50 Best Rock Songs About Cleaning Your House
Rock Songs for Cleaning Your House Playlist
There’s a strange zone you fall into when the house needs attention. You’re half annoyed, half wired, picking up socks and old cups like it’s a scavenger hunt you never signed up for. The music matters here. Put on the wrong track and you stall out by the sink. Hit the right riff and suddenly wiping counters feels like a stadium moment. Some of these tracks talk directly to chaos, others have nothing to do with cleaning at all, but the pulse fits the rhythm of getting through it.
Cleaning isn’t neat or graceful. It’s blasting an amp loud enough to drown out the vacuum. It’s dust flying in the sunlight like stage fog while your neighbors probably wonder what’s going on in your living room. These are the times when rock cuts through better than anything else, though plenty of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs sneak their way into the vibe. Not everything here speaks literally to the task, but they line up with the energy it takes to push through.
Sometimes it’s upbeat hooks that trick you into moving faster. Other times it’s gritty distortion that makes scrubbing the bathroom tile feel like a small rebellion. The point isn’t precision, it’s momentum. These songs grab hold of that restless push to get the place together, even if it all ends up messy again by tomorrow. Here are the best rock songs for cleaning your house.
Top 10 Rock Songs
1. 'Takin' Care of Business' by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
2. 'Clean Up Your Own Backyard' by Elvis Presley
3. 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' by AC/DC
4. 'Housework' by The B-52's
5. 'Housework' by Robert Palmer
6. 'Cleanup Time' by John Lennon & Yoko Ono
7. 'When I'm Cleaning Windows' by George Formby
8. 'Clean This House' by Paul Kelly & the Dots
9. 'Clean Up the Ghetto' by The Philadelphia International All-Stars
10. 'Yakety Yak' by The Coasters
Rock Songs for Household Chores #11 to 20
11. 'Another One Bites the Dust' by Queen
12. 'Our House' by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
13. 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' by Bill Haley & His Comets
14. 'Shake 'n' Vac' by Snuff
15. 'Hard Work' by John Handy
16. 'The Day My Pad Went Mad' by John Cooper Clarke
17. 'Washaway' by XTC
18. 'Spring Cleaning' by John McCutcheon
19. 'Yard Broom' by The Skatalites
20. 'Spring Cleaning' by Fats Waller
Cleaning Rock Music for a Clean Space #21 to 30
21. 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver
22. 'Clean-Up Woman' by Betty Wright
23. 'Ghetto Rock' by Tapper Zukie
24. 'Too Many Dirty Dishes' by Albert Collins
25. 'Old Broom' by Wailing Souls
26. 'I'm a Woman' by Maria Muldaur
27. 'Washday Blues' by Dolly Parton
28. 'House Cleaning' by The Spaniels
29. 'Laundromat' by Bombadil
30. 'Wash, Mama, Wash' by Dr. John
Clean Up Rock Music Playlist #31 to 40
31. 'Jump Mama Jump' by Poison Girls
32. 'Our House' by Madness
33. 'Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner' by Shonen Knife
34. 'The Wombling Song' by The Wombles
35. 'Last Word of a Shooting Star' by Mitski
36. 'Pick Up the Pieces' by Average White Band
37. 'Dust My Broom' by Elmore James
38. 'Dirty Laundry' by Don Henley
39. 'Cleanin' Out My Closet' by Eminem
40. 'Let's Clean Up the Ghetto' by The Philadelphia International All-Stars
Rock and Roll Songs for Cleaning Your Home #41 to 50
41. 'Sweeping Your Dirt Under the Rug' by Sammy Jones
42. 'Get a New Broom' by Duke Ellington & Ivy Anderson
43. 'Leave the Dishes in the Sink Ma' by Spike Jones & His City Slickers
44. 'Cleanup Time' by John Lennon
45. 'Broom' by The Raconteurs
46. 'Cleaning House' by Johnny Winter
47. 'Our House' by Graham Nash
48. 'Dust My Broom' by ZZ Top
49. 'House of the Rising Sun' by The Animals
50. 'CIA Man' by The Fugs
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