50 Best Rock Songs About Flying
Rock Songs That Describe Flying
There’s a strange rush tied to flying. Not the neat version you see in travel ads, but the knot in your stomach when wheels leave the ground and the whole world tilts away. It’s that restless mix of freedom and unease, where sky feels endless yet completely unfamiliar. The right song lands in that headspace, blasting loud enough to match the rattle of turbulence or the hum of an engine too close to your ear. Some tracks don’t even mention planes at all, but they capture the spirit of lift-off in a way lyrics never need to spell out.
Flying can be reckless, dreamy, or plain chaotic, depending on the soundtrack you pair it with. A wall of guitars can make takeoff feel like rebellion. A softer riff can turn a red-eye into something that borders on meditative. These aren’t polished, cinematic versions of travel. They’re messy in tone, closer to what it feels like when you’re crammed in a middle seat, playlist on repeat, head pressed against the window glass. That’s the kind of raw space where rock thrives, loud enough to drown out every safety announcement.
This playlist pulls energy from different corners of sound, sometimes bleeding into pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that brush against the same themes. Not every track talks about flying outright, but the mood they create makes them fit the ride anyway. Here are the best rock songs that capture the rush of flight.
Top 10 Flying Rock Songs
1. 'Learn to Fly' by Foo Fighters
2. 'Learning to Fly' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3. 'Free Bird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
4. 'Fly Away' by Lenny Kravitz
5. 'Jet Airliner' by Steve Miller Band
6. 'Given to Fly' by Pearl Jam
7. 'Fly Like an Eagle' by Steve Miller Band
8. 'Rocket Man' by Elton John
9. 'Space Oddity' by David Bowie
10. 'Learning to Fly' by Pink Floyd
More Rock and Roll Flying Songs #11 to 20
11. 'Blackbird' by The Beatles
12. 'Leaving on a Jet Plane' by Peter, Paul and Mary
13. 'I Believe I Can Fly' by R. Kelly
14. 'Danger Zone' by Kenny Loggins
15. 'This Flight Tonight' by Nazareth
16. 'Back in the U.S.S.R.' by The Beatles
17. 'Waiting for a Flight' by The Jayhawks
18. 'Fly on the Wall' by The Jesus Lizard
19. 'Fly by Night' by Rush
20. 'The Fly' by U2
Rock and Hard Rock Songs About Flight #21 to 30
21. 'Flight of Icarus' by Iron Maiden
22. 'Paper Planes' by M.I.A.
23. 'Aeroplane' by Red Hot Chili Peppers
24. 'Flying' by The Beatles
25. 'High Flying Bird' by Jefferson Airplane
26. 'Time for Me to Fly' by REO Speedwagon
27. 'Aces High' by Iron Maiden
28. 'Fly to the Angels' by Slaughter
29. 'Snoopy vs. the Red Baron' by The Royal Guardsmen
30. 'The Zephyr Song' by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Classic Rock Songs About Soaring and Planes #31 to 40
31. '747 (Strangers in the Night)' by Saxon
32. 'Mr. Airplane Man' by Mr. Airplane Man
33. 'I'm Mandy Fly Me' by 10cc
34. 'The Letter' by The Box Tops
35. 'Waitress in the Sky' by The Replacements
36. 'Take Me to the Pilot' by Elton John
37. 'Flying High Again' by Ozzy Osbourne
38. 'We Can Fly' by The Cowsills
39. 'Expecting to Fly' by Buffalo Springfield
40. 'Fly from Here' by Yes
More Rock Songs about Flying and Journeying #41 to 50
41. 'Jet Boy' by New York Dolls
42. 'Night Flight' by Led Zeppelin
43. 'This Flight Tonight' by Joni Mitchell
44. 'Dreams' by Van Halen
45. 'Fly on the Windscreen' by Depeche Mode
46. 'I'll Fly Away' by Johnny Cash
47. 'Fly' by Sugar Ray
48. 'Fly Me Courageous' by Drivin' N Cryin'
49. 'Empire of the Clouds' by Iron Maiden
50. '(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman' by The Kinks
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