50 Best Rock Songs About Burning
Best Rock Tracks That Carry the Fire
There’s a specific kind of tension when songs lean into burning. It’s not clean, not comfortable, more like sparks flying too close to dry wood. Some tracks push straight into destruction with riffs that sound like they’re set on fire, while others circle around the idea without ever saying it outright. A lot of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs tap into that imagery, sometimes literally about flames, sometimes more like a metaphor for collapse, obsession, or losing control. The word feels heavy, but the sound keeps it alive.
The thing with fire is it always comes with mixed feelings. You can hear anger tearing through a verse, or desire that feels a little dangerous, or the messy kind of freedom when everything is already lit up and there’s nothing left to save. Rock pulls it off in ways that land raw, with guitar tones that scrape and vocals that nearly break. Some of the songs that land hardest are not actually telling stories of fire, but the energy fits the theme so well they belong here anyway. That blurred line makes the playlist hit harder than if everything were straightforward.
It’s not polished or safe listening. The riffs smolder, the choruses crash, and the edges stay sharp enough to sting. These tracks bring that sense of heat that feels both reckless and magnetic, the kind you play loud when things are on the verge of spilling over. Here are the best rock songs about burning.
Top 10 Burning Rock Songs
1. 'Burning Down the House' by Talking Heads
2. 'Light My Fire' by The Doors
3. 'I'm on Fire' by Bruce Springsteen
4. 'Ring of Fire' by Johnny Cash
5. 'Smoke on the Water' by Deep Purple
6. 'Burnin' for You' by Blue öyster Cult
7. 'Fight Fire with Fire' by Metallica
8. 'Heaven's on Fire' by Kiss
9. 'Firestarter' by The Prodigy
10. 'Sex on Fire' by Kings of Leon
Hot and Fiery Songs #11 to 20
11. 'Burn' by The Cure
12. 'Burning Love' by Elvis Presley
13. 'Burn' by Deep Purple
14. 'Play with Fire' by The Rolling Stones
15. 'Fire and Ice' by Pat Benatar
16. 'Through the Fire and Flames' by DragonForce
17. 'Fire Woman' by The Cult
18. 'Fire' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
19. 'The Fire Down Below' by Bob Seger
20. 'Burn It to the Ground' by Nickelback
Rock and Metal Songs About Burning #21 to 30
21. 'Jump into the Fire' by Harry Nilsson
22. 'Fire on the Mountain' by The Marshall Tucker Band
23. 'Beds Are Burning' by Midnight Oil
24. 'Burn Down the Mission' by Elton John
25. 'Shot Down in Flames' by AC/DC
26. 'Lake of Fire' by Nirvana
27. 'Burn the Witch' by Radiohead
28. 'Fire' by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
29. 'Into the Fire' by Dokken
30. 'When a Fire Starts to Burn' by Disclosure
Songs About Fire and Flames #31 to 40
31. 'Great Balls of Fire' by Jerry Lee Lewis
32. 'This Wheel's on Fire' by The Band
33. 'We Didn't Start the Fire' by Billy Joel
34. 'Keep on Burning' by the Yardbirds
35. 'The Flame' by Cheap Trick
36. 'The Fire' by Television
37. 'Fire in the Hole' by The Rolling Stones
38. 'Love Is a Burning Thing' by Johnny Cash
39. 'After the Fire' by Roger Daltrey
40. 'Burning Bridges' by OneRepublic
Rock Songs About Heat #41 to 50
41. 'Hot Blooded' by Foreigner
42. 'The Heat Is On' by Glenn Frey
43. 'Hotter than Hell' by Kiss
44. 'Hot Smoke & Sasafrass' by Bubble Puppy
45. 'Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll' by Blue öyster Cult
46. 'Burned' by Grace VanderWaal
47. 'Pyromania' by Def Leppard
48. 'Into the Fire' by Thirteen Senses
49. 'Walkin' from the Fire' by Walkin' Tones
50. 'Fire' by The Pointer Sisters
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