50 Best Rock Songs About Food
Best Rock Tracks on Food Themes
There’s a funny kind of joy when music and food crash into each other. It’s messy, sometimes goofy, sometimes heavy with meaning you didn’t expect. A crunchy riff can sound like grease popping in a skillet, and a chorus can feel like late-night diner chatter. A few of these tracks lean literal with burgers, pies, or sugar-coated hooks, while others borrow food as shorthand for hunger, craving, or something you can’t quite name. Some may not be literally tied to food, but the imagery lands close enough that they carry the same flavor.
Rock has always been good at sneaking appetite into the mix. Think stadium anthems that name-drop snacks like it’s a joke, or indie songs that circle back to food when the bigger feelings get too messy to explain. It’s not so different from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that twist a single image until it sticks in your head like a jingle. The power of it isn’t subtle. You hear the word “cake” shouted over distorted guitars and suddenly it feels bigger than dessert.
These songs don’t tiptoe around their weirdness. They live in it, loud and unashamed, the way a late-night meal tastes better than it should after a show. They’re playful, sometimes clumsy, but always the kind of tracks that stop you in your tracks when they hit a reel or Story. Here are the best rock songs on food themes for your playlist.
Top 10 Food Rock Songs
1. 'Pork and Beans' by Weezer
2. 'Strawberry Fields Forever' by The Beatles
3. 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' by Def Leppard
4. 'Cherry Pie' by Warrant
5. 'American Pie' by Don McLean
6. 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by The Beatles
7. 'Brown Sugar' by The Rolling Stones
8. 'Ice Cream Man' by Van Halen
9. 'Savoy Truffle' by The Beatles
10. 'Peaches' by The Presidents of the United States of America
More Rock Songs with Food #11 to 20
11. 'Tupelo Honey' by Van Morrison
12. 'Life Is a Minestrone' by 10cc
13. 'I Want Candy' by The Strangeloves
14. 'Cheeseburger in Paradise' by Jimmy Buffett
15. 'The Lemon Song' by Led Zeppelin
16. 'Coconut' by Harry Nilsson
17. 'Bread and Butter' by The Newbeats
18. 'Green Onions' by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
19. 'Tutti Frutti' by Little Richard
20. 'Apples and Oranges' by Pink Floyd
Rock Songs about Food and Drink #21 to 30
21. 'Eat the Rich' by Aerosmith
22. 'TV Dinners' by ZZ Top
23. 'Mashed Potato Time' by Dee Dee Sharp
24. 'Pass the Peas' by The J.B.'s
25. 'Chop Suey!' by System of a Down
26. 'Eat It' by Weird Al Yankovic
27. 'One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer' by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
28. 'Red Red Wine' by UB40
29. 'Cold Gin' by KISS
30. 'Have a Drink on Me' by AC/DC
Finding Rock Songs about Food #31 to 40
31. 'Breakfast in America' by Supertramp
32. 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' by Deep Blue Something
33. 'I Love Rocky Road' by Weird Al Yankovic
34. 'No Milk Today' by Herman's Hermits
35. 'Lick My Icy Creamy' by The Flaming Lips
36. 'Cornbread, Peas, and Black Molasses' by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
37. 'Big Cheese' by Nirvana
38. 'Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk' by Rufus Wainwright
39. 'Black Coffee' by Black Flag
40. 'Jambalaya (On the Bayou)' by The Carpenters
Rock and Roll Food Songs #41 to 50
41. 'Sugar, Sugar' by The Archies
42. 'Honey' by The Velvet Underground
43. 'Polk Salad Annie' by Tony Joe White
44. 'The Last Mango in Paris' by Jimmy Buffett
45. 'A Little Something Refreshing' by No Doubt
46. 'Poundcake' by Van Halen
47. 'Milk and Alcohol' by Dr. Feelgood
48. 'Custard Pie' by Led Zeppelin
49. 'Spill the Wine' by Eric Burdon and War
50. 'Honey Pie' by The Beatles
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