50 Best Rock Songs About Rumors
Rock Tracks That Twist Around Gossip and Whispers
There’s a strange tension that hangs in the air when a story starts spreading. No one knows where it began, who started it, or how it turned into something else entirely. The room shifts a little when you walk in, the laughter cuts off too soon, and somewhere in the middle of it, a song starts playing that sounds like it already knows the whole story. Rock songs have a way of catching that feeling, that mix of suspicion and swagger that comes from being talked about when you’re not there. Some tracks lean into it with attitude, others drown it out with noise until it almost feels like control again.
It’s the same kind of energy that’s always lived inside pop, rock, country, and R&B songs—the sideways glances, the late-night texts, the stories that grow teeth before morning. The rumors feel bigger than the truth, but that’s what gives them their pull. Even when a song isn’t literally centered on gossip, it still carries that mood, like the echo of a conversation that got out of hand. There’s something in the guitar tone, in the way the vocals crack, that mirrors the mess of it all.
Sometimes the most honest songs don’t clear things up, they let the confusion sit there until it starts to hum. These tracks live in that space, spinning stories no one can fully trust but everyone listens to anyway. Here are the best rock songs about rumors.
Top 10 Rumors Rock Songs
1. 'Bad Reputation' by Joan Jett
2. 'Careless Talk' by Billy Joel
3. 'Found Out About You' by Gin Blossoms
4. 'Liar' by Three Dog Night
5. 'Dirty Laundry' by Don Henley
6. 'Somebody Told Me' by The Killers
7. 'Rumors' by The Driver Era
8. 'Our Lips Are Sealed' by The Go-Go's
9. 'Take It on the Run' by REO Speedwagon
10. 'Devil's Radio' by George Harrison
Must-Hear Gossip and Hearsay Rock Songs #11 to 20
11. 'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon
12. 'Little Lies' by Fleetwood Mac
13. 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies' by Panic! At The Disco
14. 'Everybody Talks' by Neon Trees
15. 'The Policy of Truth' by Depeche Mode
16. 'New Kid in Town' by Eagles
17. 'You Don't Know What You've Got' by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
18. 'It's Not True' by The Who
19. 'Lyin' Eyes' by Eagles
20. 'I'd Rather Go Blind' by Etta James
Essential False Information Rock Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Telltale Signs' by Frank Turner
22. 'Don't Lie to Me' by Big Star
23. 'Talk of the Town' by Pretenders
24. 'Misinformation' by The New Pornographers
25. 'Sweet Talkin' Woman' by Electric Light Orchestra
26. 'I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)' by Bob Dylan
27. 'You Talk Too Much' by George Thorogood & The Destroyers
28. 'Talk to Me' by Stevie Nicks
29. 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
30. 'The Sound of Silence' by Disturbed
Best Songs About Deception and Lies in Rock #31 to 40
31. 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'' by Michael Jackson
32. 'Don't Stop' by Fleetwood Mac
33. 'Rumors of War' by Rise Against
34. 'The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes)' by Gordon Lightfoot
35. 'Keep Talking' by Pink Floyd
36. 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' by AC/DC
37. 'Talk About the Passion' by R.E.M.
38. 'Tell Me Lies' by The Black Keys
39. 'Fake Friends' by Joan Jett
40. 'Back Stabbers' by The O'Jays
More Rock Songs About Being Talked About #41 to 50
41. 'Don't Say You Love Me' by Night Ranger
42. 'Living the Lie' by Dio
43. 'Careless Whisper' by George Michael
44. 'Talk' by Coldplay
45. 'She's a Liar' by The Ramones
46. 'Whispers' by Passenger
47. 'Words' by Missing Persons
48. 'Just a Story' by The Tragically Hip
49. 'Witchy Woman' by Eagles
50. 'Something to Talk About' by Bonnie Raitt
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