50 Best Rock Songs About Fire
Best Rock Tracks Featuring Fire
There’s something sticky and unruly about fire songs in rock. They flare up with that kind of energy that rattles your chest, where the riff feels like it’s sparking wires together and the lyrics flicker between danger and celebration. Some tracks are wild bonfires with fists raised, others burn low and slow like embers at 3 a.m. Not every one is literally about flames, but they still circle the same heat, that same pull of destruction and light wrapped in sound.
These songs lean messy in the best way. Guitars snarl like smoke alarms, drums pound like someone slamming a door before it all goes up, and vocals stretch between warning and temptation. You can feel the sweat in the room when the volume is high enough, like fire’s edge brushing close. It’s the kind of music that makes you want to move even when your body’s not sure if it’s dancing or running away.
The fire theme doesn’t stay locked to one style either. You’ll find the imagery across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, but the rock side of it tends to hit hardest, like the soundtrack to sparks jumping from power lines. Some tracks might be tongue-in-cheek, some deadly serious, but they all feed that same restless burn. Here are the best rock songs about fire.
Top 10 Songs with Rock Fire Motifs
1. 'Light My Fire' by The Doors
2. 'Burning Down the House' by Talking Heads
3. 'I'm on Fire' by Bruce Springsteen
4. 'Play with Fire' by The Rolling Stones
5. 'Through the Fire and Flames' by DragonForce
6. 'Great Balls of Fire' by Jerry Lee Lewis
7. 'Fire Woman' by The Cult
8. 'We Didn't Start the Fire' by Billy Joel
9. 'Smoke on the Water' by Deep Purple
10. 'Ring of Fire' by Johnny Cash
Songs About Fire #11 to 20
11. 'Burnin' for You' by Blue Öyster Cult
12. 'Heaven's on Fire' by Kiss
13. 'Jump into the Fire' by Harry Nilsson
14. 'The Flame' by Cheap Trick
15. 'Fire' by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
16. 'Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll' by Blue Öyster Cult
17. 'Fire' by Jimi Hendrix
18. 'On Fire' by Van Halen
19. 'Shot Down in Flames' by AC/DC
20. 'Fighting Fire with Fire' by Kansas
Popular Songs About Burning #21 to 30
21. 'Burn It to the Ground' by Nickelback
22. 'Burn' by The Cure
23. 'Set the World on Fire' by Black Veil Brides
24. 'Sleep Now in the Fire' by Rage Against the Machine
25. 'Beds Are Burning' by Midnight Oil
26. 'I Am the Fire' by Halestorm
27. 'Catching Fire' by Shinedown
28. 'Fire in the Sky' by Ozzy Osbourne
29. 'Into the Fire' by Dokken
30. 'The Roof Is on Fire' by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three
Fire and Flame Rock Music #31 to 40
31. 'Fire and Ice' by Pat Benatar
32. 'This House Is on Fire' by The Damned
33. 'Burn Down the Mission' by Elton John
34. 'Eternal Flame' by The Bangles
35. 'Keep the Fire Burnin'' by REO Speedwagon
36. 'The Fire Down Below' by Bob Seger
37. 'Fire on the Mountain' by The Marshall Tucker Band
38. 'Chariots of Fire' by Vangelis
39. 'Fire Water Burn' by Bloodhound Gang
40. 'Sex on Fire' by Kings of Leon
Ultimate List of Fire Songs #41 to 50
41. 'Fire in Cairo' by The Cure
42. 'Lake of Fire' by Nirvana
43. 'Dig for Fire' by Pixies
44. 'Hot on the Heels of Love' by Throbbing Gristle
45. 'Cities in Dust' by Siouxsie and the Banshees
46. 'Burn' by Nine Inch Nails
47. 'The Only Flame in Town' by Elvis Costello
48. 'Firestarter' by The Prodigy
49. 'Flame Trees' by Cold Chisel
50. 'Fire' by The Pointer Sisters
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