50 Best Rock Songs About August

Best Rock Tracks for August Vibes

There’s a certain weight in August that doesn’t quite sit like summer and doesn’t fully lean into fall. It’s humid nights where the air feels stuck, road trips with the windows half down because the heat still lingers, and the thought that something’s ending even if you can’t say what. The right track cuts into that haze, messy enough to fit the mood but strong enough to stick when the month feels stretched out and restless. Not every tune in this mix is literally tied to August, but they all hold that edge of change and the blur of late summer.

Rock songs land differently here. They carry the sweat of crowded venues, the echo of choruses meant for nights that run too long, the crash of guitars that sound like an ending and a beginning at the same time. Some lean into nostalgia, some feel like a countdown clock you didn’t ask for, and a few sound like August trying to burn itself out before it slips away. The vibe matches the way pop, rock, country, and R&B songs sometimes overlap in playlists, showing that what fits the mood isn’t always about lyrics but the way the sound catches the air.

It’s not the fresh start of June or the cool drop of September, it’s the in-between that feels rushed and heavy but somehow alive. That’s where these tracks live, the ones that carry the late summer drag and still find a spark in it. Here are the best rock songs about August.

1. 'The Boys of Summer' by Don Henley

2. 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' by Green Day

3. 'Summer of '69' by Bryan Adams

4. 'Hot Fun in the Summertime' by Sly and the Family Stone

5. 'August' by Love

6. 'Summertime Blues' by Eddie Cochran

7. 'School's Out' by Alice Cooper

8. 'Summer's Almost Gone' by The Doors

9. 'August Day' by Hall & Oates

10. 'August Day Song' by The Rolling Stones

11. 'Stuck in the August Rain' by Jethro Tull

12. 'Cold Wind in August' by Van Morrison

13. 'Summer Breeze' by Seals and Crofts

14. 'Summer' by War

15. 'The End of Summer' by Frank Black

16. 'August Winds' by Sting

17. 'Summer's End' by Foo Fighters

18. 'Last Rose of Summer' by Judas Priest

19. 'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart

20. 'The Last Day of Summer' by The Cure

21. 'Summer Rain' by Johnny Rivers

22. 'August October' by Robin Gibb

23. 'Friday Night, August 14th' by Funkadelic

24. 'Summer Song' by Joe Satriani

25. 'Indian Summer' by Poco

26. 'Summer Nights' by Van Halen

27. 'August 7, 2:15' by Jon Bon Jovi

28. 'Suddenly Last Summer' by The Motels

29. 'Cruel Summer' by Bananarama

30. 'End of the Summer' by New York Dolls

31. 'August' by Taylor Swift

32. 'Night Moves' by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

33. 'Sun Is Shining' by Bob Marley & The Wailers

34. 'The Heat Is On' by Glenn Frey

35. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles

36. 'California Girls' by The Beach Boys

37. 'Rockaway Beach' by Ramones

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

39. 'Summer's Gone' by The Kinks

40. 'The Other Side of Summer' by Elvis Costello

41. 'August's Rhapsody' by The Moody Blues

42. 'The Thirteenth of August' by The Kinks

43. 'August Town' by The Who

44. 'August in Paris' by Led Zeppelin

45. 'The End of August' by Pink Floyd

46. 'August Nights' by The Clash

47. 'August Day' by The Doors

48. 'August Moon' by The Beatles

49. 'This August Day' by Saint Asonia

50. 'Flaming September' by Marianne Faithfull