Here Comes the Sun: Best songs to listen to during the total solar eclipse

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — If you’re looking for something to “set the mood” for Monday’s total solar eclipse, we’ve got you covered. Max Defender 8 Meteorologist Rebecca Barry created an eclipse playlist that’s out of this world!

We put the playlist on Spotify if you want to listen for yourself: Rebecca’s Eclipse Playlist.

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Here’s the track list:

• Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles

• Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler

• Eclipse – Pink Floyd

• Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers

• Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden

• Cheap Sunglasses – ZZ Top

• I Wanna Go to the Sun – Peter Frampton

• Sunglasses at Night – Corey Hart

• When the Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney

• Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival

• Bark at the Moon – Ozzy Ozbourne

• Paint it, Black – The Rolling Stones

• Neon Moon – Brooks & Dunn

• You’re So Vain – Carly Simon

If you’re wondering why ‘You’re So Vain’ made the list, it’s because Simon sings, “Well I hear you went up to Saratoga / And your horse naturally won / Then you flew your lear jet up to Nova Scotia / To see the total eclipse of the sun.”

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For those looking for a marathon of eclipse-themed TV episodes, here are just a handful of them:

• Modern Family, “Lake Life” — Season 9, Episode 1

• The Simpsons, “Gone Maggie Gone” — Season 20, Episode 14

• The Simpsons, “Marge vs. the Monorail” — Season 4, Episode 12

• Mad Men, “Seven Twenty Three” — Season 3, Episode 7

• E.R., “When Night Meets Day” — Season 9, Episode 21

• CSI Miami, “Sunblock” — Season 6, Episode 6

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