50 Best Rock Songs About Hiding
Rock Songs That Capture the Feeling of Hiding
There’s something strange about trying to disappear while still being seen. The act of hiding doesn’t always happen in basements or under blankets—it happens in loud rooms, behind forced laughs, or in the middle of a crowded show where no one’s really paying attention. The right track knows that feeling, the low buzz of pretending to be fine while trying not to fall apart. These songs lean into that space. The riffs stay sharp, but there’s a shadow behind them, the kind that creeps in when the noise dies down and you’re left alone with whatever you’ve been avoiding.
Hiding takes different shapes. Sometimes it’s pulling away to keep your head clear, sometimes it’s pretending to be someone you’re not because it’s easier than explaining why you feel off. Rock handles that contradiction better than most. Some tracks roar to cover it up, others whisper through distortion until the message slips through by accident. A few might come from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that only hint at concealment, but they still echo the same instinct—to pull back, to vanish, to keep a part of yourself tucked away.
Not every song here deals with hiding in a literal sense. Some circle the feeling sideways, like the artist’s trying to talk around it without naming it directly. That’s what makes them hit harder—the hesitation, the masks, the cracks that show anyway. They soundtrack those moments when you’d rather not be found but still want someone to notice you’re missing. Here are the best rock songs for when hiding feels like the only move left.
Top 10 Hiding Place Rock Songs
1. 'Secret Journey' by The Police
2. 'In My Secret Life' by Leonard Cohen
3. 'Devil in Disguise' by Judas Priest
4. 'Secret Loser' by Ozzy Osbourne
5. 'Secret World' by Peter Gabriel
6. 'The Great Pretender' by The Platters
7. 'Secret Messages' by Electric Light Orchestra
8. 'I Think We're Alone Now' by Tommy James and the Shondells
9. 'Our Lips Are Sealed' by The Go-Go's
10. 'Empty Spaces' by Pink Floyd
Classic Rock Tracks About Concealment #11 to 20
11. 'Do You Want To Know A Secret' by The Beatles
12. 'Behind The Mask' by Michael Jackson
13. 'Runaway Train' by Soul Asylum
14. 'Hide In Your Shell' by Supertramp
15. 'Secret' by Heart
16. 'Secret Garden' by Bruce Springsteen
17. 'Hide Away' by Freddie King
18. 'The Crying Game' by Boy George
19. 'Secret Agent Man' by Johnny Rivers
20. 'Trapped Under Ice' by Metallica
Escape and Anonymity Rock Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Who Are You' by The Who
22. 'Better Man' by Pearl Jam
23. 'Shadowplay' by Joy Division
24. 'Thunder Road' by Bruce Springsteen
25. 'Secrets' by The Cure
26. 'Invisible' by Linkin Park
27. 'Running Away' by Midnight Oil
28. 'A Face in the Crowd' by Tom Petty
29. 'I'm Not As Well As I Seem' by The Fray
30. 'The Man Who Sold the World' by David Bowie
Rock Music About Private Thoughts and Feelings #31 to 40
31. 'Conceal Me' by Xavier Rudd
32. 'No Secrets' by The Angels
33. 'Where No One Knows Me' by Jann Arden
34. 'The Unknown Soldier' by The Doors
35. 'How To Disappear Completely' by Radiohead
36. 'The Getaway' by Red Hot Chili Peppers
37. 'Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)' by Mike + The Mechanics
38. 'The Dark End of the Street' by James Carr
39. 'Keep on Hidin'' by The Hollies
40. 'Behind Blue Eyes' by The Who
Rock Songs Reflecting Hidden Truths #41 to 50
41. 'Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing)' by Sting
42. 'Living the Lie' by Dio
43. 'Invisible Man' by Queen
44. 'Whispering Pines' by The Band
45. 'Walls' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
46. 'Fire Escape' by Diane Birch
47. 'My Own Prison' by Creed
48. 'I'm Not Invisible' by The Kills
49. 'Sweet Little Sister' by Skid Row
50. 'The Ghost of Tom Joad' by Bruce Springsteen
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