50 Best Rock Songs About Good Friends

Best Rock Songs That Capture Real Friendship

There’s something strange about growing close to people who’ve seen you through your messiest years. The kind of friends who’ve watched things fall apart, stuck around anyway, and laughed with you over gas station snacks or under parking lot lights at 2 a.m. It’s not a perfect kind of loyalty. It’s raw, loud, sometimes quiet in the right ways. These songs hit that space between chaos and comfort, the part of friendship that doesn’t need to be explained. They’re the tracks that feel like shared secrets, like bad ideas that somehow became good stories later.

Rock music has always been tangled up with that kind of energy. The yelling, the noise, the near-disasters that end in someone’s garage with cheap speakers and a head nod that says, yeah, we’re good. Not every song here spells it out, but they all carry the pulse of sticking together through whatever. A few might have come from heartbreak albums, party playlists, or tour stories that spun out of control, but they land in the same place—songs that make you think of the ones who showed up when they didn’t have to.

Some tracks aren’t even literal takes on friendship, but they still fit the theme in ways that hit harder when you listen close. They pull bits of camaraderie, memory, and chaos from across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that somehow sound like late nights that turned into mornings. These are the tracks that make you text someone you haven’t talked to in months. The ones that remind you of who was there when it all went sideways. Here are the best rock songs for real friends.

1. 'Waiting on a Friend' by The Rolling Stones

2. 'With a Little Help from My Friends' by The Beatles

3. 'You're My Best Friend' by Queen

4. 'Friends Will Be Friends' by Queen

5. 'Friends' by Led Zeppelin

6. 'We're Going to Be Friends' by The White Stripes

7. 'Take a Friend' by Rush

8. 'Dear Friend' by Paul McCartney & Wings

9. 'Friends' by The Beach Boys

10. 'Here's To Us' by Halestorm

11. 'My Friends' by Red Hot Chili Peppers

12. 'Two of Us' by The Beatles

13. 'I'll Be There for You' by The Rembrandts

14. 'He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother' by The Hollies

15. 'Forever Young' by Bob Dylan

16. 'The Boys Are Back in Town' by Thin Lizzy

17. 'You've Got a Friend' by James Taylor

18. 'Live Forever' by Oasis

19. 'Old Friends' by Simon & Garfunkel

20. 'All My Friends' by LCD Soundsystem

21. 'Best Friend' by Jefferson Airplane

22. 'Lean on Me' by Bill Withers

23. 'Why Can't We Be Friends?' by War

24. 'Stand By Me' by Ben E. King

25. 'My Drug Buddy' by The Lemonheads

26. 'That's What Friends Are For' by Dionne Warwick

27. 'Snowblind Friend' by Steppenwolf

28. 'Handle with Care' by Traveling Wilburys

29. 'I Can Help' by Billy Swan

30. 'Thank You Friends' by Big Star

31. 'Whenever I Call You Friend' by Kenny Loggins

32. 'You've Got a Friend' by Carole King

33. 'Off He Goes' by Pearl Jam

34. 'The Monkey and the Engineer' by Grateful Dead

35. 'Gonna See My Friend' by Pearl Jam

36. 'The Best of Times' by Styx

37. 'Friends' by Joan Armatrading

38. 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow' by The Shirelles

39. 'My Friend' by Jimi Hendrix

40. 'She's My Best Friend' by Lou Reed

41. 'That's My Girl' by Fifth Harmony

42. 'Hello Old Friend' by Eric Clapton

43. 'Birds of a Feather' by Billie Eilish

44. 'You Can Call Me Al' by Paul Simon

45. 'Keep Me in Your Heart' by Warren Zevon

46. 'I'm Sticking with You' by The Velvet Underground

47. 'Friend of Mine' by The Zombies

48. 'Friends to Go' by Paul McCartney

49. 'My Old Friend' by Tim McGraw

50. 'A Mutual Friend' by Wire