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Songs About Tuesday: The Best Tuesday Songs for Playlists, Trivia, and Midweek Music

Tuesday songs live in an odd but surprisingly rich corner of music. Monday gets the complaints, Friday gets the party, Saturday gets the nightlife, and Sunday gets the reflective ballads. Tuesday is the day when the week is fully awake, the weekend is nowhere close, and music has to do a little more emotional heavy lifting.

This collection gathers songs about Tuesday, songs with Tuesday in the title, and songs that mention Tuesday as a mood, memory, date, joke, or excuse. The list reaches across classic rock, soul, folk, pop, hip-hop, blues, electronic music, and a few deep cuts that only a true day-of-the-week playlist could love.

Some Tuesday songs are famous, including The Rolling Stones’ Ruby Tuesday, The Moody Blues’ Tuesday Afternoon, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Tuesday’s Gone, and iLoveMakonnen’s Tuesday featuring Drake. Others are more specialized, but that is part of the fun. Tuesday is not always obvious; it requires a little digging.

For playlist builders, Tuesday can mean a bluesy second-day slump, a mellow afternoon, a romantic memory, a club night that probably raised questions, or a workweek mood that needs a soundtrack. Tuesday may not be glamorous, but it has songs. That counts for something.

Best Tuesday Songs for a Playlist

These are some of the strongest Tuesday songs to start with because they are recognizable, playlist-friendly, or especially tied to the day in the title. A good Tuesday playlist should mix familiar classics with newer songs and a few deeper discoveries.

  1. Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
  2. Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) – The Moody Blues
  3. Tuesday’s Gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  4. Tuesday – iLoveMakonnen featuring Drake
  5. Tuesday – Burak Yeter featuring Danelle Sandoval
  6. Tuesday Heartbreak – Stevie Wonder
  7. Tuesday’s Dead – Cat Stevens / Yusuf
  8. Sweet Tuesday Morning – Badfinger
  9. Tuesday Morning – Michelle Branch
  10. Love You Till Tuesday – David Bowie
  11. They Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday’s Just as Bad) – T-Bone Walker
  12. Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning – Cowboy Junkies

Classic Rock and Oldies Tuesday Songs

Classic rock gave Tuesday some of its most durable music. The Rolling Stones turned Ruby Tuesday into one of the best-known day-of-the-week songs, while Lynyrd Skynyrd made Tuesday’s Gone a Southern rock favorite with a slow, open-road feeling. The Moody Blues made Tuesday sound dreamy enough to deserve its own weather system.

  • Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
  • Ruby Tuesday – Rod Stewart
  • Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) – The Moody Blues
  • Tuesday’s Gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Tuesday’s Gone – Metallica
  • Love You Till Tuesday – David Bowie
  • Tuesday’s Dead – Cat Stevens / Yusuf
  • Sweet Tuesday Morning – Badfinger
  • Tuesday Morning – The Pogues

Pop, Dance, and Modern Tuesday Songs

Tuesday has picked up new life in modern pop, dance, and hip-hop. iLoveMakonnen and Drake made Tuesday a club night, Burak Yeter and Danelle Sandoval turned the idea into a dance-pop hit, and Kesha brought a wink to the calendar. Tuesday: apparently not just for tacos and awkward staff meetings.

  • Tuesday – iLoveMakonnen featuring Drake
  • Tuesday – Burak Yeter featuring Danelle Sandoval
  • C U Next Tuesday – Kesha
  • Tuesday Morning – Michelle Branch
  • Tuesday – Five for Fighting
  • Tuesday – Jake Scott
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays – Hot Boys

Alternative, Indie, and College-Radio Tuesday Songs

Alternative and indie artists often use Tuesday for odd details, quiet emotional turns, or strange little story fragments. That makes these tracks useful for playlists that lean less obvious and more “I found this in the good part of the record store.”

  • Barely Out of Tuesday – Counting Crows
  • On a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago – Counting Crows
  • Church on Tuesday – Stone Temple Pilots
  • Cold Shower Tuesdays – Bowling for Soup
  • Forever Tuesday Morning – The Mockers
  • Gentle Tuesday – Primal Scream
  • Groovy Tuesday – The Smithereens
  • Hooray for Tuesday – The Minders
  • On Tuesday – Men Without Hats
  • Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning – Cowboy Junkies
  • Tuesday – Yaz
  • Tuesday’s Waiting – Halifax

Soul, Blues, Jazz, and R&B Tuesday Songs

Tuesday has a strong blues connection because of the classic line “Tuesday’s just as bad” from They Call It Stormy Monday. Soul and jazz also found room for Tuesday, from Chairmen of the Board to Count Basie. Apparently, Tuesday can swing; it just does not brag about it.

