50 Best Rock Songs About Burnout
Best Rock Tracks for Burnout Moods
There’s a certain drag that sneaks in when you’re stretched thin, when caffeine stops working and every day feels like the same loop. It’s not fireworks, not collapse, but that gray middle ground where you’re wired and wiped at the same time. Rock songs hit that feeling hard, especially the ones that carry a little grit, a little collapse in the corners. Some tracks aren’t literally about burning out, but they mirror the exhaustion in a way that sticks.
You hear it in guitars that grind instead of shine, in lyrics that stumble into honesty instead of smooth slogans. Some artists lean into the chaos and make it sound alive, while others let the fatigue seep in until the track nearly folds under its own weight. These songs sit heavy but they don’t sugarcoat it. They’re the kind of tracks that would slide into a playlist alongside pop, rock, country, and R&B songs about pushing limits and hitting walls.
Burnout has its own soundtrack, messy and loud, sometimes bitter but always raw enough to feel real. The following songs catch that restless energy and crank it up until it feels too big to keep in your head. Here are the best rock songs for burnout.
Top 10 Rock Burnout Songs
1. 'Burnout' by Green Day
2. 'Under Pressure' by Queen and David Bowie
3. 'Stressed Out' by Twenty One Pilots
4. 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd
5. 'Losing My Religion' by R.E.M.
6. 'Fade to Black' by Metallica
7. 'Basket Case' by Green Day
8. 'Down in a Hole' by Alice In Chains
9. 'Working Man' by Rush
10. 'Unwell' by Matchbox Twenty
Essential Rock Tracks #11 to 20
11. 'Another Brick in the Wall Part 2' by Pink Floyd
12. 'A Hard Day's Night' by The Beatles
13. 'The Middle' by Jimmy Eat World
14. 'Weight of the World' by Ringo Starr
15. 'I'm Not Okay (I Promise)' by My Chemical Romance
16. 'Sucked Out' by Superdrag
17. 'Helena' by My Chemical Romance
18. 'Pinch Me' by Barenaked Ladies
19. 'Defeated' by Comeback Kid
20. 'Exhausted' by Foo Fighters
More Rock Songs about Stress #21 to 30
21. 'Manic Monday' by The Bangles
22. 'The Pretender' by Jackson Browne
23. 'Factory' by Bruce Springsteen
24. 'Working on the Highway' by Bruce Springsteen
25. 'Too Tired' by DeVotchKa
26. 'I'm So Tired' by Fugazi
27. 'Numb' by Linkin Park
28. 'Comfortably Numb' by Pink Floyd
29. 'I Hope You Suffer' by AFI
30. 'Behind Blue Eyes' by The Who
Classic Rock Songs About Overwork #31 to 40
31. 'Take This Job and Shove It' by Johnny Paycheck
32. 'Slave to the Wage' by Placebo
33. 'We Used to Vacation' by Cold War Kids
34. 'The Good Times Are Killing Me' by Modest Mouse
35. 'How Far We've Come' by Matchbox Twenty
36. 'Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)' by Neil Young
37. 'No Surprises' by Radiohead
38. 'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' by Radiohead
39. 'Panama' by Van Halen
40. 'Weightless' by All Time Low
Popular Rock Burnout Hits #41 to 50
41. 'Burning Out' by Green Day
42. 'Can I Go On' by Sleater-Kinney
43. 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place' by The Animals
44. 'Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)' by Styx
45. 'Adam's Song' by Blink-182
46. 'I Just Wasn't Made for These Times' by The Beach Boys
47. 'Changes' by Black Sabbath
48. 'Killing in the Name' by Rage Against the Machine
49. 'Help' by Papa Roach
50. 'Go On' by The Cordial Sins
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