50 Best Home Cooking Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Best Songs for Cooking at Home for Instagram Reels and Stories

There’s a kind of chaos in the kitchen that feels familiar. A recipe half-read, a pan heating too fast, music spilling from a speaker that keeps skipping on Wi-Fi. You’re stirring something that might work out, or might not, and the right track drops in. Not every song in this mix talks about food, but they slip into the moment like they belong there. A beat can make chopping onions feel cinematic. A verse can stretch out the silence when you’re waiting for water to boil.

Cooking doesn’t play out like those picture-perfect videos where everything is neat and quiet. It’s messy counters, wrong-sized spoons, the smell of garlic hanging in the air. Friends crowding the room even when there’s no space, the whole place buzzing. Some songs lean bright and playful, some carry a groove that slows everything down. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs can all shape the kitchen into something bigger than the act of eating. Even the tracks that weren’t written with food in mind end up clicking into the rhythm of cooking.

There’s a strange energy in taking ordinary tasks and letting music bend them into something else. The right song turns spilled sauce into background detail instead of disaster, makes a quiet solo dinner feel like an occasion. When the track hits, the mess doesn’t matter—it’s all part of the scene. Here are the best home cooking songs for Instagram reels and stories.

1. 'Banana Pancakes' by Jack Johnson

2. 'Chicken Fried' by Zac Brown Band

3. 'Home Cookin'' by Junior Walker & The All Stars

4. 'Sugar' by Maroon 5

5. 'Cake By The Ocean' by DNCE

6. 'I Want Candy' by The Strangeloves

7. 'Brown Sugar' by The Rolling Stones

8. 'That's Amore' by Dean Martin

9. 'Breakfast In America' by Supertramp

10. 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams

11. 'Good Day' by Nappy Roots

12. 'Walking on Sunshine' by Katrina & The Waves

13. 'Food, Glorious Food' by the 'Oliver!' Cast

14. 'Juice' by Lizzo

15. 'Stir It Up' by Bob Marley & The Wailers

16. 'Nice 'n' Easy' by Frank Sinatra

17. 'You Make My Dreams (Come True)' by Daryl Hall & John Oates

18. 'Be Our Guest' by Angela Lansbury & Jerry Orbach

19. 'Mess Around' by Ray Charles

20. 'I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)' by Four Tops

21. 'Cheeseburger in Paradise' by Jimmy Buffett

22. 'Buttercup' by Jack Stauber

23. 'Mashed Potato Time' by Dee Dee Sharp

24. 'TV Dinners' by ZZ Top

25. 'Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl' by Muddy Waters

26. 'I Like Food' by The Descendents

27. 'Lollipop' by Mika

28. 'Peaches' by The Presidents of the United States of America

29. 'Cooking' by Pete Townshend

30. 'Yummy' by Justin Bieber

31. 'Whip It' by Devo

32. 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen

33. 'Everybody Needs Somebody to Love' by Solomon Burke

34. 'The Way You Look Tonight' by Frank Sinatra

35. 'Come Away With Me' by Norah Jones

36. 'Hey, Good Lookin'' by Hank Williams

37. 'American Pie' by Don McLean

38. 'Cinnamon Girl' by Neil Young

39. 'My Baby Just Cares for Me' by Nina Simone

40. 'Let's Groove' by Earth, Wind & Fire

41. 'You've Got a Friend in Me' by Randy Newman

42. 'Honey Pie' by The Beatles

43. 'Milk and Honey' by Billie Holiday

44. 'Pass the Peas' by The J.B.'s

45. 'Soul Food' by Lynn Tait & The Jets

46. 'Jambalaya (On the Bayou)' by Hank Williams

47. 'Strawberry Fields Forever' by The Beatles

48. 'The Lemon Song' by Led Zeppelin

49. 'Spam' by Weird Al Yankovic

50. 'Bon Appétit' by Katy Perry