SWR3 is where you are - we are there for you on the radio and on the web, with our new app you can rewind the program, exchange music titles and mark your favorite songs. And you'll find selected playlists from SWR3 on Spotify and Deezer if you're in the mood for a specific style of music or mood.
Interested in the new SWR3 app? Click here for information and download.
SWR3 playlists: The best songs for every mood
What is special about our playlists? Very simple: they are not just thrown together by an algorithm, but put together by our music editors. Depending on the topic, you will find the best music that you know from our radio program and you can choose something that suits your mood. Also, there is an update with new songs every week, so the playlists never get boring if you follow them.
Find your favorite playlist: SWR3 on Spotify & Deezer
SWR3 Plaisir d'ecoute français – French listening pleasure
Not only on July 14th, the French national holiday, are the classics in French beautiful! French music has also shaped the people of Germany for centuries. Erik Satie, Debussy, Charles Aznavour, Gilbert Bècaud, Edith Piaf, Étienne de Crécy, Daft Punk, Air, McSolaar as well as David Guetta, Alizee, Manu Chao, Louane, Imany or the New Pop artist Zaz. We have compiled a list of great French music. Voila!
SWR3 Plaisir d'ecoute françaisFrench listening pleasure
Liberty, equality, fraternity! Long live France, the land of pleasure and savoir vivre. We have put together a list of great French music for you. Voila! more...
SWR3 motorcade – to celebrate winners
Actually it's forbidden. But when the nation hugs each other after a soccer victory and drives through the town with flagged cars, even the police turn a blind eye. At the EM 2021, this selection of music is guaranteed to help keep your fingers crossed and hopefully help you celebrate.
SWR3 AutokorsoWith this you celebrate your soccer stars
The best music for your car parade: no matter how many cars, no matter who won, here's a concentrated load of hits. more...
SWR3 spring hits - here comes the spring fever!
After the cold and snowy winter, many of us longed for warmer times. Now it's here, spring in SWR3Land. Sun, birdsong, flowers and green grass: Especially in the Corona pandemic, this is particularly important for many to find new energy.
The SWR3 music editors have put together the perfect soundtrack for the lunch break in the garden, the weekend on the balcony or the morning jog in the newly awakened forest. Switch on, recharge your batteries, welcome spring!
Hello, spring!SWR3 spring hits - here comes the sun!
Many of us have been longingly waiting for spring - finally warm rays of sunshine, green grass and the first flowers. Here is the soundtrack for spring in SWR3Land! more...
SWR3 International Women's Day - songs only by women
It doesn't matter whether it's all-female bands like Destiny's Child, the Spice Girls or the Dixie Chicks, SWR3 New Pop ladies like Ellie Goulding, Alice Merton or Zaz, divas and superstars like Whitney Houston, Taylor Swift or Adele or Artists and girl bands from Germany like Lena, Sarah Connor or the No Angels: You only hear women in the play list. Put on the playlist, crank it up and sing along loud!
International Women's DayFrom Lotte to Beyoncé - your SWR3 playlist with the best female artists
They are strong, they are successful and, above all, they are the artists who should not be missing from International Women's Day. Put on the playlist, crank it up and sing along loud! more...
SWR3 Workout – songs for fitness!
Admittedly, listening alone is not enough to bring the body into balance - but the right music can really push you to start the workout or to keep going longer. And especially in lockdown, many of us are having a hard time: the gyms are closed, there are no sports courses, at home the children are doing gymnastics through the living room... if you want to do something, you have to motivate yourself. With our SWR3 workout it's easier and a lot more fun! Try it!
SWR3 WorkoutSport is fun with these songs!
In the lockdown, many of us lack exercise, gyms are closed too. If you want to stay fit, you have to take care of it yourself. This playlist makes the workout easier! more...
Here are simple fitness exercises to do at home
SWR3 music to cuddle up to - songs like a fire in the fireplace
Not only since Corona has it been clear: people need closeness. If you have one, you can cuddle with your partner to this playlist. Alternatively, a pet might be a good idea, a warm snuggly blanket or a hot chocolate – these too can perhaps be held on to and slurped a little more comfortably to the SWR3 music for cuddling. Just let your soul dangle, switch off, relax. We definitely want to bring you a bit of warmth with these songs, maybe even when you're feeling a bit alone.
