50 Best Rock Songs About Getting Out of Jail
Rock Songs That Capture the Feeling of Freedom After Jail
There’s a strange quiet that hits after walking out of a cell. The air feels too wide, like sound travels farther than it should. The mind flickers between relief and static, trying to catch up to the idea of open space again. It’s a shaky kind of freedom, like your body still remembers the routine even when the door’s open. That’s where these songs live—in the gap between confinement and chaos, when freedom feels sharp instead of soft. Some of these tracks talk straight from that place, others circle it in code or metaphor, but they all hum with the same restless pulse.
Rock has always had a knack for that ragged edge between control and collapse. Those first hours out, when everything’s too bright and the noise hits different, are the same kind of moments rock was built for. The guitars lean into that twitchy energy, the lyrics teeter between anger and release. It’s not clean or cinematic, but it feels alive in a way that no staged comeback ever could. Even a few pop, rock, country, and R&B songs land in that same emotional pocket, where the story isn’t clean-cut but the feeling hits right.
Not every track here spells it out. Some twist the theme sideways—songs that sound like running fast without looking back, or like trying to steady your breathing when everything outside feels too wide open. They match that heartbeat of release and uncertainty, the messy mix that comes after the gates swing open. Here are the best rock songs for getting out of jail.
Top 10 Prison Breakout Rock Songs
1. 'Jailbreak' by Thin Lizzy
2. 'Jailbreak' by AC/DC
3. 'I Want to Break Free' by Queen
4. 'Prison Bound' by Social Distortion
5. 'Band on the Run' by Wings
6. 'The Boys Are Back in Town' by Thin Lizzy
7. 'Get Free' by The Vines
8. 'Freedom' by Jimi Hendrix
9. 'I'm Free' by The Who
10. 'Long Way Home' by Stone Temple Pilots
Rock Music Tracks on Personal Freedom #11 to 20
11. 'Already Gone' by Eagles
12. 'Roll Me Away' by Bob Seger
13. 'Run Free' by Asking Alexandria
14. 'Wanted Dead or Alive' by Bon Jovi
15. 'Sweet Child o' Mine' by Guns N' Roses
16. 'Free Bird' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
17. 'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen
18. 'Fly By Night' by Rush
19. 'Runaway Train' by Soul Asylum
20. 'Break on Through (To the Other Side)' by The Doors
Songs About Escaping Constraints and Running Away #21 to 30
21. 'Rusty Cage' by Soundgarden
22. 'Gimme Three Steps' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
23. 'Do Anything You Wanna Do' by Eddie and the Hot Rods
24. 'Thunder Road' by Bruce Springsteen
25. 'Come Out and Play' by The Offspring
26. 'Drive' by The Cars
27. 'Running Down a Dream' by Tom Petty
28. 'On The Inside' by The Living End
29. 'Hit the Road Jack' by Ray Charles
30. 'The Passenger' by Iggy Pop
Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Songs on Liberation #31 to 40
31. 'Kickstart My Heart' by Mötley Crüe
32. 'Rockin' in the Free World' by Neil Young
33. 'Breaking the Law' by Judas Priest
34. 'Breaking All the Rules' by Peter Frampton
35. 'Run Like Hell' by Pink Floyd
36. 'No Escape' by The Rolling Stones
37. 'Walk' by Pantera
38. 'The Chain' by Fleetwood Mac
39. 'Freedom' by Rage Against the Machine
40. 'My Own Prison' by Creed
Indie and Classic Rock Music for a New Start #41 to 50
41. 'Long as I Can See the Light' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
42. 'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac
43. 'Ready to Run' by The Chicks
44. 'Do You Wanna Get Away' by Robert Palmer
45. 'The Great Escape' by Boys Like Girls
46. 'Fast Car' by Tracy Chapman
47. 'Leaving Las Vegas' by Sheryl Crow
48. 'The Joker' by Steve Miller Band
49. 'Walk Away' by James Gang
50. 'A Day in the Life' by The Beatles
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