50 Best Rock Songs About Glory

Rock Songs That Capture the Rush of Glory

There’s a strange electricity in the word itself. Glory sounds big, cinematic, like light bursting through smoke after a long fight. But in rock, it rarely feels clean. It’s sweat, feedback, cracked voices trying to hit the note anyway. Glory in this world comes from the climb, not the pedestal. You can almost hear the bruises in it. The kind that comes from a band playing too loud for a crowd that might not care, or a singer chasing something no one can name. It’s messy and loud and full of noise that feels like triumph anyway.

Some tracks go straight for that victory high. Others circle it sideways, pretending it’s no big deal while secretly reaching for it. A few were never meant to sound triumphant at all, but they ended up carrying that spark anyway. Not every anthem waves a flag—some of them stumble toward the light half-laughing, half-screaming. That’s the thing about this kind of glory: it never lands where you expect. It leaks through in the cracks of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that accidentally caught fire. Some might not literally sing of winning anything, but they still feel like the sound of someone breaking through.

These tracks don’t tidy up their moments. They let the feedback linger, the vocals fray at the edges, the feeling hover right before the fall. There’s no clean victory, no hero shot, only that wild flicker of something earned in the noise. Here are the best rock songs that hit that streak of glory.

1. 'We Are the Champions' by Queen

2. 'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor

3. 'Don't Stop Believin'' by Journey

4. 'One Little Victory' by Rush

5. 'On Top of the World' by Imagine Dragons

6. 'Juke Box Hero' by Foreigner

7. 'Victorious' by Wolfmother

8. 'Winning' by Santana

9. 'Born to Run' by Bruce Springsteen

10. 'My Hero' by Foo Fighters

11. 'It's My Life' by Bon Jovi

12. 'The Winner Takes It All' by ABBA

13. 'I'm Still Standing' by Elton John

14. 'Immigrant Song' by Led Zeppelin

15. 'Sweet Victory' by David Glen Eisley

16. 'Final Countdown' by Europe

17. 'Never Surrender' by Triumph

18. 'Live to Win' by Paul Stanley

19. 'Walk' by Foo Fighters

20. 'Burning Heart' by Survivor

21. 'You're the Best' by Joe Esposito

22. 'Thunder Road' by Bruce Springsteen

23. 'Unstoppable' by Foxy Shazam

24. 'Life's Been Good' by Joe Walsh

25. 'Here I Go Again' by Whitesnake

26. 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' by Starship

27. 'Holding Out for a Hero' by Bonnie Tyler

28. 'Victory Is Mine' by Virgin Steele

29. 'I'm Gonna Win' by Foreigner

30. 'The Touch' by Stan Bush

31. 'Victory' by Megadeth

32. 'One Shot at Glory' by Judas Priest

33. 'We Will Rock You' by Queen

34. 'The Hero' by Queen

35. 'Built for Speed' by Motörhead

36. 'Winning Ugly' by The Rolling Stones

37. 'Carry On Wayward Son' by Kansas

38. 'Runaround' by Van Halen

39. 'Keep On Growing' by Derek and the Dominos

40. 'Crazy Train' by Ozzy Osbourne

41. 'You've Got Another Thing Comin'' by Judas Priest

42. 'Higher' by The Score

43. 'Fight the Good Fight' by Triumph

44. 'Heroes' by David Bowie

45. 'Golden Years' by David Bowie

46. 'How You Like Me Now?' by The Heavy

47. 'Top of the World' by Van Halen

48. 'Dream On' by Aerosmith

49. 'Live Forever' by Oasis

50. 'Go the Distance' by Michael Bolton