Songs referencing strawberries

Throughout the ages, music is riddled with references to the delicious strawberry. Here are 12 popular examples:

Strawberry Sweet by G16 & Boyblanck

Strawberry Sweet is a popular hip-hop song by G16 & Boyblanck, released in 2020.

Lyrics

Strawberry sweet strawberry strawberry strawberry sweet

Nikes on feet

She got that money

To buy what she need

Strawberry sweet strawberry strawberry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmK4sjcdjhc

Strawberry Bubblegum by Justin Timberlake

Strawberry Bubblegum is a song by Justin Timberlake from the Album: 20/20 Experience, released in 2013.

Lyrics

And it all started when she said

Hey hey hey, smacking that Strawberry Bubblegum

You really got me when you said

Hey hey hey, popping that Strawberry Bubblegum

My lips are Strawberry Strawberry Bubblegum

She’s my little Strawberry Strawberry Bubblegum

My little Strawberry Strawberry Bubblegum

And it all started when she said

Hey hey hey, smacking that strawberry bubblegum

You really got me when you said

Hey hey hey, popping that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRXCfOYnSZM

Kiss me by Indecent obsession

“Kiss Me” is a song by Australian pop group Indecent Obsession. It was released as their first single from their second studio album, Indio, in 1992. The song peaked at number 27 on the ARIA Chart.

Lyrics

Strawberry lips saying

Baby I want you

Raising my fever tonight

So why don´t you

Just kiss me

Oo woo oh kiss me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn6ayOwS86w

Strawberry Vapors by Luke James

Strawberry Vapors by R&B artist Luke James was released in 2013 on his album, Whispers in the Dark

Lyrics

“She said Now that’s that good that’ll get you bout it

That’s that good that’ll get you out it

Free your mind…

Strawberry Vapors Oooo, Strawberry Vapors”…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcd0l9MtsI8

Strawberry Avalanche by Owl City

Owl City was a popular band, who released the song Strawberrie Avelance on their 2009 album.

Lyrics

“If you were a beautiful sound in the echoes all around

Then I’d be your harmony

And we’d sing along with the crowds

Beneath the candy coated clouds

Oh strawberry avalanche, please crash over me”…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s2EQ3vSqTE

Strawberry Swing by Coldplay

“Strawberry Swing” is a rock song by British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 14 September 2009, on the studio album, Viva la Vida or Death. The members of the band wrote the song and produced by Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins and Rik Simpson. Reviews were mostly positive, praising the infectious melody and the vocal performance of Chris Martin. It has a vibrant tribal influence.

Lyrics

“They were sitting

They were sitting on the strawberry swing

Every moment was so precious”…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3pJZSTQqIg

Strawberry Wine by Deana Carter

“Strawberry Wine” is a song written by Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison. It was recorded and released by American country music artist Deana Carter in August 1996, on the album, Did I Shave My Legs for This?

Lyrics

“Like strawberry wine and seventeen

The hot July moon saw everything

My first taste of love, oh bittersweet

The green on the vine

Like strawberry wine”…

Strawberry Kisses

Working on It

I’ve been dreaming of your silhouette

On the strawberry fields while the sun is setting

So I was thinking why don’t we head north

Wearing tattered

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up06CryWQpE

Strawberry – Everclear

Evergreen was a rock band who released the song, Strawberry, on their album, Sparkle and Fade in 1995

Lyrics

“The last thing I recall

I was in the air

I woke up on the street

Crawling with my strawberry burns”…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usXrzJPwVDM

Strawberry Cake by Johnny Cash

Strawberry Cake is a live album and 53^rd overall album by country singer Johnny Cash. It was released by Columbia Records in 1976. The album includes numerous pieces of between-song stage banter.

Lyrics

hurt ’til I thought I would break

When a waiter brought out a big strawberry cake

Oh that strawberry cake

Out in California them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGBSAjsPsiE

Strawberry Letter 23 by The Brothers Johnson

“Strawberry Letter 23” is a 1971 song written and composed by Shuggie Otis from his 1971 album Freedom Flight. It is best known by the 1977 cover version recorded by the Brothers Johnson and produced by Quincy Jones. This version by The Brother Johnson peaked the charts in 1977.

Lyrics

A present from you

Strawberry letter twenty-two

The music plays

I sit in for a few

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0bdLdTJdKI

Grass and Wild Strawberries by The Collectors

This rock music number was released on vinyl in 1969 by the Collectors. The Collectors were formed in Vancouver, Canada in 1961. Originally known as the C-Fun Classics, they released two singles in 1963 as The Classics (9), & one single as the Canadian Classics in 1966 before renaming themselves as The Collectors.

Lyrics

Grass and wild strawberries, incense and wine

The food on a cradle will never be mine

Like a purse of good leather and sandals of mist

A halo of morning my tulips have kissed

Each of the four verses starts with the words from the title: Grass and wild strawberries, incense and wine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6sP0870A3Y

Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles

Famous rock band, The Beatles released the popular single, Strawberry Fields Forever in 1967. The story goes that the song is not as happy-go-lucky as the melody might suggest. The song is more about Lennon’s insecurities and his tough childhood. The title of the song refers to the Salvation Army-ran girl’s orphanage – dreamily called “Strawberry Field” – that Lennon lived near growing up in Liverpool.