50 Best Rock Songs About Kissing

Best Rock Tracks That Capture the Spark of a Kiss

There’s a strange pulse that hits before a kiss happens. It’s messy, reckless, a little charged with nerves. The kind of moment where everything goes loud in your head but quiet in the room. That half-second before contact could ruin or rewrite the night, and the right track makes it feel cinematic. Some songs lean into the tension, all grit and teeth. Others play it cool, like they’ve been here before. Either way, they pull that electricity into sound, the kind that hums under your skin long after the fade-out.

Rock has always flirted with that space between want and chaos. A kiss in a crowded venue, the taste of someone’s drink, the buzz in the air right before you lean in. It’s messy in the best way, and these tracks catch that pulse. They’re not all literal—some are metaphors that twist around desire, memory, or the way two people crash together and fall apart. Still, they hang in the same orbit. That restless heartbeat that ties so many pop, rock, country, and R&B songs together.

Some of these picks smirk, some ache, some don’t even pretend to be smooth. They soundtrack the build-up, the hesitation, the aftermath no one talks about. They sound like what it feels like to almost do something you can’t undo. These are the best rock songs that lean into the mess and spark of a kiss.

1. 'I Was Made for Lovin' You' by Kiss

2. 'Kiss Me Deadly' by Lita Ford

3. 'Kiss on My List' by Hall & Oates

4. 'Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me' by U2

5. 'Suck My Kiss' by Red Hot Chili Peppers

6. 'The Perfect Kiss' by New Order

7. 'Kiss Me' by Sixpence None The Richer

8. 'Last Kiss' by Pearl Jam

9. 'Kiss With A Fist' by Florence + The Machine

10. 'Thunder Kiss '65' by White Zombie

11. 'Kiss' by Prince

12. 'Every Little Kiss' by Bruce Hornsby and the Range

13. 'Kiss Them For Me' by Siouxsie and the Banshees

14. 'Kiss You All Over' by Exile

15. 'Love Bites' by Def Leppard

16. 'The Kiss of Venus' by Paul McCartney

17. 'You Shook Me All Night Long' by AC/DC

18. 'Love Gun' by Kiss

19. 'Let Me Kiss You' by Nancy Sinatra

20. 'Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)' by INXS

21. 'Kiss Me Red' by Cheap Trick

22. 'Then He Kissed Me' by The Crystals

23. 'Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny' by Bloodhound Gang

24. 'Kiss and Tell' by Bryan Ferry

25. 'Kiss Me, Son of God' by They Might Be Giants

26. 'First Kiss' by Kid Rock

27. 'Kiss Off' by Violent Femmes

28. 'Last First Kiss' by The J. Geils Band

29. 'Kiss the Ring' by My Chemical Romance

30. 'The Kiss' by Dweezil Zappa

31. 'Your Kiss' by The Muffs

32. 'Kiss Like a Woman' by Kiss

33. 'Bachelor Kisses' by The Go-Betweens

34. 'Looking For A Kiss' by New York Dolls

35. 'Kissing Time' by Kiss

36. 'Kiss Her For Me' by Rod Stewart

37. 'Kiss The Go-Goat' by Ghost

38. 'Kiss and Say Goodbye' by The Manhattans

39. 'Kiss Me Now' by Pierce The Veil

40. 'Kiss Me Until My Lips Fall Off' by Lebanon Hanover

41. 'Kiss You Tonight' by David Nail

42. 'Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies' by The Drifters

43. 'Kiss Me Thru The Phone' by Soulja Boy

44. 'Kiss Me With Your Eyes' by Future Bible Heroes

45. 'Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me' by Shirley Bassey

46. 'I Wanna Kiss You All Over' by Exile

47. 'Kiss Me Again' by The Gaslight Anthem

48. 'Kiss of Life' by Sade

49. 'Kiss Me When I'm Down' by Ben Harper

50. 'Kiss The Rain' by Billie Myers