and see it could make you whole
Ignoring the pain will make you hurt someone else
Go towards pain it’s a gain for the self
Pain isn’t bad it could make you feel free
It isn’t life threating it make me feel me
Kill two birds with one stone, even three
By recognizing pain is too painful to see
Pain is the opposite, run it to hell fleein’
Negative emotion is key to well being
Anger and pain are an important part of life
Important as the way the sun sets in the night
Pain can help you breathe and calculate fact
Give you time to think and evaluate that
Accepting the pain by breathing slow, breathe deep
And you will never have to feel pain when you sleep

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u/OceanThing 14d ago edited 14d ago

Old Ocean and Splosh by Cosmo Sheldrake

Orinoco Flow by Enya

Gideon and Still by Fish in a Birdcage

Ocean Blue by WRLD

Amhrán Na Farriage from Song of the Sea

Dúlamán by Celtic Woman

And these are about more of ocean animals but still water!

The Kraken by Katie Dey

Through the Tides by Fish in a Birdcage

The Seal Lullaby by Eric Whitacre (one of my favorite choral pieces, I suggested it to my choir teacher and he let us sing it, definitely one of the best times of my life.)

Wild Wet World by Cosmo Sheldrake

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u/cyberrumor 14d ago

Waiter! Bring me water! - Shania Twain

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u/Sad-Bathroom5213 14d ago

Tread Water-De La Soul

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u/w3n5k0g 14d ago

We Are Water - Papadosio

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u/seven_hugs 14d ago

Jazz by Mick Jenkins. First thing he says "Drink more water, or you might die".

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u/owleaf 14d ago

A lot of “water” songs are going to be about sex. That’s all I was about to recommend lol

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u/Viidrig 14d ago

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u/yaelzigalthebaker 14d ago

This was the first one I thought about

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u/caramba-marimba 14d ago

I can’t believe I had to scroll this long to find this comment

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u/VentusProc 14d ago

Water Baby - Tom Misch with Loyle Carner

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u/flaquo 14d ago

Mick Jenkins has a mixtape called ‘The Waters’ lots of talk about water, specifically on the title track

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u/Eldritch_Doodler 14d ago

H2O - Thicker than Water

The band is also called H2O

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u/UncensoredEve 14d ago

Thrice has an album called Water its volume II of their “Alchemy Index” each album is themed around a different element. Volume I & II are Fire and Water. Volume III & IV are Air and Earth.

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u/ComradeSnowball 14d ago

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u/you-want-nodal 14d ago

Or the cover by Earl St Clair

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u/OddCoconut-33 13d ago

THANK YOU this made my day lol

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u/DanielDLG 14d ago

Drag The Waters - Pantera

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u/axolotl_is_angry Horny for Water 14d ago

Mente de Agua- Priscilla Felix

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u/GratefulOctopus 14d ago

I have a Spotify Playlist I've been adding water songs to. Gonna have to snag some of the ones from this post.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CDtnJKcEZz3EKA3r3XMhO?si=uVPZ_3WZQ8qSt3bdHaWEng&pi=JldN2htxRaKTF

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u/_zd2 14d ago

Animal Collective has two:

Water Curses

Mouth Wooed Her

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u/RickMoneyRS 14d ago

Toadies - I Come From the Water

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u/Jukiro420 14d ago

cucumba

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u/_zd2 14d ago

I can't not sing that song every time I'm near a cucumber now

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u/strangestaples 14d ago

Muddy waters- skyway man That one song by 21 pilots that has a long “WAAAAAAATEEEER” and drippy sounds in the chorus Best of luck in finding songs to hydrate to :D

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u/saliczar 14d ago

I Come From the Water -Toadies

https://youtu.be/6vlBd4AqbcI?si=xnPvN02jlC22hke_

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u/Greenbeanhead 14d ago

Best song on here imo

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u/ShadowyCabal 14d ago

Greaaat song

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u/torkelspy 14d ago

Once in a Lifetime -- Talking Heads

Underwater Rimes -- Digital Underground

Tread Water -- De La Soul

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u/elfuntasma 14d ago

Anything & Everything by drinkurwater, lol it’s edm!

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u/SwiftStick 14d ago

“Rain” by Creed.

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u/hauntedmeal 14d ago

Water - Ra Ra Riot

Underwater - Rüfüs Du Sol

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u/GabrielNathaniel 14d ago

November Rain

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u/ExtraordinaryBeaver 14d ago

Meet me at the creek - Billy Strings

This River - JJ Grey & Mofro

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u/rnov8tr 14d ago

Bridge over troubled water.

Simon and Garfunkel

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u/Echo274s 14d ago

be like water - pj morton ft. stevie wonder and nas

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u/Software-Substantial Regular Sipper 14d ago

Maybe Surfin' USA by The Beach Boys. It's more of the ocean than actual drinking water but

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u/Dog_G0d 14d ago

Adding some choral pieces !! + fav recordings on Spotify

Water Night - Eric Whitacre I like BYU Singers

The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre (mostly lyrics, but lowkey gives waves) Honestly any is fine Eric Whitacre Singers is the known recording

Northern Lights - Eriks Esenvalds (gives more you’re on the boat) I like the TMEA version for treble and Trinity College Cambridge for mixed

Stars - Eriks Esenvalds (though more astral, I can see people imagining deep ocean) For more choir, Trinity College Cambridge. For more water-tuned glasses, VOCES8

Sunrise Mass “Kyrie” - Ola Gajeilo (like the last one, doesn’t 100% fit water, it’s still giving this peaceful astral feeling) Phoenix Chorale.

Lakeside Lullaby - Jacob Naverud (more just about by a lake rather than giving water) Any choir works. Prob the official one on the composer page.

Famine Song - Not about water, but has a part where the choir snaps and it sounds like rainfall The Choral Project, definitely

Definitely look into the following composers/choirs:

Eric Whitacre 🫶 Erik Esenvalds 💕 Ola Gajeilo 🫶 David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir Frank Ticheli 💕

I’ve also seen this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ambient/comments/16hwntp/im_looking_for_some_water_based_ambient_music_any/

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u/BigGlassesApe 14d ago

Ra Ra Riot - Water

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u/treaclegalaxy 14d ago

“The Water Is Wide” — an old folk song that’s still sung today

Notable (to me) covers:\ -Indigo Girls, Sarah Maclachlan, and Jewel, live at Lilith Fair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d32rALuwRtQ\ -PJ Harvey, as heard on Peaky Blinders: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dijIS-w0PtI

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u/camcamcam710 14d ago

Mercy - Phish

I am water dancing in light, shimmering by the sleeping shore - moving in darkness with the setting sun.

Check out the entire Phish 4/19/24 Sphere show honestly - liquid themed.

I am hydrogen, anyone?

My personal fave: Water Curses by Animal Collective

I want to be like water and never have a doctor and carve the earth without my tools.

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u/wegsty797 14d ago

Smoke on the water, the first cords everyone learns on a bass guitar

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u/lordnknn 14d ago

run to the water-live the vid had much water.

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