50 Best Rock Songs About Luck
Rock Tracks That Play With Luck
There’s a strange feeling that comes when luck flips its coin in your direction. It’s not full-blown joy, not panic either, but something twitchy that lives in the gut. You start thinking the odds might actually lean your way this time, then something goes sideways and the whole thing feels cosmic again. The right rock track hits there—somewhere between superstition and surrender. These songs catch that jittery pulse where fate, chance, and dumb timing collide, blasting like headlights cutting through rain.
Luck has its own rhythm. Sometimes it’s the stomp of a riff that sounds like a bar fight waiting to happen, or a chorus that swells like a prayer no one admits they’re saying. A few of these tracks don’t talk about luck outright, but they live in that space—the small wins, the heartbreaks that feel prewritten, the sudden flips from bad to good that no one earned. It’s all woven into pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that chase the same ghost. The universe laughs, the guitar solo screams back.
No one really knows how to hold on to luck, but it’s fun to ride the noise it makes on its way through. These tracks capture that chaos, the rush of believing the next spin might finally hit. Turn the volume up, cross your fingers, and see where it lands. Here are the best rock songs for when luck takes the wheel.
Top 10 Rock Songs About Chance
1. 'Fortunate Son' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. 'Bad Luck' by Social Distortion
3. 'The Luckiest Man In The World' by The Alarm
4. 'Lucky Man' by The Verve
5. 'Luck Be a Lady' by Status Quo
6. 'The Dice Man' by The Fall
7. 'Running with the Devil' by Van Halen
8. 'Good Luck Charm' by Elvis Presley
9. 'Soul Shaker' by Rush
10. 'Ace of Spades' by Motörhead
Best Rock Songs About Destiny and Fortune #11 to 20
11. 'Good Luck' by Basement Jaxx (with Lisa Kekaula)
12. 'Roll the Bones' by Rush
13. 'Easy Money' by Billy Joel
14. 'Betting on Love' by Joe Satriani
15. 'Tumbling Dice' by The Rolling Stones
16. 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers
17. 'Losing Hand' by Eric Clapton
18. 'Do You Believe in Luck' by The Presidents of the United States of America
19. 'Bad Penny' by Rory Gallagher
20. 'Lady Luck' by Deep Purple
Top Rock Songs About Serendipity and Karma #21 to 30
21. 'Good Fortune' by The Kills
22. 'Seven Turns' by The Allman Brothers Band
23. 'If I Only Had a Chance' by Journey
24. 'One Chance' by Modest Mouse
25. 'Wheel of Fortune' by Thin Lizzy
26. 'I Got Lucky' by ZZ Top
27. 'It's a Game' by Nazareth
28. 'A Stroke of Luck' by Depeche Mode
29. 'Easy Come Easy Go' by W.A.S.P.
30. 'The Price of Love' by Bryan Ferry
Essential Rock Songs About Opportunity and Fate #31 to 40
31. 'I'm Just Lucky' by The Black Crowes
32. 'Luck of the Draw' by Bonnie Raitt
33. 'Born Under a Bad Sign' by Albert King
34. 'The Way the Cards Fall' by Gary Moore
35. 'Lotto' by The Pretty Reckless
36. 'The Luck of the Irish' by John Lennon
37. 'Lucky Boy' by The Who
38. 'A Quick One Before the Funks' by Red Hot Chili Peppers
39. 'Black Cat' by Janet Jackson (featuring the electric guitar of Vernon Reid)
40. 'Chances Are' by Stereophonics
Top Rock Songs About Risk and Reward #41 to 50
41. 'Heads or Tails' by Paul Simon
42. 'Aces High' by Iron Maiden
43. 'Born to Lose' by The Heartbreakers (Johnny Thunders)
44. 'The Hand of Fate' by The Rolling Stones
45. 'Winner Take All' by The Guess Who
46. 'Against the Odds' by The Tragically Hip
47. 'Another Roll of the Dice' by Bob Seger
48. 'Just My Luck' by New Found Glory
49. 'Lucky' by Radiohead
50. 'I've Got a Feeling' by The Beatles
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