50 Best Rock Songs About Days of the Week
Best Rock Tracks That Mention Days of the Week
There’s something strange about songs tied to days. Monday feels heavier when a guitar riff is wrapped around it, Friday sounds wilder with cymbals crashing, and Sunday can sink deep under a drawn-out chorus. Bands have been naming days for decades, sometimes because the calendar lines up with their story, other times because it simply sounds good. The result is a catalog where the days themselves start to feel bigger than life. Not every track is literally pinned to its title, but the mood of a weekday seeps through loud and clear.
Rock seems to grab these days and make them hit harder. A Tuesday might carry a lazy groove, while Saturday comes with amps turned all the way up. Listeners know the pull because we all mark our weeks in songs even if we don’t admit it. These tracks lean into that pull with hooks that feel like small rituals. The playlist ends up overlapping with pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that also spin the calendar into something musical, showing how universal the theme can be when it hits right.
The energy shifts from weekday grind to weekend release and back again, like a loop you cannot escape but wouldn’t want to stop. Each track holds its own version of a Monday slump or a Saturday high, carried through guitars, basslines, or vocals that make the whole thing stick in your head. Here are the best rock songs that use the days of the week as their anchor.
Top 10 Day-Themed Rock Songs
1. 'Friday I'm in Love' by The Cure
2. 'I Don't Like Mondays' by The Boomtown Rats
3. 'Manic Monday' by The Bangles
4. 'Tuesday's Gone' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. 'Monday, Monday' by The Mamas & the Papas
6. 'Saturday in the Park' by Chicago
7. 'Ruby Tuesday' by The Rolling Stones
8. 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' by Elton John
9. 'Blue Monday' by New Order
10. 'Friday on My Mind' by The Easybeats
Top Songs About Weekly Themes #11 to 20
11. 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' by U2
12. 'Drive-In Saturday' by David Bowie
13. 'Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.' by Simon & Garfunkel
14. 'Monday Morning' by Fleetwood Mac
15. 'Thursday's Child' by David Bowie
16. 'Tuesday Afternoon' by The Moody Blues
17. 'Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon' by Queen
18. 'Every Day Is Like Sunday' by Morrissey
19. 'Sunday Morning' by The Velvet Underground
20. 'Black Friday' by Steely Dan
Best Weekly Themed Rock Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Another Saturday Night' by Sam Cooke
22. 'Seven Days' by Craig David
23. 'Saturday Night Special' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
24. 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' by Johnny Cash
25. 'Come Monday' by Jimmy Buffett
26. 'Wednesday Week' by The Undertones
27. 'Pleasant Valley Sunday' by The Monkees
28. 'Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)' by Katy Perry
29. 'Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)' by T-Bone Walker
30. 'New Moon on Monday' by Duran Duran
More Day of the Week Rock Songs #31 to 40
31. 'Thursday' by Morphine
32. 'Sunday Morning Call' by Oasis
33. 'Monday Morning Church' by Alan Jackson
34. 'Sunday Girl' by Blondie
35. 'Wednesday Morning' by Macklemore
36. 'Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning' by Bon Jovi
37. 'Saturday's Kids' by The Jam
38. 'Monday Morning Ant Brigade' by The Bouncing Souls
39. 'Another Quiet Sunday' by Meltt
40. 'I Met Him on a Sunday' by The Shirelles
Rock Songs Related to Weekdays #41 to 50
41. 'Rainy Days and Mondays' by The Carpenters
42. 'Almost Saturday Night' by John Fogerty
43. 'Sunday Morning' by No Doubt
44. 'Wednesday's Song' by John Frusciante
45. 'Jersey Thursday' by Donovan
46. 'Book of Saturday' by King Crimson
47. 'Sunday Papers' by Joe Jackson
48. 'Monday Morning' by Death Cab for Cutie
49. 'Saturday Sun' by Nick Drake
50. 'Days of the Week' by Stone Temple Pilots
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