# Your favorite songs about snow, ice, or winter **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289 "2019-11-11T15:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/1 "2019-11-11T15:57:09Z")
I post a lot to Instagram stories with music and it looks like this is going to be yet another long cold snowy winter. What are some of your favorite songs about ornthar mention snow/ice/cold/winter? They don’t have to be in the pop/rock genre either. Today I’m using the Skating theme from A Charlie Brown Christmas, for example. I used Snowblind by Styx and Snowman by Genesis earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/2 "2019-11-11T16:05:35Z")
Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” is the GOAT. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/3 "2019-11-11T16:24:06Z")
Let’s start with Waldteufel’s Les Patineurs (The Skaters) usually known as The Skater’s Waltz: [https://youtu.be/stTjXe-r-yE](https://youtu.be/stTjXe-r-yE) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/4 "2019-11-11T16:36:00Z")
I’m not very imaginative, I’m torn between ‘Walking in a Winter Wonderland’ and ‘Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow’… Non- Christmas: torn between’Hazy Shade of Winter’/ ‘California Dreaming’ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/5 "2019-11-11T16:42:04Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > I’m not very imaginative, I’m torn between ‘Walking in a Winter Wonderland’ and ‘Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow’… > > Non- Christmas: “Winter Wonderland” and “Let It Snow” don’t say anything about Christmas; they just get played a lot around Christmastime. So they’re perfectly good choices. My choices are on our [Winter playlist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21958801&postcount=2194). ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/6 "2019-11-11T17:51:28Z")
To actually answer your OP, I can think of a few songs (I mostly listen to classic rock, so that’s what I’m familiar with) that mention snow / ice / winder / cold: Cold as Ice, Foreigner. Snowblind, Styx (I see you already have that one) Wintertime Love, The Doors Winter, Rolling Stones Those are the ones I can think offhand. However, for me personally, there’s certain songs and music that associate with winter and therefore are part of my winter playlist. There are not necessarily _Christmas_ songs (although many are), but rather emotionally “winter” songs. [The entire Nutcracker ballet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U_gpW1J4LM) [California Dreamin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN3GbF9Bx6E)’, The Mamas and the Papas (Aside: I saw a movie on TV when I was a teenager where a group of explorers or similar adventures were lost in some dark jungle, and so they started singing that song. Ever since then I’ve tried to figure out what movie that was, but no dice.) [White Wine in the Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLp2DfsW5Cw), Kate Miller-Heidke. This song has a sort of Weird Al vibe to it, but the second half is sweet and charming, and reminds me why I put up with all the stupid family drama each Christmas season. [The River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY), Joni Mitchell Hallelujah, originally by Leonard Cohen, has been covered about a zillion times. By far the best version I’ve found is [this one performed by a children’s choir](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmx--WjeN7o). The “lead” singer (is that the right word?) is a 10-year-old girl with autism. One of the most beautiful songs ever, and this is by far the most striking rendition I’ve ever heard. Jeff Buckley and John Cale also did good covers. [The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A), Gordon Lightfoot. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/7 "2019-11-11T17:56:49Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > but rather emotionally “winter” songs. One of the best of these is Simon and Garfunkel’s [A Hazy Shade of Winter.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnZdlhUDEJo) ETA: I see this was already mentioned by **saliqmind** ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/8 "2019-11-11T18:02:35Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7GUzJ7fQBtg/hqdefault.jpg "Prokofiev "Troika" ('Lieutenant Kije') - Fistoulari conducts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GUzJ7fQBtg) Troika Prokofiev ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/9 "2019-11-11T18:11:34Z")
Snow is cold, rain is wet Chills my soul right to the marrow Back Home Again by Carole King ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/10 "2019-11-11T20:48:38Z")
_[Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PDlGUdDF8Y)_ - Tori Amos [\*December Will Be Magic Again \*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfD7FzcjVyQ)- Kate Bush _[How To Bring A Blush To The Snow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d7xOb3AvRU)_ (and, in fact, the entire Victorialand album) - Cocteau Twins ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/11 "2019-11-11T21:00:20Z")
I love “Sleigh Ride.” It’s such a joyful celebration of winter weather! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/12 "2019-11-11T21:14:51Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > My choices are on our [Winter playlist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21958801&postcount=2194). Ah, heck, may as well give links to some of these here in this thread: [Valley Winter Song - Fountains of Wayne](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDfEBmjtkAQ) [Snow Days - Trip Shakespeare](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUeDGBtQNkE) [Frigid Winter Days - The Ocean Blue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2FUHm_zfJQ) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/13 "2019-11-11T21:44:35Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Troika Prokofiev This. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/14 "2019-11-11T22:25:36Z")
So cold, music not helping. [Grauzone - Eisbær](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIIGKV27FaY) [:Wumpscut: - Die in Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hZRaGNipJk) [Depeche Mode - Ice Machine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBknOuHIKXE) [Men Without Hats - Antarctica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho2tFueTgE8) [Factice Factory - Cold (The Cure)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBdoSJ-Fjto) [Hante. - Winter Dreams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjS62LM-nx0) [Spoons - Smiling In Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9ziiXm5o8s) [Hüsker Dü - Ice Cold Ice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpLXhssTD8o) [Crash Normal - Ice Forest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nftISqVtC4I) [Warsaw - Living In The Ice Age](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TK2Xnj0ehA) [Gridlock - The 8th Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjwcr4TRlk0) [Coil - The Snow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBAz_qGTzZ4) [Oneiroid Psychosis - Winter Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKTMzeMIQc0) [Devo - Snowball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqFbbzbR8WA) [Sloan - Snow Suit Sound](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kSAvV2G4g) [Nada Surf - Icebox](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZRP_8f6iPg) [Pixies - Winterlong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWWjMgzhbu4) [Naevus - After Winter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMcDfziTY7k) [The Sisters of Mercy - Driven Like the Snow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn80TyhTFgE) [Yazoo - Winter Kills](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzc30bJJJm) ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/15 "2019-11-11T22:33:04Z")
[In the Bleak Midwinter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI9hc2E-d64) link is a good rendition by Susan Boyle I don’t like much popular music particularly if it is in English (lyrics usually nauseatingly stupid) so I am not going to add much to the thread I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/16 "2019-11-11T23:14:02Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > [The River](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFudDAYqxY), Joni Mitchell Ya beat me to it. A beautiful song. Surprised no one has mentioned [Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Eat_the_Yellow_Snow) by **Frank Zappa**. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/17 "2019-11-11T23:23:16Z")
Thirtysomething Rolling Stones — “She’s So Cold.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jo34VhfcetU/maxresdefault.jpg "The Rolling Stones - She's So Cold - OFFICIAL PROMO") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo34VhfcetU) ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/18 "2019-11-12T00:15:54Z")
Simon and Garfunkel A winter’s day In a deep and dark December I am alone Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/19 "2019-11-12T00:58:06Z")
Here’s an [entire album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_(album)) about Eskimos. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289/20 "2019-11-12T01:59:23Z")
Jimmy Buffett’s [“Boat Drinks”](https://www.metrolyrics.com/boat-drinks-lyrics-jimmy-buffett.html). 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-about-snow-ice-or-winter/843289.md?page=2)