50 Best Rock Songs About Questions and Answers

Rock Songs That Question Everything

There’s a kind of tension that hangs in the air when the mind won’t quit running laps around its own thoughts. You hit play, half-expecting noise to drown it out, but the right guitar riff starts circling the same questions you’ve been avoiding. Rock has a way of doing that—spitting things back at you instead of offering clarity. Some tracks talk in riddles, some ask straight-out questions, and some don’t even bother pretending to want an answer. The feeling lands somewhere between curiosity and collapse, like leaning too far into a mirror and seeing something you didn’t plan to.

These aren’t clean narratives with answers tied up in bowstrings. They’re messy, full of shrugs and half-truths, and that’s what makes them stick. You can hear it in a cracked vocal line or a chord that never resolves, the way a song turns back on itself and asks again, softer this time. Some tracks come from late-night studio confessions, others from a need to fill the silence with something that feels alive. A few might not technically circle the topic, but they still capture the mood—the restless pulse of asking, doubting, spinning things around until they start to blur.

The mix sprawls across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that tap into that questioning headspace, each one wrestling with the same looping uncertainty in its own way. It’s not neat or cohesive, and that’s the point. These are the best rock songs about questions and answers.

1. 'Question!' by System of a Down

2. 'Who Are You' by The Who

3. 'Should I Stay or Should I Go' by The Clash

4. 'What's the Frequency, Kenneth?' by R.E.M.

5. 'Are You Experienced?' by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

6. 'Who Can It Be Now?' by Men At Work

7. 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain?' by Creedence Clearwater Revival

8. 'Question' by The Moody Blues

9. 'What Is Life' by George Harrison

10. 'Do I Wanna Know?' by Arctic Monkeys

11. 'Why Can't This Be Love' by Van Halen

12. 'Is There Anybody Out There?' by Pink Floyd

13. 'Where Is My Mind?' by Pixies

14. 'What Do You Want From Me' by Pink Floyd

15. 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' by Lenny Kravitz

16. 'What About Love' by Heart

17. 'God Is Dead?' by Black Sabbath

18. 'Who Made Who' by AC/DC

19. 'Who Wants to Live Forever' by Queen

20. 'Why Don't You Get a Job?' by The Offspring

21. 'Who Will Save Your Soul' by Jewel

22. 'How Deep Is Your Love' by Bee Gees

23. 'Who'll Stop the Rain' by Creedence Clearwater Revival

24. 'Is She Really Going Out With Him?' by Joe Jackson

25. 'What's Up?' by 4 Non Blondes

26. 'Do You Believe in Love' by Huey Lewis and the News

27. 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking' by The Rolling Stones

28. 'How Soon Is Now?' by The Smiths

29. 'How Many More Times' by Led Zeppelin

30. 'Are You Ready to Live?' by Korn

31. 'Where Do The Children Play?' by Cat Stevens

32. 'Am I Wrong' by Nico & Vinz

33. 'Where Have All the Good People Gone?' by Sam Roberts Band

34. 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow' by Carole King

35. 'What's This Life For' by Creed

36. 'Would?' by Alice in Chains

37. 'What Kind of Man' by Florence + The Machine

38. 'Why Don't We Do It in the Road?' by The Beatles

39. 'Who Wrote the Book of Love' by The Monotones

40. 'Do You Feel Like We Do' by Peter Frampton

41. 'Are We Ready?' by Two Door Cinema Club

42. 'Do You Know What I Mean' by Lee Michaels

43. 'Will It Go Round in Circles' by Billy Preston

44. 'Do I Have to Say the Words?' by Bryan Adams

45. 'Isn't Life Strange' by The Moody Blues

46. 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes?' by Fairport Convention

47. 'Where Are You Going?' by Dave Matthews Band

48. 'Do You Love Me?' by Kiss

49. 'Do You Realize??' by The Flaming Lips

50. 'Where Did Our Love Go' by The Supremes