50 Best Rock Songs About Hair

Best Rock Tracks That Celebrate Hair

There’s something strangely personal about hair. It’s the first thing you wreck when you’re spiraling, the first thing you change when you’re bored, the thing that always ends up tangled in whatever version of you shows up that day. Rock songs caught onto that long ago. From glam bands with too much hairspray to punk acts shaving it all off onstage, hair turned into its own kind of rebellion. The wild curls, the bleached disasters, the greasy bangs hiding tired eyes—it all became part of the sound.

Some tracks go straight for it, like a mirror held up to vanity and freedom at the same time. Others wander near the theme, circling it through attitude or vibe instead of lyrics. A few songs have nothing to do with hair in a literal sense but still feel tied to it, like they carry the same reckless pulse you get after a bad cut or a dye job gone wrong. Across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, the idea keeps showing up, loud and tangled, in ways that say more than a clean line ever could.

It’s easy to laugh at the big hair era, but those songs built entire worlds around confidence, self-destruction, and trying to look cooler than you felt. Hair became a stand-in for identity, and every riff, every shout, sounded like proof that you could change yourself on purpose. These are the tracks that crank that energy until it spills over. Here are the best rock songs about hair.

1. 'Almost Cut My Hair' by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

2. 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses

3. 'Sister Golden Hair' by America

4. 'Hair of the Dog' by Nazareth

5. 'Hair' by The Cowsills

6. 'I Think I’m Going Bald' by Rush

7. 'Devils Haircut' by Beck

8. 'Cut Your Hair' by Pavement

9. 'Get a Haircut' by George Thorogood And The Destroyers

10. 'She's Always in My Hair' by Prince and The Revolution

11. 'Suicide Blonde' by INXS

12. 'Take Your Fingers From My Hair' by Black Oak Arkansas

13. 'Dirty Hair' by The Dandy Warhols

14. 'The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair' by Led Zeppelin

15. 'Hairspray Queen' by Melvins

16. 'The Blonde' by Puddle of Mudd

17. 'Bangs' by They Might Be Giants

18. 'Hairdresser on Fire' by Morrissey

19. 'Five Colours in Her Hair' by McFly

20. 'Hair Down' by Cold War Kids

21. 'A Nation Of Haircuts' by Roger Taylor

22. 'Pencil Thin Mustache' by Jimmy Buffett

23. 'Black Hair' by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

24. 'Red Blue Jeans And A Pony Tail' by Gene Vincent And The Blue Caps

25. 'Long, Long Ponytail' by The Fireballs

26. 'I Wanna Cut My Hair Like Marky Ramone' by Spazzys

27. 'Summer Hair = Forever Young' by The Academy Is...

28. 'Bad Haircut' by George Thorogood And The Destroyers

29. 'Dye Your Hair' by SWMRS

30. 'The Boy Considers His Haircut' by Spanish Love Songs

31. 'Let Your Hair Hang Down' by The Tremeloes

32. 'Snow in His Hair' by Tom Waits

33. 'Hair Pie: Bake 1' by Jeff Beck

34. 'Long Haired Country Boy' by The Charlie Daniels Band

35. 'Long Hair' by The Cowsills

36. 'Whip My Hair' by Willow

37. 'Short Blonde Hair' by The Wombats

38. 'That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine' by Johnny Cash

39. 'You Comb Her Hair' by The Tremeloes

40. 'Check Your Hair' by Spanish Love Songs

41. 'Blondes (Have More Fun)' by Rod Stewart

42. 'Blue Hair' by TV Girl

43. 'My Hair' by The Maine

44. 'Hair Song' by Dance Gavin Dance

45. 'Cut My Hair' by Big Thief

46. 'Haircut' by PONY

47. 'Gimme Back My Wig' by Hound Dog Taylor

48. 'Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs' by Alkaline Trio

49. 'Dave's Possessed Hair' by Sum 41

50. 'Hair of the Dog' by Guns N' Roses