  • They Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday’s Just as Bad) – T-Bone Walker
  • They Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday’s Just as Bad) – Jimmy Witherspoon
  • Everything’s Tuesday – Chairmen of the Board
  • Tuesday Heartbreak – Stevie Wonder
  • Tuesday at Ten – Count Basie

Tuesday Songs for Work, Mood, and Midweek Playlists

Tuesday songs are especially useful for workday playlists because the day has a distinct energy. It is not a fresh start anymore, but it is nowhere near the finish line. These songs fit Tuesday mornings, Tuesday afternoons, and those little “how is it only Tuesday?” moments.

  • Tuesday Morning – Michelle Branch
  • Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) – The Moody Blues
  • Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning – Cowboy Junkies
  • Sweet Tuesday Morning – Badfinger
  • Forever Tuesday Morning – The Mockers
  • Barely Out of Tuesday – Counting Crows
  • Tuesday – Five for Fighting

Complete List of Songs About or Mentioning Tuesday

  • Barely Out of Tuesday – Counting Crows
  • C U Next Tuesday – Kesha
  • Church on Tuesday – Stone Temple Pilots
  • Cold Shower Tuesdays – Bowling for Soup
  • Everything’s Tuesday – Chairmen of the Board
  • Forever Tuesday Morning – The Mockers
  • Gentle Tuesday – Primal Scream
  • Groovy Tuesday – The Smithereens
  • Hooray for Tuesday – The Minders
  • Love You Till Tuesday – David Bowie
  • On Tuesday – Men Without Hats
  • On a Tuesday in Amsterdam Long Ago – Counting Crows
  • Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones
  • Ruby Tuesday – Rod Stewart
  • Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning – Cowboy Junkies
  • Sweet Tuesday Morning – Badfinger
  • They Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday’s Just as Bad) – T-Bone Walker
  • They Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday’s Just as Bad) – Jimmy Witherspoon
  • Tuesday – Burak Yeter featuring Danelle Sandoval
  • Tuesday – Five for Fighting
  • Tuesday – iLoveMakonnen featuring Drake
  • Tuesday – Jake Scott
  • Tuesday – Yaz
  • Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) – The Moody Blues
  • Tuesday at Ten – Count Basie
  • Tuesday Heartbreak – Stevie Wonder
  • Tuesday Morning – Michelle Branch
  • Tuesday Morning – The Pogues
  • Tuesday’s Dead – Cat Stevens / Yusuf
  • Tuesday’s Gone – Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Tuesday’s Gone – Metallica
  • Tuesday’s Waiting – Halifax
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays – Hot Boys

Tuesday Songs Trivia

  • The Rolling Stones released Ruby Tuesday in 1967, and it became one of the most famous songs named for a day of the week.
  • Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon) by The Moody Blues appeared in connection with the band’s 1967 album Days of Future Passed, one of the key early progressive rock albums.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Tuesday’s Gone appeared on the band’s 1973 debut album, *(Pronounced ’Lĕh-’nérd ’Skin-’nérd)*.
  • Metallica covered Tuesday’s Gone, giving the Lynyrd Skynyrd song a second life with hard rock and metal fans.
  • iLoveMakonnen’s Tuesday became one of the best-known modern Tuesday songs after Drake appeared on the remix.
  • Burak Yeter’s dance version of Tuesday featuring Danelle Sandoval, helped bring the Tuesday theme into modern electronic and dance-pop playlists.
  • David Bowie’s Love You Till Tuesday was also the title of a 1969 promotional film created early in Bowie’s career.
  • They Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday’s Just as Bad) proves that Tuesday was catching musical grief long before office calendars and group chats got involved.

Why Tuesday Songs Make Better Playlists Than You Might Expect

Tuesday songs work because the day itself is flexible. Tuesday can be tired, romantic, bluesy, funny, strange, productive, or unexpectedly ready for a night out. That gives playlist builders more variety than a simple day-of-the-week theme might suggest.

A strong Tuesday playlist can start with The Rolling Stones, The Moody Blues, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stevie Wonder, and iLoveMakonnen, then branch into Bowie, Badfinger, Cat Stevens, Michelle Branch, Cowboy Junkies, Burak Yeter, and the deeper alternative cuts. Tuesday may not win the popularity contest, but it quietly has a pretty good record collection.

Sources for Tuesday Song Facts

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