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11 Intriguing Snowy Songs features music courtesy of Ella Fitzgerald, Prince, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, and Yoko Ono. 

“Oh, the weather outside is frightful / And the fire is so delightful / And since we have no place to go / Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!”  The moment December rolls around, we think of the holiday season – Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa – winter, and of course, that white stuff better known as SNOW! Even if you’re reading 🎧 11 Intriguing Snowy Songs and it’s not December or even wintertime, you are in for a snowy treat!

🎧 11 Intriguing Snowy Songs features music courtesy of 🎙 Ella Fitzgerald, 🎙 Prince, 🎙 Taylor Swift, 🎙 The Weeknd, and 🎙 Yoko Ono among others. So, we have some jazz, 80s, pop, R&B, and classic rock in the mix. So, grab a cup of something that’s sure to warm you up and check out these 🎧 11 Intriguing Snowy Songs!  

 

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1. Taylor Swift, “Snow On The Beach” (Ft. Lana Del Rey) 

💿 Midnights • 🏷 Taylor Swift • 📅 2022

How does one follow-up something as awesome as 🎵 “Anti-Hero” on 💿 Midnights? [NOTE: Unless you totally live under a rock, you need no further context regarding “Anti-Hero” and Midnights.  Now, we continue with the answer to the question.] Why, the answer is with 🎵 “Snow On The Beach” – what a phenomenon! The ubiquitous, 🏆 award-winning icon, 🎙 Taylor Swift, invites a guest along for the ride, a 🏆 Grammy nominee in her own right, 🎙 Lana Del Rey. 

On “Snow On The Beach,” Lana Del Rey plays a supporting role.  Even so, her presence is a selling point, and brings a unique pairing to fruition. The premise of “Snow On The Beach” is two people falling in love simultaneously.  It’s sort of unbelievable and weird, “Like snow at the beach / Weird, but fucking beautiful…” Indeed.  The phenomena continues: “You wanting me / Tonight feels impossible / But it’s coming down / No wound, it’s all around.” In this context, snow is beautiful.  That’s not always the case, however.

 

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2. The Weeknd, “Snowchild” 

💿 After Hours • 🏷 Republic • 📅 2020

With a title like 🎵 “Snowchild,” it should come as no surprise that 🎙 The Weeknd references drug use on the highlight from his 2020 album, 💿 After Hours.  “I was singing notes while my niggas played with six keys / Walking in the snow before I ever made my wrist freeze,” he sings on the reflective first verse. Oh, my!   

As evidenced by those lyrics, “Snowchild” is more than drugs, though the Dizzy Gillespie line is pretty rad (“I was blowing smoke, had me ‘Dizzy’ like Gillespie”). The Weeknd explores his childhood, coming up and becoming famous, and of course drip and sex. In the context of After Hours, it is another winning moment.  Furthermore, this snowy cut is a welcome addition to his body of work.   

 

Appears in 🔻:  

• Snow ❄: 3BOPS No. 5 (2020) 

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3. Iggy Azalea, “Tokyo Snow Trip” 

💿 Survive the Summer (EP) • 🏷 Island • 📅 2018 

“Pinocchio nose drip, Tokyo snow trip / Wake up in Mexico, buenas noches.” Australian rapper 🎙 Iggy Azalea returned in 2018 with 15-minute EP, 💿 Survive the Summer. The EP had its share of moments including 🎵 “Tokyo Snow Trip”. On the brief joint, Iggy focuses on drugs (“My dope, the dopest / Fall asleep with the stove lit”) and money (“Hush money in the sofa” and “Came, came in a Benz, not a Focus”). Japan? Eh, not so much.   

