50 Best Rock Songs About Laughing
Best Rock Tracks That Capture the Sound of Laughter
There’s something strange about laughter when it hits in the middle of chaos. It can sound like relief, or maybe denial, or maybe you’re laughing because the only other option would’ve been to fall apart. Rock songs that tap into that kind of laughter don’t sound clean or polished. They snarl, stumble, break into grins mid-line. Some of these tracks come from places that aren’t even close to funny, yet somehow the laugh sneaks in and stays. That’s the energy here—the kind that cracks the tension without really fixing it.
Sometimes the sound feels like someone losing their grip and choosing to enjoy it anyway. You get the sneer of a frontman trying too hard to act fine, or the kind of riff that feels like a punchline to something nobody heard. The funny thing is, a lot of these tracks weren’t written with laughter in mind at all, but the mood still fits. They catch that jittery space where humor and frustration overlap. Where you start laughing halfway through a breakdown because it’s the only thing that makes sense.
Not every grin lands clean. Some spill out messy and offbeat, some catch on the edge of a scream. These are the moments where rock feels alive—when it stops pretending to be tough and lets the cracks show. The playlist isn’t limited to one sound either. There are pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that crash into the same wild tone, even if the lyrics miss the mark literally. They still carry that spark. Here are the best rock songs about laughing.
Top 10 Laughing Rock Songs
1. 'Laughing' by The Guess Who
2. 'I Am the Walrus' by The Beatles
3. 'Karn Evil 9 (1st Impression, Pt. 2)' by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
4. 'Laughter in the Rain' by Neil Sedaka
5. 'Laughter and Tears' by Joe Jackson
6. 'The Laughing Gnome' by David Bowie
7. 'Laughing in the Face of Death' by Darkthrone
8. 'Smile Away' by Paul McCartney
9. 'Laughter' by The Damned
10. 'The Laughing Song' by The Ramones
Laughter Rock Music List #11 to 20
11. 'Laughing Stock' by Talk Talk
12. 'Mandy' by Barry Manilow
13. 'Laughing Out Loud' by Guster
14. 'Smile' by Pavement
15. 'Clowns' by Goldfrapp
16. 'Ha Ha Ha' by The Distillers
17. 'Crazy Laugh' by The Charlatans
18. 'It's a Joke' by The Doors
19. 'Laughing Gravy' by Status Quo
20. 'Smile Like You Mean It' by The Killers
Best Rock Songs About Laughing #21 to 30
21. 'Laughter Lines' by Frightened Rabbit
22. 'Chuckles' by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
23. 'Smile On Me' by Status Quo
24. 'Funny How Time Slips Away' by Willie Nelson
25. 'Laughter' by The Cure
26. 'Laughing at the Sun' by Thin Lizzy
27. 'The Sound of Laughter' by The Feelies
28. 'A Laughing Matter' by Hot Tuna
29. 'Hilarity and Tragedy' by The Smiths
30. 'Clown' by Korn
Rock Songs That Feature Laughter #31 to 40
31. 'The Joker' by Steve Miller Band
32. 'Clown' by Madonna
33. 'Laughing with the Boys' by April Wine
34. 'The Last Laugh' by Ted Nugent
35. 'Laughter's the Best Drug' by Plain White T's
36. 'Smile' by R.E.M.
37. 'Ha Ha Ha' by The Adverts
38. 'Laughing on the Outside' by The Yardbirds
39. 'The Sound of Smiles' by The Shins
40. 'Death of a Clown' by The Kinks
Top Rock Songs About Smiling and Laughing #41 to 50
41. 'Smile' by Pearl Jam
42. 'Clown' by Motley Crue
43. 'Laughing All the Way' by The Who
44. 'Smile' by Van Halen
45. 'The Laughing Policeman' by Charles Penrose
46. 'Clown' by The Smashing Pumpkins
47. 'A Laugh a Day' by Cheap Trick
48. 'Just a Clown' by The Velvet Underground
49. 'Laughing' by The Moody Blues
50. 'Canned Laughter' by Graham Parker
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