50 Best Rock Songs About Donuts
Best Rock Tracks Celebrating Donuts
There’s something funny about how donuts end up in music. They can be silly stand-ins for late-night cravings, or symbols of excess when a band leans too far into sugar-rush metaphors. You picture grease-stained boxes on a studio floor, somebody’s half-eaten cruller next to a guitar pedal, and the whole scene feels messy in a way that fits the energy of rock. These tracks capture that same spirit. Not all of them are literally singing to a glazed ring, but they circle the theme with the kind of looseness that makes it fun.
Donut songs are rarely smooth or cool. They lean into chaos, sometimes playful, sometimes biting, the way pop, rock, country, and R&B songs tend to bend food into something bigger than itself. The vibe might be goofy celebration, or it might turn into a metaphor for desire, indulgence, or exhaustion when the sugar high crashes. The hooks stick the way frosting sticks to your fingers. A few of these cuts sound like they were made for a diner jukebox at 3 a.m., while others feel like they stumbled into the kitchen after a night that went sideways.
There’s no clean arc here, no neat way to wrap donuts into one genre or one mood, and that’s the appeal. It’s playful, absurd, and oddly perfect for soundtracking a story or reel that wants to break away from polished cool. These songs may not all be literally tied to donuts, but they carry the same sticky, indulgent energy. Here are the best rock songs on donuts.
Top 10 Sweet Rock Songs
1. 'Doughnut Song' by Tori Amos
2. 'Donut City' by Eddie Van Halen
3. 'Donuts' by Jessie Murph & Gucci Mane
4. 'Cherry Pie' by Warrant
5. 'Chocolate Cake' by Crowded House
6. 'I Want Candy' by Bow Wow Wow
7. 'Lollipop' by Mika
8. 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' by Def Leppard
9. 'Savoy Truffle' by The Beatles
10. 'Sugar, We're Goin Down' by Fall Out Boy
Songs About Baked Goods #11 to 20
11. 'Custard Pie' by Led Zeppelin
12. 'Honeycomb' by Jimmie Rodgers
13. 'Pecan Pie' by Golden Smog
14. 'Jelly Roll Rock' by The Cramps
15. 'The Lemon Song' by Led Zeppelin
16. 'Ice Cream Man' by Van Halen
17. 'Sweet Emotion' by Aerosmith
18. 'Sugar Magnolia' by Grateful Dead
19. 'Raspberry Beret' by Prince
20. 'Sugar' by System of a Down
Rock Songs About Sweets and Goodies #21 to 30
21. 'Candy Store Rock' by Led Zeppelin
22. 'Sugar and Spice' by The Cryan' Shames
23. 'Honey Pie' by The Beatles
24. 'Ice Cream' by Sarah McLachlan
25. 'Candy' by Iggy Pop
26. 'Sugar' by Tonic
27. 'Brown Sugar' by The Rolling Stones
28. 'Sugar on Sunday' by Clique
29. 'Lips Like Sugar' by Echo & The Bunnymen
30. 'Sugar Free' by Wa Wa Nee
Songs with Sweet and Round Themes #31 to 40
31. 'Watch the Donut, Not the Hole' by Burl Ives
32. 'Sweet Talkin' Woman' by Electric Light Orchestra
33. 'Junk Food Junkie' by Larry Groce
34. 'The Sweetness' by Jimmy Eat World
35. 'The Candy Man' by Sammy Davis Jr.
36. 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' by Eurythmics
37. 'Ice Cream Man' by Jonathan Richman
38. 'Sugar, Sugar' by The Archies
39. 'Sweet Jane' by The Velvet Underground
40. 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses
More Rock Songs about Indulgence #41 to 50
41. 'Chocolate' by The 1975
42. 'Candy' by Mandy Moore
43. 'Sugar Mice' by Marillion
44. 'Cake' by The B-52's
45. 'Sugar Daddy' by Fleetwood Mac
46. 'Sweets for My Sweet' by The Drifters
47. 'Sweet and Gentle' by Alan Dale
48. 'Sweet Talkin'' by Johnny Burnette
49. 'Sweet Pea' by Tommy Roe
50. 'Sweet Caroline' by Neil Diamond
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