“Tokyo Snow Trip” features hard-nosed minimal, skeletal production work with a sound intended for the club. Azalea performs this with a whispered approach at times, reminiscing back to 🎙 Ying Yang Twins’ 🎵 “Wait (The Whisper Song)”.  Beyond unorthodox vocal approach, the form is also unorthodox, lacking verses. “Tokyo Snow Trip,” hence, is built on the bridge, pre-chorus, chorus, and post-chorus.  Ultimately, it’s interesting, but devoid of substance – other than drugs of course.  As for the snow, Azalea isn’t talking about the wet stuff that falls from the skies…  

Appears in 🔻:  

• 13 Songs Somewhat Related to Weather 
• Japan 🗾: 5ive Songs No. 61 (2021) 
• 11 Captivating Songs Associated with Japan 

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4. Disco People, “It’s Snowing Men” 

💿 It’s Snowing in Key West • 🏷 Essential Media Group LLC • 🗓 2021 

Gays (+ and straight allies) everywhere received a new favorite Christmas song, courtesy of 🎙 Disco People: 🎵 “It’s Snowing Men!” “It’s Snowing Men” is novel, tongue-in-cheek, and ‘campy’ as hell. The collective serves up an outlandish, head-shakable, but irresistibly G-A-Y holiday gem. “It’s Snowing Men” appears on the collective’s 2021 album, 💿 It’s Snowing in Key West.   

 

The premise of “It’s Snowing Men” is rather than snowing snowflakes, men are snowing down from the heavens.  Hmm, sounds like it’s adapted from a beloved, gay classic, 🎵 “It’s Raining Men”! Yah, pretty much: “It’s snowing men, hallelujah / It’s snowing men.” Of course, there’s encouragement for this precipitation, with lines like, “Let it fall down now” and “Ooh, I’ve gotta have one.”  Hey, can’t knock their lust! Perhaps the best lines are as follows:  

“Sexy men, sexy men, everywhere falling 

Reindeers, reindeers everybody’s calling 

Santa’s dropping presents 

Bet you I’m gonna catch me one.”  

Those presents, of course, have big muscles and, presumably, BDE. “It’s Snowing Men” is meant to be fun, and of course, unapologetically gay. The liberation is easily perceptible and hey, I’m here for it!  You’ll want to bump this novel Christmas song well into the winter, and of course, hope those snowflakes really do turn into a legit hunk, LMAO! 

Appears in 🔻:  

• Disco People, “It’s Snowing Men”: LGBTQ Bopz 🌈🎶 No. 10 
• 13 Merry Christmas 🎄 Gems (Newer & Older) 
• 15 Great Songs All About Men! 

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5. Fantasia, “The Snow is Falling”  

💿 Christmas After Midnight • 🏷 Rock Soul, Inc. / Concord Music Group, Inc. • 📅 2017 

In 2017, 🏆 Grammy-winning R&B singer 🎙 Fantasia quietly released a Christmas album, 💿 Christmas After Midnight.  A worthwhile addition to any holiday collection, the American Idol winner impresses with her incredible versatility, something, I personally feel, is underrated about her.  Notably, some of her best moments from Christmas After Midnight are jazzier numbers.  One of the gems, hence, is 🎵 “The Snow is Falling” (not to be confused with 🎵 “Listen, The Snow is Falling”).  

  

“The Snow is Falling” was written by 🎼 ✍ Jerry Leiber and 🎼 ✍ Mike Stoller – what a formidable team. It ends up being a perfect fit for Fantasia, showcasing a different side of the gospel-infused soul singer. Furthermore, it’s a more obscure choice compared to most Christmas classics, adding to its specialness. Rather than describing Fantasia’s commanding, distinct vocals on “The Snow is Falling,” their best experienced by listening to her absolutely nail this jazzy joint, which sounds incredibly refreshing in her hands in the late 2010s.   

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6. Run the Jewels, “walking in the snow”  

💿 RTJ4 • 🏷 Jewel Runners LLC / BMG Rights Management • 📅 2020

“Just got done walkin’ in the snow / Goddamn, that motherfucker cold,” 🎙 Gangsta Boo spits on the memorable, incredibly potent, and powerful chorus on 🎵 “Walking in the Snow.”  “Walking on the Snow” ranks among the crème de la crème of 💿 RTJ4, the fourth studio album by 🎙 Run the Jewels. 🎙 El-P and 🎙 Killer Mike get socially conscious, specifically focusing on racial inequality.    