Music like an open fireYour soundtrack to cuddle with
Whether alone, as a couple or with the dog: the SWR3 music editors have put together the most beautiful songs for you to cuddle in a playlist. Subscribe now! more...
In our Greatest Hits History podcast, you'll learn the compelling stories behind the big songs you've heard on the radio. Among them are many love songs, you can listen to them here:
The greatest love songs and their history
SWR3 motivational songs – here comes the good mood!
The lockdown is sometimes exhausting for all of us, sometimes you might feel lonely or at least it's cumbersome - the batteries of many people are empty during the lockdown, which is being extended again and again. We want to support you in collecting energy again in everyday life. Maybe the right music will help - turn it up loud, sing along in the living room, dance along and soak in the constructive lyrics.
We have a selection of the best SWR3 motivational songs with lyrics that push you to look ahead positively. Of course, there is also the right Spotify playlist from the SWR3 music editors, with which you can give yourself a motivational kick over and over again whenever you need it.
Baden-BadenSWR3 motivational songs Turn it up loud and sing along: these songs motivate you for the new year!
We have the best motivational songs for the new year for you – get the playlist, turn it up loud and sing along! more...
SWR3 New Pop Hits – the playlist for the New Pop Festival
Of course, SWR3Land knows the SWR3 New Pop Festival. Throughout the year, the SWR3 music department is on the lookout for cool newcomers who could make it big. The best pearls from the pop business play concerts in Baden-Baden at the New Pop Festival and for everyone on the radio and in the video live stream - when it's not Corona.
With more than 25 years of festival history, stars like Alanis Morissette, Alice Merton, the Fugees, the Imagine Dragons, Wincent Weiss, Rea Garvey, Ed Sheeran or Rag'n'Bone Man - who hardly anyone knew at the time and SWR3 from the beginning - were there allowed to accompany.
Our SWR3 New Pop Hits playlist contains the best songs by artists and bands that have performed at New Pop.
Subscribe nowBest-Of New Pop: The playlist for the festival!
At the SWR3 New Pop Festival we present the hottest newcomers of the year. In this playlist you will find 25 years of New Pop - from Ed Sheeran to Anne-Marie to the Imagine Dragons. more...
SWR3 New Hits - discover new tracks and artists
Are you always looking for new artists and songs that aren't played everywhere yet? Follow our New Hits playlist! Every week we present you with new songs from well-known acts or completely fresh newcomers that you should definitely listen to. Here you can discover new favorite songs before everyone else and also recommend new tracks to your friends.
SWR3 PlaylistNew Hits: Discover new favorite songs!
Every week, the SWR3 music editors put new artists, bands and fresh songs on the New Hits playlist - definitely nothing you've known for years anyway! more...
SWR3 Hard & Heavy - here you can bang!
If you're one of those hitting headbanging withdrawal this year, then we've got the perfect playlist for you! At SWR3 Hard & Heavy there are new songs with lots of guitar and lots of bang every week. From the Foo Fighters to Metallica and Rammstein: Here you get a full load of guitars and a selection of the somewhat heavier songs (i.e. also free of soft and cuddly rock), which are played on the radio at SWR3, for example, on rock days or with which we , when it's not Corona, accompanying big festivals like Rock am Ring.
...and that's now available whenever and as often as you want. Ideal for cranking up and reacting loudly:
SWR3 Playlist: Hard & HeavyYou like it loud?
...then you will love this playlist! Your rock festival at home - ideal to relieve frustration or disturb the neighbors. Here's some heavier rock and metal songs, turn it up loud and bang! more...
SWR3 Rock-Schock - our playlist for rock fans
One genre is always very popular in our music request programs on the radio: rock music. And because SWR3Land obviously loves guitars, there's a rocking playlist here - your rock festival for at home, so to speak, with rather softer pop-rock tracks that you can also talk to someone at the same time. It goes right through all phases of rock, from 80s classics to current hits.
SWR3 Rock-SchockGet the best rock songs as a SWR3 playlist
The SWR3 music editors have the perfect playlist for guitar lovers: from calm to really rocky. It's best to subscribe, there's new rock music for you every week! more...
