50 Best Rock Songs About Greed

Rock Tracks That Twist Around the Hunger for More

There’s a certain edge that hums through songs built on wanting too much. It’s not clean ambition or harmless craving, but that restless pulse that keeps you chasing something even when you already have enough. The riffs come sharp, the vocals snap, and somewhere underneath it all sits that gnawing pull that never shuts up. These tracks lean into that tension where confidence starts to curdle into greed, the kind that makes your skin itch even as it feels good for a second. Some of these tracks were never written to unpack that hunger, but they still carry the same electricity that greed leaves behind.

It shows up in the way guitars snarl and drums push harder than they need to, like the whole thing’s about to break open. The lyrics twist around money, fame, power, or that bottomless want for something unnamed. There’s a rush to it, the kind that burns out quick but still makes you hit replay. The best pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all stumble into this territory now and then, because that craving lives everywhere. Some tracks feel slick and braggy, others come off raw and tired, but they all circle the same pulse that keeps the world spinning faster than it should.

Not every track needs to spell out its message for it to sting. Some artists tell the story through tone alone, or through the way the song keeps climbing even when it should’ve ended two minutes earlier. That’s the thing with greed—it doesn’t stop when it should. These songs catch that messy, feverish rhythm and turn it into something loud enough to make you grin and flinch at the same time. Here are the best rock songs that drag greed into the light.

1. 'Money' by Pink Floyd

2. 'I Want It All' by Queen

3. 'Moneytalks' by AC/DC

4. 'Sleep Now in the Fire' by Rage Against the Machine

5. 'Money for Nothing' by Dire Straits

6. 'Billion Dollar Babies' by Alice Cooper

7. 'Greed' by Godsmack

8. 'Taxman' by The Beatles

9. 'Take the Money and Run' by Steve Miller Band

10. 'Eat the Rich' by Aerosmith

11. 'The Big Money' by Rush

12. 'Money Changes Everything' by The Brains

13. 'Easy Money' by Billy Joel

14. 'Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)' by Pet Shop Boys

15. 'Greedy Awful People' by The Stooges

16. 'Rich Girl' by Hall & Oates

17. 'You Never Give Me Your Money' by The Beatles

18. 'Keep Your Eyes On The Money' by Motley Crue

19. 'Greedy Man' by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

20. 'Blood Money' by Bon Jovi

21. 'Money (That's What I Want)' by The Flying Lizards

22. 'Man With Money' by The Who

23. 'Greed' by Ann Wilson

24. 'Lies, Greed, Misery' by Linkin Park

25. 'For the Love of Money' by The O'Jays

26. 'Half Penny Two Penny' by Styx

27. 'Mr Greed' by John Fogerty

28. 'It's Money That Matters' by Randy Newman

29. 'I Want More' by The Tedeschi Trucks Band

30. 'The Hand That Feeds' by Nine Inch Nails

31. 'The Great Gig in the Sky' by Pink Floyd

32. 'Father Christmas' by The Kinks

33. 'Happy Man' by Iron Butterfly

34. 'All That Money Wants' by The Psychedelic Furs

35. 'The Big Come Down' by Nine Inch Nails

36. 'Love and Greed' by Blues Traveler

37. 'Capital G' by Nine Inch Nails

38. 'Miracle Man' by Ozzy Osbourne

39. 'Money, Money' by The Grateful Dead

40. 'White Freight Liner Blues' by Townes Van Zandt

41. 'Everything Counts' by Depeche Mode

42. 'Bullet The Blue Sky' by U2

43. 'Ship of Fools' by World Party

44. 'Worm of the Senses/Faculties of the Skull' by Refused

45. 'Greed' by Fugazi

46. 'Money Is Flesh' by Swans

47. 'Puttin' On The Ritz' by Taco

48. 'Crime of the Century' by Supertramp

49. 'Society' by Eddie Vedder

50. 'I Wanted Everything' by Ramones