El-P calls out hypocrisy on the first verse: “Pseudo-Christians, y’all indifferent, kids in prison ain’t a sin? Shit / If even one scrap of what Jesus taught connected, you’d feel different.” Killer Mike really goes in on the second verse, sporting contrasting production, spitting, “And you so numb, you watch the cops choke out a man like me / Until my voice goes from a shriek to a whisper, ‘I can’t breathe.’” A collaborative verse between the two rappers is nothing short of awesome.   

Appears in 🔻:  

• Snow ❄: 3BOPS No. 5 (2020) 

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7. Yoko Ono, The Plastic Ono Band, “Listen, The Snow is Falling”

🎵 “Listen, The Snow is Falling” • 🏷 Secretly Canadian / Chimera Music • 📅 2021

“Snow is falling everywhere / Snow is falling all the time.” Intriguing introduction, 🎙 Yoko Ono! Yoko Ono and 🎙 The Plastic Ono Band released 🎵 “Listen, The Snow is Falling” digitally in 2021. Of course, this is NOT a new song by any means.  “Listen, The Snow is Falling,” in its original form, dates back to the late 1960s.  It was released as a B-Side in the early 1970s.  As you might expect, the record, albeit a pop song, didn’t enjoy pop success.   

 

Even though “Listen, The Snow is Falling” did not receive its just due, it has been covered by numerous musicians.  Re-examining it, following its digital release, it truly is a charming record.  Yoko Ono sounds beautiful singing this simplistic, tuneful gem with few frills.  It does not require frills, honestly.  It moves you despite its uncomplicated nature, which is the mark of a terrific song in my opinion.    

“Listen, the snow is falling o’er town 

Listen, the snow is falling ev’rywhere 

Between Empire State Building 

And between Trafalgar Square 

Listen, the snow is falling o’er town.” 

 

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8. Migos, “Avalanche” 

💿 Culture III • 🏷 Quality Control Music • 📅 2021 

“Woo, Papa was a rollin’ stone, but now I got rollin’ stones in the bezel (Ice) / Mama at home all alone, hustlin’, tryna keep this shit together (Mama).” Woo indeed 🎙 Quavo! 🎙 Migos get off to a sensational start on their 2021 album, 💿 Culture III, with 🎵 “Avalanche.”  Sadly, Culture III ends up being the final Migos album.  The group was on a hiatus, but tragically, 🎙 Takeoff was shot and killed November 1, 2022 (RIP).  Culture III could not dare rival the greatness of 💿 Culture, but, it hits different when you know there will never be another album with all three members alive.  

On the snow-related  “Avalanche,” those triplet flows are compelling, with memorable rhymes and one-liners.  It’s not all Quavo on this hook-less juggernaut, of course! Takeoff and 🎙 Offset get into the action as well on this top tier moment from a lengthy, overstuffed LP. Besides Migos themselves, arguably, the biggest draw on “Avalanche” is the production (Quavo and 🎛 DJ Durel). 🎙 The Temptations’ 🎵 “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” fuels the fire.  This is a sample I never envisioned would be as effective as it is on this trap banger.  In this case, the precipitation 🌨❄ – well – it’s lit 🔥!  

 

Appears in 🔻:  

• Avalanche: 3BOPS No. 39 (2021) 
• One Hella Cold List of Songs 

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9. Ella Fitzgerald, “Frosty the Snowman”  

💿 Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas • 🏷 UMG Recordings, Inc. • 📅 1960

“Who’s debonair with the talk silk hat? / Muffler of wool and a tummy that’s fat? / King for the day, and he loves the road / With a broomstick can and a heart of gold.” Um, it has to be Frosty the Snowman!  Christmas songs have the ability to make you smile – an understatement.  Every time I hear those sweet carols, it lifts my spirits. One song that definitely provides a lift is 🎵 “Frosty the Snowman.” Sure, it’s a children’s song about a beloved fictional snowman, but it’s the innocence and sheer magic that makes it special.  Also, there’s a specific rendition that’s quite special – the 🎙 Ella Fitzgerald version! Honestly, there’s just something about a jazzy Christmas/holiday album that hits different!  

