50 Best Rock Songs About Cleaning
Rock Music for Cleaning Vibes
Cleaning can be its own strange headspace. It’s not thrilling, not dreadful, somewhere stuck between needing order and resenting the mess. You’re standing there, sleeves rolled up, eyeing the pile of laundry or the dust gathering in corners, and then the right riff kicks in. A crunchy guitar line can flip a whole mood, pushing you to scrub harder or laugh at how ridiculous it all feels. These tracks don’t romanticize it, they live in the chaos, echoing the same restless energy that comes with trying to clear a space while your mind wanders.
Some of these songs might not be literally about mops or vacuums, but they capture the rhythm of cleaning in their own way. Maybe it’s a track that makes wiping counters feel like a full-blown performance or one that hums in the background like a companion when no one else is around. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs have all found their way into this territory, turning simple chores into strange little moments of catharsis. Sometimes you’re dancing between dust bunnies, other times you’re confronting the kind of clutter that feels like a metaphor for everything else.
The sound of cleaning has its peaks and valleys, from soft harmonies that keep you calm to jagged chords that push you through the last bit of work. These songs lean into that energy and crank it loud enough to make sweeping floors feel like a stage moment. Here are the best rock songs for cleaning to blast while you tackle the mess.
Top 10 Cleanup Rock Songs
1. 'Clean Up Your Own Back Yard' by Elvis Presley
2. 'Mr. Clean' by The Jamies
3. 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' by AC/DC
4. 'Cleaning Windows' by Van Morrison
5. 'Housework' by The B-52s
6. 'Takin' Care Of Business' by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
7. 'Another One Bites the Dust' by Queen
8. 'Clean' by Taylor Swift
9. 'Yakety Yak' by The Coasters
10. 'Cleanin' Out My Closet' by Eminem
Best Rock Songs to Tidy Up With #11 to 20
11. 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash
12. 'Dirty Laundry' by Don Henley
13. 'Clean Up the Ghetto' by The Philadelphia International All-Stars
14. 'Spring Cleaning' by John McCutcheon
15. 'Keep It Clean' by Charlie Jordan
16. 'Washday Blues' by Dolly Parton
17. 'Coming Clean' by Green Day
18. 'Dirty Water' by The Standells
19. 'Sweeping Your Dirt Under the Rug' by Sammy Jones
20. 'It All Comes Out in the Wash' by Miranda Lambert
Top Cleaning Rock Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Wash, Mama, Wash' by Dr. John
22. 'Clean, Clean' by The Cure
23. 'Shake 'n' Vac' by Snuff
24. 'Clean This House' by Paul Kelly & the Dots
25. 'Clean-Up Woman' by Betty Wright
26. 'I'm a Woman' by Maria Muldaur
27. 'Too Many Dirty Dishes' by Albert Collins
28. 'Get a New Broom (And Sweep the Blues Away)' by Duke Ellington & Ivy Anderson
29. 'When I'm Cleaning Windows' by George Formby
30. 'Washing Dishes' by Jack Johnson
Songs About Rock and Roll Cleanup #31 to 40
31. 'Trip to the Lawndry' by The Cock and Bull Band
32. 'Old Broom' by Wailing Souls
33. 'Car Wash' by Rose Royce
34. 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' by Bill Haley & His Comets
35. 'The Day My Pad Went Mad' by John Cooper Clarke
36. 'Dirty Man' by Laura Lee
37. 'House Cleaning' by The Spaniels
38. 'Dirty Work' by Steely Dan
39. 'Workin' at the Car Wash Blues' by Jim Croce
40. 'Let's Clean Up the Ghetto' by The Philadelphia International All-Stars
Rock Songs About Getting Clean #41 to 50
41. 'St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)' by John Parr
42. 'You Make My Dreams' by Hall & Oates
43. 'Clean Up' by Joe Walsh
44. 'Dirty Laundry' by Kelly Rowland
45. 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'' by Michael Jackson
46. 'Hands Clean' by Alanis Morissette
47. 'Ghetto Rock' by Tapper Zukie
48. 'Just Dance' by Lady Gaga
49. 'Clean' by Natalie Grant
50. 'Take A Chance On Me' by ABBA
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