50 Best Restless Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Restless Songs for Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a certain jitter in the air when restlessness kicks in. It’s not excitement and it’s not panic, but something that keeps your shoulders tight and your brain buzzing at two in the morning. You’re pacing the same room, scrolling past everyone else’s highlights, maybe blasting a song to drown out the static. The right track can match that wired feeling, the kind where you can’t sit still but you can’t move forward either. Some of these tracks capture it literally, others sneak in sideways, pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that somehow nail that itch under your skin.
Restlessness doesn’t sit pretty. It shows up in nights that drag on forever, in conversations that spiral without answers, in a road trip where the exit you meant to take blurs past and you don’t turn around. There’s a strange kind of energy in songs that live in that space, the ones that don’t smooth out the chaos but lean into it. A restless playlist isn’t made up of clean motivational anthems, it’s made of messy tracks that sound like half-finished thoughts and bursts of clarity that vanish as quickly as they come. Even if a song’s lyrics are about something entirely different, the mood fits like a heartbeat you can’t calm down.
You hear them at random moments too. A friend throws one on during a late-night drive, or it pops up in someone’s story while you’re half-awake, and suddenly it feels like the only song that makes sense. They’re loud, sometimes a little off-kilter, and perfect for blasting through a feed when you need to shake people out of autopilot. Here are the best restless songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Restless Instagram Songs
1. 'Restless' by Kakkmaddafakka
2. 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A.
3. 'Birds of a Feather' by Billie Eilish
4. 'Espresso' by Sabrina Carpenter
5. 'Please Please Please' by Sabrina Carpenter
6. 'As It Was' by Harry Styles
7. 'Messy' by Lola Young
8. 'I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)' by Four Tops
9. 'Don't Start Now' by Dua Lipa
10. 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem
Upbeat Songs for Video Content #11 to 20
11. 'Unstoppable' by Sia
12. 'Without Me' by Eminem
13. 'Run Baby Run' by Sheryl Crow
14. 'Run to You' by Bryan Adams
15. 'Born to Be Wild' by Steppenwolf
16. 'Runaway' by Bon Jovi
17. 'Linger' by The Sluts
18. 'Vitality' by Serene Fiend
19. 'Shake It To The Max (FLY)' by MOLIY
20. 'Work On Me' by Restless Road
Songs for Instagram Stories and Reels #21 to 30
21. 'Heat Waves' by Glass Animals
22. 'The Less I Know The Better' by Tame Impala
23. 'Say So' by Doja Cat
24. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd
25. 'Save Your Tears' by The Weeknd
26. 'I'm Free' by The Who
27. 'Dramamine' by Modest Mouse
28. 'Last Thing I Deserve' by Restless Road
29. 'And Then Some' by Restless Road
30. 'The Night We Met' by Lord Huron
Viral Hits for Social Media #31 to 40
31. 'Good 4 U' by Olivia Rodrigo
32. 'drivers license' by Olivia Rodrigo
33. 'Cruel Summer' by Taylor Swift
34. 'Rocket Man' by Elton John
35. 'The Letter' by The Box Tops
36. 'Say It Right' by Nelly Furtado
37. 'Moonlight Drive' by The Doors
38. 'Chandelier' by Sia
39. 'back to friends' by sombr
40. 'Ordinary' by Alex Warren
Restless Themed Songs for Content Creation #41 to 50
41. 'You Don't Have to Love Me' by Restless Road
42. 'Nadia's Theme' by Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin Jr.
43. 'Daylight' by David Kushner
44. 'Astronaut In The Ocean' by Masked Wolf
45. 'Runaway' by Aurora
46. 'I Go Crazy' by Paul Davis
47. 'Restlessness' by Benjamin Haycock
48. 'Somebody Told Me' by The Killers
49. 'Take My Hand' by Matt Berry
50. 'Way Down We Go' by KALEO
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