50 Best Rock Songs About Best Friends

Top Rock Tracks Celebrating Friendship

There’s a weird electricity that hangs in the air when you think about your closest friends. Not the glossy kind you see in ads, but the rougher stuff that comes from late nights, half-finished conversations, and inside jokes that make zero sense outside the group. Rock songs have a way of bottling that kind of energy. Sometimes it feels like the guitars are carrying a memory you didn’t realize mattered until you hear it again. Some of these tracks lean directly into friendship, others slide around the edges, but they still capture the way loyalty and chaos intertwine.

Friendship in music doesn’t always sound clean. It’s messy, loud, and sometimes heavier than you’d expect. You get moments where the vocals are practically shouting for connection, then other times where it slips into nostalgia that feels way older than you are. That push and pull matches how friends actually stick around—awkward silences, dumb arguments, moments of unshakable support. Some tracks might not be literally tied to friendship, yet when they hit, you hear the connection clear as day.

It’s the kind of thing that cuts across genres too, with pop, rock, country, and R&B songs each leaving their stamp. But when the riffs are turned up and the drums kick in, that bond between friends feels louder, almost cinematic. These are the songs that end up blasting in cars, leaking through dorm walls, or sneaking into playlists that weren’t planned at all. Here are the best rock songs about best friends.

1. 'You're My Best Friend' by Queen

2. 'With a Little Help from My Friends' by The Beatles

3. 'Waiting on a Friend' by The Rolling Stones

4. 'My Friends' by Red Hot Chili Peppers

5. 'The Boys Are Back in Town' by Thin Lizzy

6. 'We're Going to Be Friends' by The White Stripes

7. 'Best Friend' by Harry Nilsson

8. 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' by The Hollies

9. 'I'll Stand by You' by The Pretenders

10. 'My Best Friend' by Weezer

11. 'All My Friends' by LCD Soundsystem

12. 'Friends Will Be Friends' by Queen

13. 'That's What Friends Are For' by Dionne Warwick

14. 'In My Life' by The Beatles

15. 'Thank You Friends' by Big Star

16. 'People Who Died' by The Jim Carroll Band

17. 'Stay Free' by The Clash

18. 'Friends' by Elton John

19. 'With a Little Help from My Friends' by Joe Cocker

20. 'Friends of Mine' by The Zombies

21. 'Fake Friends' by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

22. 'Swing Life Away' by Rise Against

23. 'I Believe in a Thing Called Love' by The Darkness

24. 'True Friends' by Bring Me the Horizon

25. 'History Lesson Part II' by Minutemen

26. 'Photograph' by Def Leppard

27. 'Find the River' by R.E.M.

28. 'My Friend' by Jimi Hendrix

29. 'I Will Remember You' by Sarah McLachlan

30. 'My Old Friend' by Tim McGraw

31. 'Whenever I Call You 'Friend'' by Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks

32. 'Lean on Me' by Bill Withers

33. 'Can We Still Be Friends' by Todd Rundgren

34. 'Me and Bobby McGee' by Janis Joplin

35. 'To Find a Friend' by Tom Petty

36. 'Can't Fight This Feeling' by REO Speedwagon

37. 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon and Garfunkel

38. 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)' by Green Day

39. 'My Friends Over You' by New Found Glory

40. 'Hear You Me' by Jimmy Eat World

41. 'Brother' by Needtobreathe

42. 'You've Got a Friend' by James Taylor

43. 'My Best Friend' by Jefferson Airplane

44. 'Do You Remember Walter?' by The Kinks

45. 'Two of Us' by The Beatles

46. 'Friend of a Friend' by Foo Fighters

47. 'Jenny Was a Friend of Mine' by The Killers

48. 'Kryptonite' by 3 Doors Down

49. 'My Friend' by Jimi Hendrix

50. 'Sweet Child o' Mine' by Guns N' Roses