The Best Retirement Party Songs

What are the best songs for a retirement party?

The best retirement party songs can be found on the list below. These songs can be inspiring, sad, or funny. Retirement is a time to celebrate, but also a time of goodbyes. You can find a large selection of the best retirement party song in all music styles. When you reach retirement, you have accomplished a dream and met a very important goal. Your life is about to change in a big way; your retirement party and the songs you play should reflect this.

When you reach retirement, you are saying a farewell to your working life. You have earned this right after many years of hard work and commitment. The best retirement party songs should set the right mood for this very special celebration. Now you can do all those things you always wanted to do, and you can do them at any time you wish. You no longer have to check in or follow a clock; you must say good-bye to your fellow workers.

Retirement can be an ending in some of your relationships, and this is a sad event. You may not be able to spend time with the people who you have shared so much of your working life with. You can find the best retirement party songs that relay these messages; you may want to have a few for your special final good-byes. There are also multiple happy, funny, and inspiring retirement party songs that should be included in your parties song list.

Once you have selected all of the songs you need for your party, you can easily get them in various music formats. For your convenience, we have included links to the sheet music on Sheetmusicplus.com as well as the CD on Amazon.com whenever available. If you are looking to purchase the mp3 or would like to listen to a sample, then click on either the Amazon, Rhapsody, or iTunes links.

Rhapsody provides both music subscriptions as well as individual mp3s for sale in WMA format and iTunes only provides MPEG-4 audio files for sale. However, Amazon does offer mp3s that are compatible with both Windows Media Player and iTunes. For more information about where to purchase music online, we provide it on our Music Downloads page or our Music Subscriptions page.

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1. "40 Hour Week" performed by Alabama
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2. "9 to 5" performed by Dolly Parton
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3. "Blue Skies" performed by Bobby Darin or Frank Sinatra
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4. "Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes" performed by Jimmy Buffet
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5. "Dog Eat Dog" performed by 'Weird Al' Yankovic
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6. "Five O' Clock World" performed by the Vogues
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7. "Happy Trails" performed by Van Halen
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8. "Hakuna Matata" performed by Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, Joseph Williams & Nathan Lane
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9. "Happy Working Song" performed Amy Adams
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10. "Hard Workin' Man" performed by Brooks & Dunn
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11. "Hit the Road Jack" performed by Ray Charles
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12. "I am the Working Man" performed by Dusty Drake
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13. "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" performed by George Jones
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14. "I'm Free" performed by the Rolling Stones
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15. "I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man)" performed by Kenny Loggins
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16. "I've Had the Time of My Life" performed by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
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17. "Lord Have Mercy On The Working Man" performed by Travis Tritt
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18. "My Way" performed by Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, and others
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19. "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'" performed by Bing Crosby
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20. "Seasons in the Sun" performed by Terry Jacks
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21. "Sixteen Tons" performed by Tennessee Ernie Ford
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22. "Take This Job and Shove It" performed by Johnny Paycheck
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23. "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" performed by Fall Out Boy
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24. "We Don't Work For Free" performed by Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five
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25. "Work is a Four Letter Word" performed by The Smiths
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26. "Work Song" performed by Corbin Hanner
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27. "Workin' For A Livin'" performed by Huey Lewis & The News
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28. "Workin' Man Blues" performed by Merle Haggard
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29. "Workin' in a Coal Mine" performed by Lee Dorsey
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30. "Working Man" performed by Lee Perry
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31. "Working Man's Ph.D" performed by Aaron Tippin
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32. "Young at Heart" performed by Frank Sinatra
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33. "You've Got a Friend" performed by James Taylor
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