10 Best Songs With The Word 'Times' In The Title

Feature Photo: J.A. Dunbar / Shutterstock.com

Crafting a list that focuses exclusively on songs with the word “times” in the title, rather than the more commonly used “time,” proved to be both a unique challenge and an engaging exploration. Countless songs have used “time” as a central theme, but “times” often points toward broader experiences, changing eras, memories, or repeated moments. We intentionally avoided repeating songs from our previous list of tracks featuring “time,” which gave us a fresh group of choices spanning rock, pop, soul, country, disco, blues, and folk. That made the search a little harder, but it also made this list much more interesting.

# 10 – The Best Of Times – Styx

“The Best of Times” was released in 1981 from Styx’s Paradise Theatre album. Dennis DeYoung wrote the song, while Styx produced the recording as a band. The ballad plays directly into the album’s themes of nostalgia, uncertainty, and trying to hold onto something good while the world changes around you. DeYoung’s vocal and keyboards carry the emotional center, while the full band gives the chorus its arena-sized lift. The single reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of Styx’s biggest hits. More than four decades later, it remains one of the band’s defining power ballads.

Read More: Top 10 Styx Songs

# 9 – Sign o’ the Times – Prince

Prince released “Sign o’ the Times” in 1987 as the title track of his celebrated double album. He wrote, produced, sang, and played every instrument on the recording himself. The track was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood in July 1986, and its sparse arrangement leaves enormous space around the drum-machine pulse, synthesizers, guitar, and vocal. Rather than filling that space with excess, Prince uses it to focus attention on lyrics about violence, disease, drugs, poverty, and fear. The single reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and became one of the most acclaimed songs of his career. Its sound is minimal, but the world inside the song feels enormous.

Read More: 10 Most Rocking Prince Songs

# 8 – Times Like These – Foo Fighters

One By One (Expanded Edition) [Explicit]

“Times Like These” appeared on Foo Fighters’ 2002 album One by One and was released as a single in 2003. The band wrote the song during a turbulent period when Dave Grohl was uncertain about the group’s future. Foo Fighters produced the recording with Nick Raskulinecz, and the final version was recorded at Studio 606 in Alexandria, Virginia. Grohl’s lyric turns that uncertainty into a song about rebuilding, learning, and finding a reason to keep moving. The unusual guitar figure gives the track a restless edge before the chorus opens into something far more hopeful. It became one of the band’s most enduring songs and a natural anthem for difficult moments.

Read More: Top 10 Foo Fighters Songs

# 7 – Good Times – Chic

Chic released “Good Times” in 1979 on the album Risqué. Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards wrote and produced the song, with Rodgers supplying the clipped guitar and Edwards delivering one of the most famous bass lines in popular music. Tony Thompson’s drums and the vocals of Alfa Anderson and Luci Martin help turn the groove into something both elegant and unstoppable. The track was recorded at The Power Station in New York City and became a number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Its bass line became especially influential after inspiring early hip-hop records, most famously the Sugarhill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight.” “Good Times” is not just a disco classic, it is one of the records that helped connect disco, funk, dance music, and hip-hop.

Read More: Top 10 Nile Rogers And Chic Songs

# 6 – For The Good Times – Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson included “For the Good Times” on his 1970 debut album Kristofferson. He wrote the song as a tender farewell between two people who understand that a relationship is ending but choose to remember what was good. Kristofferson’s own recording keeps the lyric at the center, where his plainspoken delivery makes the sadness feel even more direct. Ray Price soon turned the song into a number one country hit and one of the defining interpretations of Kristofferson’s writing. The song has since been recorded by many other artists, but its emotional power comes from how little it tries to force the moment. It accepts loss without pretending that the love was meaningless.

Read More: Top 10 Kris Kristofferson Songs

# 5 – Old Times Good Times – Stephen Stills

Stephen Stills’ “Old Times Good Times” appeared on his 1970 self-titled debut solo album. The song looks back at different stages of Stills’ life, moving through childhood, struggle, travel, and the experiences that shaped him as a musician. Its most famous musical contribution comes from Jimi Hendrix, who played lead guitar on the track during a March 1970 session at Island Studios in London. The recording became the only officially released collaboration between Stills and Hendrix during Hendrix’s lifetime. Stills surrounds that historic guitar appearance with a tough, bluesy performance that fits the autobiographical lyric. The track remains one of the most fascinating moments on an album already filled with major guest musicians.

Read More: 10 Essential Stephen Stills Songs

# 4 – Let The Good Times Roll – Various Artists

“Let the Good Times Roll” was first recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five in New York City in 1946. Sam Theard and Fleecie Moore received the songwriting credit, and the record became one of Jordan’s best-known jump blues performances. Its message could not be more direct: life is short, so get together and enjoy it while you can. The song became a blues standard and has been recorded by artists including Ray Charles, B.B. King, Bobby Bland, Jerry Lee Lewis, and many others. Jordan’s original reached number two on the Billboard R&B chart and later entered the Grammy Hall of Fame. Few songs have carried the phrase “good times” across more generations or styles.

Read More: Top 10 B.B. King Songs

# 3 – Love Me Two Times – The Doors

Strange Days (50th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

“Love Me Two Times” appeared on The Doors’ 1967 album Strange Days. The song carries a group writing credit to Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore, with Paul A. Rothchild producing the recording and Bruce Botnick engineering it. Robby Krieger’s guitar riff gives the track its blues-rock foundation, while Ray Manzarek’s keyboard part brings a sharper, almost baroque edge to the arrangement. Jim Morrison delivers the lyric with the mixture of swagger and tension that defined so much of the band’s early work. The track became one of the best-known songs from Strange Days and was also issued as a single. It remains a perfect example of how quickly The Doors could turn a simple blues idea into something unmistakably their own.

Read More: The Doors Most Underrated Songs

# 2 – Good Times Bad Times – Led Zeppelin

“Good Times Bad Times” opens Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut album and immediately announces what the band was capable of. The track was recorded in 1968 during the sessions for Led Zeppelin and released with the album in January 1969. Jimmy Page produced the album, while Glyn Johns engineered the sessions. John Bonham’s drumming, John Paul Jones’ bass, Page’s guitar, and Robert Plant’s vocal make the song sound enormous despite its compact running time. The track also became Led Zeppelin’s first U.S. single. As an opening statement, it remains one of the strongest introductions any hard-rock band ever put on a debut album.

# 1 – The Times They Are a-Changin’ – Bob Dylan

Closing this list is Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” the title track from his 1964 album of the same name. Dylan recorded the song in 1963 during the sessions for the album, with Tom Wilson producing. The performance is stark, built around Dylan’s voice, acoustic guitar, and harmonica. Its words address writers, critics, parents, political leaders, and anyone unable or unwilling to recognize that the world around them is changing. The song became inseparable from the social upheaval of the 1960s, yet its central message has remained remarkably adaptable across later generations. Few songs have ever used the word “times” with more historical weight.