50 Best Rock Songs About Poison
Toxic Themes in Rock Music That Sting and Stick
There’s a strange pull in songs that taste like venom. They sound slick at first, smooth even, until the words start to bite. Some tracks treat poison as something you drink by accident, others make it sound like the point. The guitars buzz with something that feels dangerous but magnetic, the kind of thing you don’t walk away from fast enough. These songs hit that nerve between temptation and warning, where the melody feels too good for what it’s saying.
Poison isn’t always chemical. Sometimes it’s a person, a memory, or a loop you can’t escape. The same way pop, rock, country, and R&B songs can twist sweetness into something toxic, these tracks do it loud. You can hear it in the riffs that spiral, in the words that drip slow. A few might not even be literally tied to the idea, but they hang in that space where everything feels tainted anyway. The kind of tracks that sound better when you’re a little reckless, turning up the volume instead of thinking too hard.
It’s that uneasy tension that keeps them interesting. The songs that flirt with danger but keep you coming back, like you’re in on something you shouldn’t be. They catch the pulse of decay wrapped in rhythm, the pretty side of damage. Here are the best rock songs about poison.
Top 10 Poison Rock Songs
1. 'Poison' by Alice Cooper
2. 'Toxicity' by System of a Down
3. 'Inject The Venom' by AC/DC
4. 'Cyanide' by Metallica
5. 'Poison' by Motörhead
6. 'Venom' by Smash Into Pieces
7. 'Bad Influence' by P!nk
8. 'This Venom' by Disturbed
9. 'Somebody Put Something in My Drink' by Ramones
10. 'Rotten Apple' by Alice in Chains
More Rock Songs with Poison and Toxic Themes #11 to 20
11. 'Chemical Warfare' by Slayer
12. 'Lithium' by Nirvana
13. 'Every Rose Has Its Thorn' by Poison
14. 'Heroine' by Badflower
15. 'Sweet Poison' by The Cult
16. 'Poison Heart' by Ramones
17. 'Heart-Shaped Box' by Nirvana
18. 'Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich' by Warrant
19. 'Love Is A Killer' by Vixen
20. 'Bad Girlfriend' by Theory of a Deadman
Finding Rock Songs About Poisonous Situations #21 to 30
21. 'Gasoline' by Audioslave
22. 'Tainted Love' by Soft Cell
23. 'Cold Ethyl' by Alice Cooper
24. 'Venomous' by Clutch
25. 'Chemical World' by Blur
26. 'Poison Kiss' by The All-American Rejects
27. 'You Give Love a Bad Name' by Bon Jovi
28. 'Witchy Woman' by Eagles
29. 'I Hate Myself for Loving You' by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
30. 'Master of Puppets' by Metallica
Discovering Rock Songs with a Poisonous Vibe #31 to 40
31. 'Turpentine' by Mother Mother
32. 'Closer' by Nine Inch Nails
33. 'Black Hole Sun' by Soundgarden
34. 'The Poison' by All That Remains
35. 'Venom' by Venom
36. 'The Venom' by Shinedown
37. 'Love Interruption' by Jack White
38. 'Chop Suey!' by System of a Down
39. 'Bleach' by Nirvana
40. 'Give Me Novacaine' by Green Day
List of Rock Songs About Toxic Relationships #41 to 50
41. 'Strychnine' by The Sonics
42. 'Poison' by Alice in Chains
43. 'My Pesticide' by The Used
44. 'Poison Arrow' by ABC
45. 'Head Like a Hole' by Nine Inch Nails
46. 'You Make Me Sick' by Egypt Central
47. 'Love Stinks' by The J. Geils Band
48. 'Drain You' by Nirvana
49. 'Love's a Loaded Gun' by Alice Cooper
50. 'Poison' by The Prodigy
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