Parsons Playlists: “Peach Fuzz”

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Amy (class of 2025) and features songs inspired by Pantone’s 2024 Color of the Year.

Peach Fuzz

Pantone Peach Fuzz

Another year, another Pantone color playlist! This is my third annual Pantone playlist, and this playlist might be my favorite. 2024’s color of the year is Peach Fuzz, which Pantone’s website describes as a color that “captures our desire to nurture ourselves and others. It’s a velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul. Pantone collaborated with multiple companies this year, including Cariuma Sneakers, a ripe peach flavored tea from TEALEAVES’, Peach Fuzz colored Polaroid film, and a peach-colored lip oil from Shades by Shan.

Here are 15 songs that I think are reminiscent of the color peach fuzz:

Kacey Musgraves – “Velvet Elvis”

Edison Lighthouse – “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)”

Florence + The Machine – “Delilah”

Stevie Wonder – “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”

Bobby Hebb – “Sunny”

Etta James – “A Sunday Kind of Love”

Billy Joel – “Vienna”

Norah Jones – “Come Away With Me”

The Supremes – “Baby Love”

Lenny Kravitz – “It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”

Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra – “Somethin’ Stupid”

Aretha Franklin – “I Say A Little Prayer”

Carole King – “It’s Too Late”

Aretha Franklin – “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”

Katrina & the Waves – “Walking on Sunshine”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSwAwMtTLDwhKis3qIiq2CkYiFLjXwZif&si=A_motAXuYrJyrxO-

And here it is on Spotify:

Parsons Playlists: A Foray Into Country Music

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist is curated by Music Library student manager Eliana (class of 2024) which features some country music.

A Foray Into Country Music

Audience at a country music show

You don’t need to like country music to like these songs. Everyone knows them, true country fans hate them, but to you they’re cowboy enough.

Zac Brown Band – “Chicken Fried”

Carrie Underwood – “Jesus, Take the Wheel”

John Denver – “Take Me Home, Country Roads”

Zac Brown Band – “Colder Weather”

Dan + Shay – “Tequila”

Zach Bryan – “Something in the Orange”

Kacey Musgraves – “Rainbow”

Sam Hunt – “Body Like A Back Road”

Carrie Underwood – “Before He Cheats”

Florida Georgia Line – “Cruise”

Thomas Rhett – “Die A Happy Man”

Luke Combs – “Fast Car”

Dolly Parton – “Jolene”

Darius Rucker – “Wagon Wheel”

Little Big Town – “Girl Crush”

Taylor Swift – “Our Song”

Dan + Shay – “Speechless”

Old Dominion – “No Such Thing as a Broken Heart”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zey_V9K0OIDi2L5Bg769SnNl&si=esrSEcmfYav9xyyC