50 Best Rock Songs About Rainbows
Rock Tracks That Capture the Feel of Rainbows
There’s something strange about songs that bring up rainbows. They’re bright on the surface, sure, but the feeling underneath can swing either way. You get these sounds that shimmer with hope one second and tip toward melancholy the next. A lot of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs lean into that mix of color and ache, like they’re trying to paint something bigger than a mood. Some tracks aren’t even literally tied to rainbows, but they still hang in that emotional afterglow—the space between storm and calm where everything feels sharper.
These songs don’t chase happiness head-on. They circle it. They flicker between clarity and noise, letting guitars ring out like sunlight slipping through cloud cracks. There’s something oddly human in that, how people reach for brightness without fully trusting it. The riffs might sound wide open, but there’s always a catch, a quiet reminder that light fades if you stare too long. You can hear that tug-of-war in the way some tracks swell, like they’re pushing against gravity and still falling short.
Nobody walks away from these songs thinking in neat metaphors. They’re messy, like weather that can’t decide what it’s doing, like color bleeding into gray. Some feel euphoric, others sound like they’ve been standing in the rain too long, still looking for a sign things might clear. These are the tracks that turn a sky full of color into something that hits harder than it should. Here are the best rock songs tied to rainbows.
Top 10 Rainbow Themed Rock Songs
1. 'She's a Rainbow' by The Rolling Stones
2. 'Light My Fire' by The Doors
3. 'Here Comes the Sun' by The Beatles
4. 'I Can See Clearly Now' by Johnny Nash
5. 'Rainbow' by Cage the Elephant
6. 'The End of the Rainbow' by Richard & Linda Thompson
7. 'Neon Rainbow' by The Box Tops
8. 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Punk Cover)' by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
9. 'Chasing Rainbows' by Shed Seven
10. 'Long As I Can See the Light' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
New Light and Color in Rock Music #11 to 20
11. 'Shine a Light' by The Black Keys
12. 'Yellow' by Coldplay
13. 'Morning Has Broken' by Cat Stevens
14. 'Golden Rainbow' by Seals and Crofts
15. 'Shine' by Collective Soul
16. 'Waiting for the Big One' by Peter Gabriel
17. 'Shadows and Light' by Joni Mitchell
18. 'Brand New Start' by Paul Weller
19. 'Walk on Water' by Thirty Seconds to Mars
20. 'Shining' by El Michels Affair
Rock Songs About Change and Brighter Days #21 to 30
21. 'Changes' by David Bowie
22. 'Light' by Porcupine Tree
23. 'Shadows Into Light' by Next Wave Ballads
24. 'Beautiful Day' by U2
25. 'Solsbury Hill' by Peter Gabriel
26. 'Bright Lights' by Matchbox Twenty
27. 'Colour My World' by Chicago
28. 'A Thousand Shades of Blue' by The Allman Brothers Band
29. 'Into the Light' by Foreigner
30. 'Ray of Light' by Madonna
Finding Light After the Darkness in Rock #31 to 40
31. 'Shake It Out' by Florence + The Machine
32. 'There Is a Light That Never Goes Out' by The Smiths
33. 'Rise Today' by Alter Bridge
34. 'The Bright Side of the Road' by Van Morrison
35. 'Hope' by The Cranberries
36. 'Golden' by My Morning Jacket
37. 'New Day' by Sting
38. 'The Sun Always Shines on TV' by a-ha
39. 'Blackbird' by The Beatles
40. 'My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)' by Fall Out Boy
Essential Rock Songs About Hope #41 to 50
41. 'Don't Stop Believin'' by Journey
42. 'The Great Gig in the Sky' by Pink Floyd
43. 'Colour Outside the Lines' by The Lumineers
44. 'Follow the Sun' by Xavier Rudd
45. 'A Brand New Day (Everybody Rejoice)' by The Wiz Cast
46. 'Blue Sky' by The Allman Brothers Band
47. 'Love Can Turn the World Around' by Chicago
48. 'Rainbow Road' by Arthur Alexander
49. 'Bright Side of the Moon' by L.A. Guns
50. 'Headlights' by Eminem
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