50 Best Rock Songs About Dolls
Best Rock Songs Featuring Dolls
There’s something strange that happens when rock bands turn their gaze toward dolls. It’s not the toy aisle version, but the slightly warped echo of innocence that carries a shadow underneath. Some tracks lean into the surreal, others into the unnerving, and a few just treat dolls as stand-ins for control or desire. They land in that hazy space where nostalgia collides with unease, the kind of imagery that lingers longer than it should. The vibe can swing from playful to unsettling in the span of a chorus, and that uneasy tension is what makes these songs stick.
Not every track is literally tied to dolls, but the mood lines up. You get metaphors stretched thin, characters that blur between plastic and human, and riffs that grind with the same stiff energy as a puppet on strings. It’s the same trick you see across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs where the subject isn’t always face value but still fits the picture. Some artists tap into the eerie silence of childhood objects, others twist it into commentary on relationships and control. Either way, the songs feel like they belong to the same peculiar shelf.
These are not polished tales of comfort, they’re messier snapshots of obsession, performance, and the blurred edges of playthings turned symbols. They crash through loud amps, drag out unsettling hooks, and drop you right into that uncanny valley that refuses to resolve. Here are the best rock songs featuring dolls that capture that energy.
Top 10 Songs Featuring Dolls and Similar Themes
1. 'Doll Parts' by Hole
2. 'I'm a Marionette' by ABBA
3. 'Mannequin' by Wire
4. 'Paper Doll' by John Mayer
5. 'Rag Doll' by The Four Seasons
6. 'Living Doll' by Cliff Richard
7. 'Broken Doll' by The Buzzcocks
8. 'Dollhouse' by Melanie Martinez
9. 'Gepetto' by Belly
10. 'Devil Doll' by The Misfits
More Rock Songs with Doll-Related Lyrics #11 to 20
11. 'Voodoo Dolly' by Siouxsie and the Banshees
12. 'Little Dolls' by The Runaways
13. 'Dolly Dagger' by Jimi Hendrix
14. 'The Mechanical Bride' by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
15. 'Master of Puppets' by Metallica
16. 'Coin-Operated Boy' by The Dresden Dolls
17. 'Little Wooden Boy' by The Dears
18. 'Puppet Man' by The Fifth Dimension
19. 'Twist Barbie' by Shonen Knife
20. 'Toy Soldiers' by Martika
Further Rock Music About Dolls and Similar Subjects #21 to 30
21. 'Wooden Heart' by Elvis Presley
22. 'Plastic Man' by The Kinks
23. 'I'm Your Puppet' by James & Bobby Purify
24. 'Poupée de cire, poupée de son' by France Gall
25. 'My Toy' by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
26. 'Broken Toys' by 22-Pistepirkko
27. 'Mannequin' by The Kooks
28. 'Ariel' by The Dresden Dolls
29. 'The Doll' by The Adverts
30. 'Broken Doll' by Denuit
Other Rock Hits About Dolls and Related Themes #31 to 40
31. 'Lover Doll' by Eddie Cochran
32. 'Black Doll' by The Black Crowes
33. 'Dolls' by Primal Scream
34. 'The Ragman's Daughter' by The Kinks
35. 'The Doll' by The Pretty Things
36. 'Plastic Doll' by Frank Zappa
37. 'Porcelain Doll' by The Bouncing Souls
38. 'The Little Toy Train' by The Toy Dolls
39. 'The Puppet' by The Toy Dolls
40. 'Edward the Bear' by The Damned
Additional Rock Music on Doll and Toy Themes #41 to 50
41. 'Wooden Ships' by Crosby, Stills & Nash
42. 'The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari' by The Dead Milkmen
43. 'Like Toy Soldiers' by Eminem
44. 'Come and Buy My Toys' by David Bowie
45. 'The Mannequin' by The Muffs
46. 'Dolls' by The Cure
47. 'Satin Doll' by Duke Ellington
48. 'The Broken Doll' by The Bouncing Souls
49. 'I'll Be You' by The Replacements
50. 'Rag Doll' by Aerosmith
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