“Frosty the snowman 

Was a jolly happy soul 

With a corncob pipe and a button nose 

And two eyes made out of coal.” 

“Frosty The Snowman” graces her 1960 album, 💿 Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas. Originally appearing as the 11th track, in the expanded edition, there is also an alternate take that concludes the album.  This is Ella at her best, showcasing her once-in-a-lifetime, prodigious pipes.  The 🏆 Grammy winning icon makes us sing and dance along, and we are definitely swinging along with her! “Frosty” is fun, lighthearted, and reminds us of the joys of the holiday season sans the burdens and tribulations of life.  That childlike innocence returns every time this old-school gem is played, in all its two-minutes and change glory!   

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10. AFI, “Snow Cats” 

AFI (The Blood Album) • 🏷 Concord • 📅 2017

“I am not scared enough / Prepared enough / You wanted me in distress / I’ve nothing left to fear / I am, I am here.” Well, that is definitely declaratory 🎙 Davey Havok!  The lyrics appear from 🎵 “Snow Cats”, one of the advance singles from AFI (The Blood Album), the 2017 album by goth-rock vets, 🎙 AFI.  

“Snow Cat” commences with a respectable opening with arpeggiated guitar. It features clear vocals by the front man, who sounds as compelling as ever.  AFI as a band do a great job of establishing the theatric element of “Snow Cats” early on. Throughout the song, the use of backing vocals adds a nice touch, particularly on the chorus. The first half of the verses are a bit too spare in production. The second half-of the verses are fuller, with the chorus providing atonement. The bridge is heavier as well, distinguishing itself from verses and chorus.  All in all, “Snow Cats” is quite enjoyable.   

“I’ll wait for you another night 

(As you like) 

Dressed in Himalayan white 

I’ll wait for you some other night 

(Dressed as you like) 

Dressed in Himalayan white.” 

Appears in 🔻:  

• Snow ❄: 3BOPS No. 5 (2020) 

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11. Prince, “Sometimes It Snows in April”  

💿 Parade – Music from the Motion Picture Under the Cherry Moon • 🏷 NPG / Warner • 📅 1986  

“Sometimes it snows in April / Sometimes I feel so bad (So bad),” the late, truly great, 🎙 Prince sings on the 1986 classic, 🎵 “Sometimes It Snows in April”. “Sometimes It Snows in April” graces his album,  💿 Parade, which doubles as the soundtrack to the movie he also acts in, 💿 Under the Cherry Moon.  This closing record is a far cry – a stark difference – from sexually charged Prince which dominated the 1980s. Instead, on this nearly seven-minute ballad, Prince is reflective, more restrained, and somber.  The chorus, the centerpiece continues, “Sometimes I wish that life was never ending / And all good things, they say, never last.”  

Given Prince’s unexpected death on April 21, 2016, at the age of 57, the song takes on a new meaning for his fans.  It was a sad day losing one of the most prolific, talented musicians of all-time.  Just like Prince is sad regarding the death of Tracy – something revealed when he begins singing – the world was saddened and shocked to see another superstar pass away far earlier than anticipated.  The song fittingly speaks to how life is truly fleeting, and you shouldn’t take it for granted. “I used to cry for Tracy ‘cause he was my only friend / Those kind of cars don’t pass you every day,” he sings in the first verse, continuing, “I used to cry for Tracy ‘cause I want to see him again / But sometimes, sometimes life ain’t always the way.” So true, Prince, so true.  Prince wrote “Sometimes It Snows in April” alongside  🎼 ✍ Lisa Coleman and 🎼 ✍ Wendy Melvoin. It is a radiant tearjerker from a legendary 🏆 Academy and Grammy award winning musical icon.     

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