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50 Best Music Concert Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Updated on September 17, 2025
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Carson suffers from a serious case of melophilia. Geeking out on her favorite music artists is her guilty pleasure.

Best Songs for Concert Instagram Reels and Stories

There’s a certain charge that comes with a live show. It’s the blur of stage lights, the hum in your chest from a bass line too heavy for phone speakers, and the awkward tilt of a camera trying to catch it all. Concerts never translate clean to a screen, but the right track layered on top of shaky footage makes the moment feel closer. Some picks here were written for arenas, others for headphones, but they still snap into place when paired with sweaty crowds and spotlights.

Not every choice has to spell out the experience in the lyrics. A few songs might not even touch on live shows, but the mood fits anyway. Think of the tracks that roll like confetti across a feed, or the ones that hold still while the crowd screams louder than the artist. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all show up here, carrying different textures that shape clips into something bigger than grainy video and muffled sound.

The mix is a little chaotic, the kind that shifts from anthems that shake arenas to quieter numbers that somehow land harder when sung by thousands at once. These are the cuts that end up stitched into stories, background to a blur of faces and phones raised in the dark. Here are the best music concert songs for Instagram reels and stories.

Top 10 Concert Instagram Songs

1. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen

2. 'Mr. Brightside' by The Killers

3. 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)' by Whitney Houston

4. 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson

5. 'Shut Up and Dance' by WALK THE MOON

6. 'Levitating' by Dua Lipa

7. 'Thunder' by Imagine Dragons

8. 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams

9. '24K Magic' by Bruno Mars

10. 'Don't Stop Believin'' by Journey

Popular Live Music Songs #11 to 20

11. 'Good as Hell' by Lizzo

12. 'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift

13. 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA

14. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd

15. 'Sweet Child o' Mine' by Guns N' Roses

16. 'Come Sail Away' by Styx

17. 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X

18. 'Beggin'' by Måneskin

19. 'Cruel Summer' by Taylor Swift

20. 'The Less I Know The Better' by Tame Impala

Top Rated Concert Videos #21 to 30

21. 'Happier' by Marshmello

22. 'All of Me' by John Legend

23. 'Sunflower' by Post Malone

24. 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' by Mariah Carey

25. 'Bad Guy' by Billie Eilish

26. 'Heat Waves' by Glass Animals

27. 'Stayin' Alive' by Bee Gees

28. 'Lovely Day' by Bill Withers

29. 'Havana' by Camila Cabello

30. 'As It Was' by Harry Styles

Top Music on Instagram Stories #31 to 40

31. 'Can't Stop the Feeling!' by Justin Timberlake

32. 'Take On Me' by a-ha

33. 'Watermelon Sugar' by Harry Styles

34. 'Golden Hour' by JVKE

35. 'Hey Ya!' by OutKast

36. 'Sweet Nothing' by Taylor Swift

37. 'September' by Earth, Wind & Fire

38. 'Chandelier' by Sia

39. 'Memories' by Maroon 5

40. 'Closer' by The Chainsmokers

Popular Songs for Instagram Reels #41 to 50

41. 'Happier Than Ever' by Billie Eilish

42. 'Something Just Like This' by The Chainsmokers

43. 'Perfect' by Ed Sheeran

44. 'Dynamite' by BTS

45. 'Believer' by Imagine Dragons

46. 'Viva La Vida' by Coldplay

47. 'Shape of You' by Ed Sheeran

48. 'The Nights' by Avicii

49. 'Get Lucky' by Daft Punk

50. 'I Gotta Feeling' by The Black Eyed Peas

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