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50 Best No Sleep Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Updated on September 10, 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 No Sleep Songs for Instagram Reels and Stories

There’s a very specific kind of headspace that comes when you haven’t closed your eyes in hours. The body’s tired but the mind keeps tripping forward, bouncing from one thought to the next, wired in a way that feels half-fake and half-real. The right track slips in and it’s like caffeine in sound form. Not every song has to mention insomnia or long nights to land here. Some of the best ones live in that hazy in-between where you’re strung out but still moving, carrying an energy that’s hard to fake.

No sleep doesn’t mean silence. It’s neon lights buzzing at 3 a.m., friends still wide awake on a couch that feels smaller by the hour, someone’s phone playing a track that hits harder than it should. These are the songs that lean into chaos, the ones that make the walls shake or keep you laughing when you should be passed out. They come in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that circle the same strange orbit of restlessness. Some tracks are literal, some only catch the feeling, but they all know that wired pulse of being awake too long.

The start of dawn creeps in and the playlist doesn’t slow down. You’re still scrolling, still tapping through Stories, still catching pieces of someone else’s night that looks way too familiar. Not every track is made for sleep-deprived reels, but these fit the moment anyway. Here are the best no sleep songs for Instagram reels and stories.

Top 10 No Sleep Songs

1. 'Insomnia' by Faithless

2. 'No Sleep' by Wiz Khalifa

3. 'Up All Night' by Drake featuring Nicki Minaj

4. 'I Can't Sleep' by Clay Walker

5. 'In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning' by Frank Sinatra

6. 'Sleep to Dream' by Fiona Apple

7. 'I Don't Sleep, I Dream' by R.E.M.

8. 'Sleeping Sickness' by City and Colour

9. 'Wide Awake' by Katy Perry

10. 'The Night We Met' by Lord Huron

No Sleep Music for Instagram #11 to 20

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

12. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd

13. 'I'm Only Sleeping' by The Beatles

14. 'Enter Sandman' by Metallica

15. 'Sweet Dreams' by Eurythmics

16. 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' by Wham!

17. 'No Sleep Till Brooklyn' by Beastie Boys

18. 'Insomnia' by Daya

19. 'Talking to the Moon' by Bruno Mars

20. 'Wannabe' by Spice Girls

No Sleep Songs for Social Media #21 to 30

21. 'Amnesia' by Ghost Beatz

22. 'Slurple' by JAYA

23. 'I Just Wanna Luv U' by BRASKO

24. 'Comfortably Numb' by Pink Floyd

25. 'Space Song' by Beach House

26. 'Get Busy' by Sean Paul

27. 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars

28. 'Bad Guy' by Billie Eilish

29. 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody' by Whitney Houston

30. 'Levitating' by Dua Lipa

No Sleep Themed Instagram Songs #31 to 40

31. 'Tiny Dancer' by Elton John

32. 'Stay' by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber

33. 'Hips Don't Lie' by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean

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

35. 'God's Plan' by Drake

36. 'Without You' by The Kid LAROI

37. 'Shallow' by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

38. 'Old Town Road' by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

39. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen

40. 'Crazy in Love' by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z

No Sleep Songs for Video Content #41 to 50

41. 'You Belong With Me' by Taylor Swift

42. 'Shake It Off' by Taylor Swift

43. 'Love Story' by Taylor Swift

44. 'Watermelon Sugar' by Harry Styles

45. 'drivers license' by Olivia Rodrigo

46. 'Good 4 U' by Olivia Rodrigo

47. 'As It Was' by Harry Styles

48. 'Sunflower' by Post Malone and Swae Lee

49. 'Happier Than Ever' by Billie Eilish

50. 'Stayin' Alive' by Bee Gees

© 2025 Carson McQueen

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