50 Best Rock Songs About Angels
Best Rock Tracks Featuring Angels
There’s a certain pull in songs that bring angels into the picture. Sometimes they’re painted as protectors, sometimes as temptations, and sometimes as blurry symbols that don’t really line up with religion at all. You can hear them in lyrics that swing from soft devotion to sharp rebellion, with riffs that carry as much weight as the imagery itself. Plenty of artists across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs have used angels as shorthand for something bigger than words, and while not every track is literally tied to wings or halos, they still hang onto the mood.
Think of it less as neat symbolism and more like a backdrop that lets the messiness spill out. Rock songs especially tend to lean into that space, pulling angels down from the sky and planting them in dive bars, back alleys, or late-night highways. You’ll hear voices cracking on the high notes, guitars stretching into feedback, and lyrics that blur between prayer and accusation. The angel figure turns slippery in those moments, shifting between comfort and trouble, always lingering at the edge of human mess.
It’s that mix of reverence and distortion that makes these tracks feel so alive. They aren’t clean hymns and they don’t promise resolution, but they capture the restless energy that clings to the idea of angels in music. Here are the best rock songs featuring angels for playlists that need something strange, spiritual, and loud.
Top 10 Angel Rock Songs
1. 'She Talks to Angels' by The Black Crowes
2. 'Angel' by Aerosmith
3. 'Angel of Harlem' by U2
4. 'Angel of the Morning' by Juice Newton
5. 'Lips of an Angel' by Hinder
6. 'Send Me an Angel' by Scorpions
7. 'Calling All Angels' by Train
8. 'Fallen Angel' by Poison
9. 'Anthem of the Angels' by Breaking Benjamin
10. 'Wish I Had an Angel' by Nightwish
Iconic Rock Hits with an Angel Theme #11 to 20
11. 'Angel's Son' by Sevendust
12. 'Angel Eyes' by The Jeff Healey Band
13. 'Angel' by Judas Priest
14. 'Between Angels and Insects' by Papa Roach
15. 'Your Guardian Angel' by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
16. 'Angels or Devils' by Dishwalla
17. 'Fly to the Angels' by Slaughter
18. 'Angel of Death' by Slayer
19. 'Angel' by Jimi Hendrix
20. 'Fall Angel' by Three Days Grace
Finding Songs about Angels Rock Music #21 to 30
21. 'Angel With a Shotgun' by The Cab
22. 'Angels Fall' by The Cult
23. 'Sweet Black Angel' by The Rolling Stones
24. 'Evil Angel' by Breaking Benjamin
25. 'Undercover Angel' by Alan O'Day
26. 'Angels on the Moon' by Thriving Ivory
27. 'Angel of Mercy' by The Doobie Brothers
28. 'Angels of the Silences' by Counting Crows
29. 'Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel)' by Billy Joel
30. 'Seven Spanish Angels' by Willie Nelson and Ray Charles
Rock and Roll Songs Related to Angels #31 to 40
31. 'Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)' by The Penguins
32. 'Angels With Dirty Faces' by Sham 69
33. 'Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car' by Iron & Wine
34. 'The Angel Song' by Great White
35. 'Angel' by Depeche Mode
36. 'Angel Dust' by Faith No More
37. 'Angel' by Sarah McLachlan
38. 'Engel' by Rammstein
39. 'Be My Angel' by Mazzy Star
40. 'Angeles' by Elliott Smith
Other Angel Songs in Rock Music #41 to 50
41. 'Angel' by The Misfits
42. 'Angel' by Theory of a Deadman
43. 'Angel' by Helloween
44. 'Angel of Mine' by Monica
45. 'Goodbye Angels' by Red Hot Chili Peppers
46. 'When the Angels Sing' by Social Distortion
47. 'Angel Baby' by Rosie and the Originals
48. 'Just One Yesterday' by Fall Out Boy
49. 'Angel' by Dido
50. 'How Do You Talk to an Angel' by The Heights
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