50 Best Rock Songs About Eating Disorders
Rock Songs Exploring Food Struggles and Hidden Battles
There’s a strange heaviness in songs that circle around food, control, and the body. Not always spelled out, sometimes buried in metaphors or a line that hits too sharp. You can be driving with the windows cracked, and a lyric sneaks in that feels like it was written from a bathroom floor at 3 a.m. That mix of shame and need, power and collapse, doesn’t land neatly in a genre. It shows up in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that spill out fragments of the same wound.
A lot of these tracks weren’t written as public service announcements. Some are confessions, others are coded stories, and a few never even use the words you’d expect. But they still catch the same ache. The static between wanting control and feeling it slip. The background noise of obsession wrapped in a hook or a riff. It’s messy and uneven, which makes sense. Not every songwriter wanted clarity. Some left it raw, incomplete, and that’s exactly why it rings true.
These aren’t songs you breeze through. They can be triggering, or cathartic, or confusing depending on the day. But that’s the space they live in. Some songs may not be literally centered on the subject, yet they echo the feeling enough to belong here. Here are the best rock songs about eating disorders.
Top 10 Songs About Body Image
1. 'Ana's Song (Open Fire)' by Silverchair
2. 'Paper Bag' by Fiona Apple
3. 'Hunger' by Florence + The Machine
4. 'Tunic (Song for Karen)' by Sonic Youth
5. 'Beautiful' by Christina Aguilera
6. 'Prom Queen' by Beach Bunny
7. 'Oh Ana' by Mother Mother
8. 'Me and Mia' by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
9. 'Skin and Bones' by Marianas Trench
10. 'Pretty Isn't Pretty' by Olivia Rodrigo
Songs Exploring Eating Disorders #11 to 20
11. 'I Go Hungry' by Mother Mother
12. 'Empty' by Jaiden Animations & Boyinaband
13. 'Scars to Your Beautiful' by Alessia Cara
14. 'Body Dysmorphia' by RAYE
15. 'Good Enough' by Sasha Alex Sloan
16. 'Road Less Traveled' by Lauren Alaina
17. 'Tied Together with a Smile' by Taylor Swift
18. 'Skyscraper' by Demi Lovato
19. 'Love Me More' by Sam Smith
20. 'F**kin' Perfect' by P!nk
Rock Music on Body Dysmorphia #21 to 30
21. 'Broken Glass' by Lorde
22. 'Transgender Dysphoria Blues' by Against Me!
23. 'Body Love' by Mary Lambert
24. 'My Skin' by Lizzo
25. 'Just the Way You Are' by Bruno Mars
26. 'I'm Still Standing' by Elton John
27. 'Still Learning' by Halsey
28. 'Not a Pretty Girl' by Ani DiFranco
29. 'I Am a Rock' by Simon & Garfunkel
30. 'The Competition' by Kimya Dawson
Self-Acceptance Rock Songs #31 to 40
31. 'Big Isn't Beautiful' by King Adora
32. 'Please Eat' by Nicole Dollanganger
33. 'Shake It Out' by Florence + The Machine
34. 'Warrior' by Demi Lovato
35. 'Try' by Colbie Caillat
36. 'Unpretty' by TLC
37. 'Firework' by Katy Perry
38. 'Born This Way' by Lady Gaga
39. 'Confident' by Demi Lovato
40. 'Disconnect' by Rollins Band
Rock Songs About Recovery #41 to 50
41. 'Recovery' by James Arthur
42. 'Back In My Body' by Maggie Rogers
43. 'Leave the War With Me' by London Grammar
44. 'The Light' by Disturbed
45. 'I'll Have Some In A Bit' by Crywank
46. 'I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore' by Rise Against
47. 'Shatter Me' by Lindsey Stirling ft. Lzzy Hale
48. 'Fight Song' by Rachel Platten
49. 'Sophie' by Eleanor McEvoy
50. 'I'm Not Okay' by Jelly Roll
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