50 Best Rock Songs About Magic
Best Rock Songs with a Touch of Magic
There’s something strange that happens when a song leans into magic. Not the fairy-tale kind, but that flicker of something unexplainable hiding in the sound. You feel it in a guitar line that hums like a spell being cast, or a chorus that makes reality tilt for a second. It’s the pull between belief and doubt, sparks under the skin, the way a riff can feel like it’s reaching past the edge of reason. These tracks live in that foggy space where logic slips a little, and you start to wonder if the world’s bending with the rhythm.
Rock has always been good at this—turning smoke and superstition into noise that feels alive. You hear it in the swagger of old riffs, the weird poetry of lyrics that never quite explain themselves, the slow burn of something you can’t name. Some of these songs mention spells and shadows outright, others only hint at them through mood and texture. They don’t need to be literally tied to the theme to fit; they feel like it. That’s where the magic really sits, under the fuzz of the amp and the weight of the drumbeat.
There’s overlap too, bleeding into pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that chase the same shimmer of the unreal. The kind that makes you think something’s working behind the scenes, even if you can’t see it. These tracks tap into that feeling and make it echo long after they fade. Here are the best rock songs about magic.
Top 10 Magic Rock Songs
1. 'Mr. Crowley' by Ozzy Osbourne
2. 'Black Magic Woman' by Santana
3. 'A Kind of Magic' by Queen
4. 'Sympathy for the Devil' by The Rolling Stones
5. 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane
6. 'The Wizard' by Black Sabbath
7. 'Magic Power' by Triumph
8. 'Voodoo Child Slight Return' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
9. 'Hocus Pocus' by Focus
10. 'Rhiannon' by Fleetwood Mac
Rock Songs Dealing with Witchcraft and Spells #11 to 20
11. 'Kashmir' by Led Zeppelin
12. 'Mistreated' by Deep Purple
13. 'Strange Magic' by Electric Light Orchestra
14. 'The Magician' by Faces
15. 'Season of the Witch' by Donovan
16. 'Witchy Woman' by Eagles
17. 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin
18. 'Twilight Zone' by Golden Earring
19. 'Spirit of the Radio' by Rush
20. 'Evil Woman' by Electric Light Orchestra
Greatest Rock Songs About Supernatural Themes #21 to 30
21. 'She's Not There' by The Zombies
22. 'Seven Seas of Rhye' by Queen
23. 'Shadow Gallery' by Shadow Gallery
24. 'Magic Carpet Ride' by Steppenwolf
25. 'Man on the Silver Mountain' by Rainbow
26. 'Circle of Hands' by Uriah Heep
27. 'The Court of the Crimson King' by King Crimson
28. 'Wondrous Stories' by Yes
29. 'The Sorcerer' by Canned Heat
30. 'Crystal Ball' by Styx
Rock Songs with Occult and Mystical Lyrics #31 to 40
31. 'Evil Eye' by Yngwie Malmsteen
32. 'Children of the Sea' by Black Sabbath
33. 'Tarot Woman' by Rainbow
34. 'The Gates of Delirium' by Yes
35. 'The Watcher' by Motörhead
36. 'The Last in Line' by Dio
37. 'Fireball' by Deep Purple
38. 'The Sentinel' by Judas Priest
39. 'Calling Dr. Love' by Kiss
40. 'Dreamer Deceiver' by Judas Priest
Top Rock Songs about Fantasy and Enchantment #41 to 50
41. 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' by Black Sabbath
42. 'The Battle of Evermore' by Led Zeppelin
43. 'Spellbound' by Tygers of Pan Tang
44. 'Wicked Game' by Chris Isaak
45. 'The Necromancer' by Rush
46. 'King of the Fairies' by Gary Moore
47. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band
48. 'Gypsy' by Uriah Heep
49. 'Magical Mystery Tour' by The Beatles
50. 'I Put a Spell on You' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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