50 Best Rock Songs About Birds
Best Rock Tracks Featuring Birds in Their Storytelling
There’s something strange about songs that circle around birds. Some lean into literal images of wings, feathers, and flight, while others use the idea of a bird as a symbol for freedom or escape or even downfall. It’s not always clear what the songwriter meant, and it doesn’t really matter. A track can make you feel weightless even if it never mentions a single feather. These picks pull from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that manage to capture that restless energy of flight, no matter how directly they reference it.
The sound shifts depending on the band or artist. A jangly guitar riff might feel like a sparrow darting between branches. A bluesy bassline can drag heavy like a crow perched on a wire. Some of these tracks go literal with their bird names and lyrics, while others slide in sideways, hinting at the theme without spelling it out. They land in that in-between place where a song fits a mood even if the words don’t match exactly.
It’s messy, a mix of soaring anthems and low, brooding tracks that don’t belong together until you hear them back to back. The playlist feels like a flock scattering in different directions before circling back into formation. Here are the best rock songs about birds to add to your queue.
Top 10 Bird Rock Songs
1. 'Free Bird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. 'Blackbird' by The Beatles
3. 'Fly Like an Eagle' by Steve Miller Band
4. 'Bird on the Wire' by Leonard Cohen
5. 'White Bird' by It's a Beautiful Day
6. 'Bluebird' by Buffalo Springfield
7. 'Albatross' by Fleetwood Mac
8. 'I'm Like a Bird' by Nelly Furtado
9. 'Birdhouse in Your Soul' by They Might Be Giants
10. 'When Doves Cry' by Prince
Rock Songs about Flying #11 to 20
11. 'Birds' by Coldplay
12. 'Learning to Fly' by Pink Floyd
13. 'Fly Away' by Lenny Kravitz
14. 'Mockingbird' by Carly Simon and James Taylor
15. 'Rockin' Robin' by Bobby Day
16. 'And Your Bird Can Sing' by The Beatles
17. 'High Flying Bird' by Jefferson Airplane
18. 'Skyline Pigeon' by Elton John
19. 'Songbird' by Fleetwood Mac
20. 'Where Eagles Dare' by Iron Maiden
Famous Rock Songs with Avian Titles #21 to 30
21. 'Vultures' by John Mayer
22. 'Little Red Rooster' by The Rolling Stones
23. 'The Crow, the Owl and the Dove' by Nightwish
24. 'Jenny Wren' by Paul McCartney
25. 'Night Owl' by The Electric Light Orchestra
26. 'Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)' by The Beatles
27. 'The Eagle and the Hawk' by John Denver
28. 'On the Wings of a Nightingale' by The Everly Brothers
29. 'Hummingbird' by Seals and Crofts
30. 'Mockin' Bird Hill' by Les Paul and Mary Ford
Classic Rock Songs about Birds #31 to 40
31. 'Seagull' by Bad Company
32. 'The Bird' by Morris Day and The Time
33. 'Where the Eagle Flies' by The Allman Brothers Band
34. 'Golden Bird' by The Guess Who
35. 'Little Sparrow' by Dolly Parton
36. 'Raven' by The Moody Blues
37. 'White-Winged Dove' by The Rolling Stones
38. 'Edge of Seventeen' by Stevie Nicks
39. 'The Wren' by The Chieftains
40. 'Firebird' by Milky Chance
More Rock Songs with Bird Themes #41 to 50
41. 'Snowbird' by Anne Murray
42. 'The Condor' by The Doors
43. 'The Thrush' by Led Zeppelin
44. 'The Raven' by The Alan Parsons Project
45. 'Eagle' by ABBA
46. 'Blue Jay Way' by The Beatles
47. 'Dixie Chicken' by Little Feat
48. 'The Swan' by Deep Purple
49. 'Hummingbird' by Alter Bridge
50. 'Blackbird' by The Beatles
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