SWR3 Relaxation in everyday life - musical yoga
Do your thoughts keep spinning after work, do you sleep restlessly or do you just want to switch off and slow down during your lunch break? Then this playlist is for you. It's best to make yourself really comfortable somewhere, put on the SWR3 relaxation in everyday life and take a deep breath for a moment or a little longer.
Because experts also say: It is important for regular relaxation that you like to routinely and regularly take time for yourself and for something that is good for you, be it a short walk, a book or music.
Peace, Mindfulness & MusicEight simple tips for relaxation in everyday life - with SWR3 Playlist
Home office, lockdown and childcare: Getting through the day feeling totally relaxed or really switching off in the evening is often a challenge. Find peace with these simple tips and our matching playlist. more...
SWR3 original vs. cover version – discover new versions!
It's an eternal debate: Is the original better or the cover? The SWR3 music editors present you with new variants of a song every week, sometimes there are even so many well-known cover versions that we no longer know exactly which is the original. Discover new versions and decide for yourself which track you like best.
Original vs. cover versionOne song, infinite possibilities!
You realize how different a song can sound when new cover versions come out. We present them to you - decide for yourself what you like better: original or cover? more...
SWR3 German Hits - the best German songs and artists
Since the new German wave, German music has seldom been more popular than it is today. Again and again we play German music in the program and SWR3Land celebrates it:
There are so many great artists who inspire their fans with German lyrics that we have dedicated a playlist to them. Musically everything is included - from singer-songwriter to metal to dancehall. From Rammstein to Sarah Connor to Seeed. Discover the German and German-speaking music business here every week.
From Lotte to Seeed to RammsteinGet the best German songs as an SWR3 playlist
There are so many great artists in Germany - that's worth a German hits playlist for us! Over four hours of best hits and the greatest variety. more...
SWR3 Musik Europa - songs from our neighbors
Europe is diverse and always worth a trip - this also applies to the music from our neighbors. Here the music editors collect the best songs, for example from Austria and Switzerland, from Italy, Holland or Denmark. A colorful mix of genres awaits you, discover new favourites, broaden your musical horizons or remember your last city trip.
Discover musicThe diversity of Europe in one playlist
In this playlist you will find songs from all over Europe. Here you can perhaps discover the next Spanish summer hit, the ballad of the year from Italy or a mega melancholy song from Sweden. more...
SWR3 Musik international – your view of the bigger picture
What hits are there in other countries, what's storming the charts at the other end of the world? This is not only interesting for looking a little beyond one's own musical horizons - with a look at the charts of other countries you can not only get a little holiday feeling at home and mentally travel far away. You can also find real pearls that you might never have discovered otherwise. Or vice versa: You discover the hits and trends before they spill over to us in Germany. If you have international roots, you might also find a little sense of home here and there with SWR3 Musik international.
Musical box edgeDiscover hits from all over the world - which maybe nobody here knows yet
Do you know what's being heard in Peru, Mexico or Japan right now? Or what is currently storming the charts in Australia or China? Here you will find international hits from all over the world. more...
SWR3 80s hits - the best of the cult decade
Whether party or nostalgia, the SWR3 80s hits bring you the best that this decade has produced musically: from Nena to Rio Reiser to Falco, from Bonnie Tyler to Prince to Toto or Phil Collins - a decade in a playlist, only the right ones You still have to get the outfit and the hairstyle yourself.
But from the experience of the 80s in the radio program, we are confident that the Föhn wave is ready to go in SWR3Land:
SWR3 80s HitsCome on a journey through time to the 80s!
Are you in the mood for non-stop 80s? Then you are exactly right here! The soundtrack for frilly blouses and puff sleeves, magic cubes and boom boxes. more...
SWR3 90s hits - join us on a journey through time
SWR3's radio program regularly features 90s days. You celebrate with us the time of headbands, neon colors, pop trash and boy bands.
Now also as a playlist for the little journey through time to the Vengaboys, Scooter and the Backstreet Boys, whenever and wherever you feel like it:
Back to the 90'sGet our playlist with the best songs of the 90's
Boy bands, girl bands and neon colors set to music – that was the 90s! Get the SWR3 playlist for the journey through time here, whenever and however often you feel like it. more...
You want more? Take the quiz: how well do you know the 90s?
