These 7 Songs About Diamonds Make the Sparkliest (and Catchiest) Playlist

One of The Beatles’ more quirky, psychedelic offerings, “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds” is lyrically ambiguous, with colorful lines like “Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies/Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly/A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.” Listening to this song (from “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” the band’s eighth studio album) is a vivid, enrapturing experience—much like looking at a beautiful diamond.

“Diamond Heart” by Lady Gaga (2016)

Another important diamond in Lady Gaga’s history: The songwriter wore the famous canary Tiffany Diamond to the 2019 Oscars, where she won Best Original Song for “Shallow” from A Star Is Born.Getty Images

In 2016 Gaga released Joanne, a country-rock album that couldn’t have been further from her early electro-pop roots. The record kicks off with “Diamond Heart,” a roaring ode to owning your imperfections. “I might not be flawless, but you know I got a diamond heart,” Gaga sings. Lyrically, it’s not so different from her dance-empowerment jams like “Born This Way” and “Hair.” She’s just swapped her disco stick for a cowboy hat.

“Diamonds and Pearls” by Prince and the New Power Generation (1991)

Prince performed on stage on the Diamonds & Pearls tour in the Netherlands in 1992.Getty Images

Delightfully ‘90s in its synth-pop production, “Diamonds and Pearls” is a simple song about wanting to give someone the world—diamonds and pearls included—but hoping they’re satisfied with just your love. It’s an oft-visited lyrical trope in pop music (please see: “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” by Jennifer Lopez), but, like diamonds, there’s a reason certain messages endure.