50 Best Rock Songs About Princesses

Rock Songs That Spin Their Own Kind of Fairytale

There’s a strange kind of romance that happens when rock bands start talking about princesses. Not the storybook kind with glass slippers, but the ones who show up in the middle of chaos, wearing eyeliner and maybe a bad attitude. It’s fantasy mixed with distortion, where royalty feels more like a metaphor for control, escape, or someone too good to touch. You get lyrics that sound like they’ve been pulled out of a dream, half-serious, half-sarcastic, and somehow still tender. These tracks live in that in-between space where beauty feels slightly dangerous and the crown might be fake anyway.

Some of these songs don’t even mean “princess” in the literal sense. It’s a nickname, a symbol, a way of saying someone’s untouchable or misunderstood. A few sound like love letters, others like warnings dressed up in melody. The guitars shimmer, sometimes roar, sometimes sulk. You can tell the singers are caught between admiration and frustration, unsure if they’re worshiping or trying to break free. There’s a little glam in the mix, a little rebellion, maybe a wink to old fairytales that went off script. It’s a weirdly satisfying corner of music that pulls from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs without ever staying in one lane.

The point isn’t to take these tracks at face value. Some only wear the “princess” idea like an accessory, something that fits the mood of the song rather than the story. They twist familiar images until they feel modern again—sharp around the edges, softer underneath. These are the ones that hum like nostalgia but don’t sit still long enough to feel safe. Here are the best rock songs about princesses that capture that mix of longing, ego, and fairytale confusion.

1. 'Punk Rock Princess' by Something Corporate

2. 'Killer Queen' by Queen

3. 'Sweet Child o' Mine' by Guns N' Roses

4. 'Dreamer' by Ozzy Osbourne

5. 'She's A Rainbow' by The Rolling Stones

6. 'The House of the Rising Sun' by The Animals

7. 'Princess of the Night' by Saxon

8. 'Royal Guard' by DragonForce

9. 'Little Sister' by Queens of the Stone Age

10. 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane

11. 'Snow White Queen' by Evanescence

12. 'Two Princes' by Spin Doctors

13. 'Dancing Queen' by ABBA

14. 'King and Queen' by 30 Seconds to Mars

15. 'Princess of the Dawn' by Accept

16. 'The March Of The Black Queen' by Queen

17. 'Princess' by Elton John

18. 'White Queen (As It Began)' by Queen

19. 'Princess of Love' by Leatherwolf

20. 'Queen of the Highway' by The Doors

21. 'Queen Bitch' by David Bowie

22. 'King of Pain' by The Police

23. 'Rock and Roll Queen' by Mott the Hoople

24. 'Lady Fantasy' by Camel

25. 'Dream Weaver' by Gary Wright

26. 'Queen of Spades' by Motörhead

27. 'Kings and Queens' by Aerosmith

28. 'Royal Jelly' by Royal Blood

29. 'Queen of My Heart' by Westlife

30. 'The King Is Dead' by Helstar

31. 'The Queen Is Dead' by The Smiths

32. 'Queen of the Silver Dollar' by Emmylou Harris

33. 'Prince of Darkness' by Megadeth

34. 'The Man Who Would Be King' by Iron Maiden

35. 'God Save The Queen' by Sex Pistols

36. 'King of Rock and Roll' by Dio

37. 'King for a Day' by XTC

38. 'The Temple of the King' by Rainbow

39. 'Black Betty' by Ram Jam

40. 'Dreaming of the Queen' by Pet Shop Boys

41. 'Kings and Queens' by Thirty Seconds to Mars

42. 'The Queen' by The Cramps

43. 'Sun King' by The Beatles

44. 'Queen of Hearts' by Dave Edmunds

45. 'King of the Road' by Roger Miller

46. 'Royal Blood' by The Bloody Beetroots

47. 'Crown of Thorns' by Mother Love Bone

48. 'The Queen Is Dead' by The Stone Roses

49. 'King Without a Crown' by Matisyahu

50. 'Her Majesty' by The Beatles