There are also many 90s songs in our Greatest Hits History Podcast. Here's the story behind the big hits that rock every '90s party.
SWR3 Goes crazy – anything goes here, really anything!
SWR3 is going crazy and the whole of SWR3Land is going crazy:
The cult music show from the radio is now available for you as a playlist. There is a wild mix of music across all genres and decades. Everything, really everything is allowed here - from the gummy bear gang and the Smurfs to the Wildecker Herzbuben, but also Bruce Springsteen or Annenmaikantereit. Tune in and go crazy!
SWR3 goes crazyThe SWR3 cult show is now available as a playlist
Whenever SWR3 goes crazy, SWR3Land goes crazy with us: We play everything on the radio, really EVERYTHING! Here is the playlist for the music show. more...
SWR3 Party Hits – the disco ball mix
You know the SWR3 party for at home from the radio – the Saturday evening party with music requests from SWR3Land. Our music editors have now put the most requested celebration songs in a playlist. With the SWR3 Party Hits, the celebration is now possible at any time, we'll hang the disco ball in your living room whenever you want! It's best to follow right away, because there are new party songs every week.
Dance!The playlist for your party in the living room
Hang up the disco ball, it's time to dance! The SWR3 music editors have compiled the best party tracks in a playlist for you. more...
SWR3 Clubbing – Electro, House and iziziz
Do you miss dancing in the club and turning night into day? Here you get tracks from the hottest clubs in the world and beats from the dance charts. House, techno, electro - everything you need to turn any broom closet into an underground dance floor.
Playlist: SWR3 ClubbingThis is your personal SWR3 DJ
If you can't go to the club, we'll bring the club to you. Here, our SWR3 music editors put the best dance tracks on for you - fresh electro, techno and house sounds every week. more...
SWR3 Indie Disco – party with rock appeal
Even when the clubs are closed, you can really dance again: with the SWR3 Indie Disco, your living room becomes a dance floor! More rock than electro, more indie than mainstream. Sweat through with Kraftklub, The Killers or the Arctic Monkeys.
With rock appealYour party in the indie disco
Do you miss dancing? You miss loud guitar sounds? You miss the hoarseness the next day? In this SWR3 playlist you will find the songs that have to be played in every indie disco! more...
SWR3 150% carnival - the ultimate carnival party
The fifth season is crazy - whether it's Fastnacht, Fasnet, Mardi Gras or Mardi Gras. The SWR3 music editors have put together songs that are perfect for celebrating, even in the Corona year. The confetti flies, the polonaise goes from the kitchen to the living room and back.
We're partying at home! Get the SWR3 carnival party as a playlist
Polonaise from the living room to the kitchen - Fastnacht, Mardi Gras and carnival are possible despite Corona. Our playlist will get you in the mood wherever you go! more...
SWR3 summer hits - sunshine in one playlist
The next summer is definitely coming and maybe you already feel like bringing a few musical rays of sunshine into your living room. That's what the SWR3 summer hits are for, here's your cocktail on the beach, your party in the open air - definitely a whole lot of summer feeling in one playlist, for example with Alvaro Soler, Shakira or Ofenbach.
SWR3 SommerhitsHere comes the summer!
This playlist contains sun, beach and cocktail umbrellas: the SWR3 music editors have compiled the best summer hits here - for that holiday and summer feeling in between. more...
SWR3 après-ski party – hut fun to go
There was snow this year in SWR3Land, but the lifts are closed. Many winter sports enthusiasts miss the sport on the slopes, but above all the fun in the hut afterwards. We have the après-ski party as a playlist so that you can bring a bit of winter party atmosphere home with Mickie Krause & Co.
We're still celebrating!Here's your SWR3 après-ski party at home!
The slopes are closed, there is no party either. We're bridging the gap: with our apés ski party playlist for fun in the hut, wherever and whenever you want! more...
SWR3 Drivetime – the soundtrack for cruising
There are songs that are just the perfect soundtrack for sitting in the car and watching the landscape go by. The classic, of course, when we cruise - but there's more!
Highway to homeThe perfect playlist for the next drive
Your car radio is broken, the reception for SWR3 crackles somewhere in the middle of nowhere or you just want to hear something different? Here is the SWR3 Playlist Drivetime! more...
