50 Best Rock Songs About Friday
Rock Songs That Describe Fridays
There’s a shift in the air when Friday rolls around. The clock slows down and every task feels like background noise until you finally shut the laptop or walk out the door. You’re wired, tired, and trying to shake off the week in one long exhale. The right track can hit before you’ve even figured out your plans. Suddenly the dull glow of streetlights looks brighter, the car feels like a stage, and every beat promises that tonight could go anywhere.
It’s not always songs that spell out Friday in the lyrics. Some lean into release, some into chaos, some into the kind of reckless fun that makes sense in the moment and nowhere else. A few of these tracks weren’t even written with Friday in mind, but they still carry that edge of freedom and unraveling that makes them fit. This energy shows up across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, but when it comes to guitars turned up loud and vocals that feel like shouting in unison, rock is where it thrives.
Friday can mean a dive bar spilling over, a cramped living room with speakers too small, or a highway that pulls you further out of town than you meant to go. The songs here carry that surge, the release valve for five days of pent-up everything. Some tracks laugh at the chaos, some pour it out raw, and some make it sound like the world cracked open for one night only. Here are the best rock songs for Friday nights.
Top 10 Friday Rock Songs
1. 'Friday on My Mind' by The Easybeats
2. 'Friday I'm in Love' by The Cure
3. 'Working for the Weekend' by Loverboy
4. 'Black Friday' by Steely Dan
5. 'Friday Night' by Loverboy
6. 'Friday's Child' by Van Morrison
7. 'Friday Night, Saturday Morning' by The Specials
8. 'Finally Friday' by George Jones
9. 'Friday on My Mind' by David Bowie
10. 'Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night' by Bon Jovi
Rock Songs to Start the Weekend #11 to 20
11. 'I Gotta Feeling' by The Black Eyed Peas
12. 'What's My Age Again?' by Blink-182
13. 'Just Got Paid' by ZZ Top
14. 'Rock and Roll All Nite' by KISS
15. 'Rockin' in the Free World' by Neil Young
16. 'The Boys Are Back in Town' by Thin Lizzy
17. 'You Shook Me All Night Long' by AC/DC
18. 'Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)' by Katy Perry
19. 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses
20. 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' by Def Leppard
End of the Week Rock Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Livin' It Up (Friday Night)' by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
22. 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams
23. 'Friday' by Joe Jackson
24. 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
25. 'Runaways' by The Killers
26. 'Party Hard' by Andrew W.K.
27. 'Good Times' by Chic
28. 'Get 'em Out by Friday' by Genesis
29. 'I'm So Excited' by The Pointer Sisters
30. 'Old Time Rock & Roll' by Bob Seger
Friday-Themed Rock Music #31 to 40
31. 'Kickstart My Heart' by Mötley Crüe
32. 'It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)' by The Rolling Stones
33. 'We're an American Band' by Grand Funk Railroad
34. 'Friday' by Rebecca Black
35. 'Rock and Roll' by Led Zeppelin
36. 'Friday Fish Fry' by George Jones
37. 'Saturday Night Special' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
38. 'We Will Rock You' by Queen
39. 'Panama' by Van Halen
40. 'Detroit Rock City' by KISS
More Friday Rock Hits #41 to 50
41. 'Come Sail Away' by Styx
42. 'Danger Zone' by Kenny Loggins
43. 'Take on Me' by a-ha
44. 'I Wanna Rock' by Twisted Sister
45. 'Friday' by Rascal Flatts
46. 'Freaky Friday' by Lil Dicky
47. 'Love You Till Friday' by The Replacements
48. 'Gypsy Friday' by Townes Van Zandt
49. 'Friday on My Mind' by Gary Moore
50. 'Friday' by Autograph
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