50 Best Rock Songs About Clouds

Best Rock Tracks Featuring Clouds in the Lyrics

Clouds have a strange way of setting a mood. They can hang heavy and gray, swallowing the sky until everything feels small, or they can drift by in that slow, lazy way that makes time feel endless. In songs, they’re not always about weather at all. Sometimes they stand in for the weight someone’s carrying, or they’re the thing someone’s chasing. A few tracks talk about clouds directly, but plenty more use them as scenery for something deeper. It’s the kind of imagery that sneaks in and sticks, even when the song seems like it’s really about heartbreak, escape, or wandering thoughts.

There’s something oddly cinematic about a good cloud song. It might open with a guitar riff that feels like a storm rolling in or build up to a chorus that feels like breaking through to blue skies. These tracks can feel peaceful, stormy, or completely untethered depending on how the clouds are framed. It’s not locked to one genre either. You’ll find pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that circle around this vibe, each spinning it into something that fits their sound. A cloudy sky can be freedom for one artist and suffocating for another, which makes these songs hit in different ways depending on where you are when you hear them.

Not every song here spends its verses staring upward, and that’s part of the fun. Some just carry the mood of clouds without ever naming them, like an instrumental break that feels like a foggy morning or a lyric that slips past in a verse you barely catch. They create a strange mix of calm and restlessness, the way weather can shift a day without warning. These songs live in that in-between space, and they’re perfect for anyone chasing that feeling. Here are the best rock songs with clouds woven into their stories and sounds.

1. 'Get Off of My Cloud' by The Rolling Stones

2. 'Cloudbusting' by Kate Bush

3. 'No More Cloudy Days' by The Eagles

4. 'Cloud Nine' by George Harrison

5. 'Heavy Cloud No Rain' by Sting

6. 'Clouds' by New Politics

7. 'Obscured by Clouds' by Pink Floyd

8. 'Stuck Inside a Cloud' by George Harrison

9. 'Both Sides Now' by Joni Mitchell

10. 'Clouds Over California' by DevilDriver

11. 'Another Cloudy Day' by The Hooters

12. 'A Sky Full of Stars' by Coldplay

13. 'The Sky is a Neighborhood' by Foo Fighters

14. 'Blue Sky' by The Allman Brothers Band

15. 'Cloud Song' by The Incredible String Band

16. 'The Little White Cloud That Cried' by Johnny Burnette

17. 'King of the Clouds' by Panic! At The Disco

18. 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash

19. 'Clouds' by BøRNS

20. 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' by The Beatles

21. 'Cloudy Skies' by Ugly Kid Joe

22. 'Above the Clouds' by Mike Oldfield

23. 'Black Cloud' by Morrissey

24. 'Little Fluffy Clouds' by The Orb

25. 'Cloud' by Dan Kraus

26. 'Cloud Nine' by The Temptations

27. 'Clouds' by Cha Se-Eun

28. 'Clouds in the Air' by Wiz Khalifa

29. 'Cloud Atlas' by Auley Gere

30. 'Cloud Nine' by Volbeat

31. 'Cloud Aura' by Charli XCX

32. 'Cloud 9' by Beach Bunny

33. 'Clouds Never Get Old' by Bas

34. 'The Clouds Cleared the Way' by Shane Tyler

35. 'Cloud of Unknowing' by Gorillaz

36. 'Cloud Connected' by In Flames

37. 'Cloud Castle' by Blumida

38. 'Clouds of Silk' by Soothing Oasis

39. 'Ninth Cloud' by Zach Bryan

40. 'Clouds Across the Moon' by The Rah Band

41. 'Come Sail Away' by Styx

42. 'Ridin' the Storm Out' by REO Speedwagon

43. 'Imagine' by John Lennon

44. 'Spirit in the Sky' by Norman Greenbaum

45. 'Mr. Blue Sky' by Electric Light Orchestra

46. 'Fire in the Sky' by Ozzy Osbourne

47. 'Fly Like an Eagle' by Steve Miller Band

48. 'Wheel in the Sky' by Journey

49. 'Above the Clouds' by Paul McCartney

50. 'I'll See You in My Dreams' by Giant