50 Best Rock Songs About Saturday

Best Rock Tracks for Saturday Vibes

There’s something about Saturdays that makes the air feel stretched out. The week’s noise fades, the alarms stop, and the hours feel borrowed. Maybe you wake up too late, maybe you’re already out with friends chasing that half-dazed sense of freedom. The day hums with low-stakes chaos. Some songs catch that in-between space—the rush before the night turns blurry, the quiet before plans fall apart. They don’t try to sound too clean or planned out. They let the groove stumble a little, like the best kind of weekend does.

Saturday tracks aren’t always literal. Some of them sound like rooftop laughter or cracked speakers in a parked car. Others lean darker, the kind that pull you into your own head right when the party slows down. Rock has a way of doing that—messy, loud, too honest to care. You’ll hear echoes of late ‘70s riffs colliding with alt energy and hooks that never really resolve. These songs weren’t written for background noise. They belong to the kind of night where the next move’s still undecided.

Some cuts come from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that don’t even mention the day by name, but they still hold the same pulse. The weekend mood seeps through—the sense that something might happen, or maybe nothing will, and that’s fine. It’s the kind of energy that fits anywhere, from a half-empty dance floor to a slow scroll through your feed. Here are the best rock songs for Saturday playlists and Instagram stories.

1. 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' by Elton John

2. 'Someday I'll Be Saturday Night' by Bon Jovi

3. 'Saturday in the Park' by Chicago

4. 'Saturday Night Special' by Lynyrd Skynyrd

5. 'Drive-In Saturday' by David Bowie

6. 'Almost Saturday Night' by John Fogerty

7. '10:15 Saturday Night' by The Cure

8. '(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night' by Tom Waits

9. 'High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)' by Def Leppard

10. 'Working for the Weekend' by Loverboy

11. 'Saturday' by Twenty One Pilots

12. 'Saturday's Kids' by The Jam

13. 'Saturday Night' by Eagles

14. 'Saturday Nite Is Dead' by Graham Parker

15. 'One More Saturday Night' by The Grateful Dead

16. 'The Saturday Kids' by Mott the Hoople

17. 'Saturday Sun' by Crowded House

18. 'Saturday's Child' by The Monkees

19. 'Friday Night, Saturday Morning' by The Specials

20. 'Saturday Night' by Misfits

21. 'Any Way You Want It' by Journey

22. 'T.N.T.' by AC/DC

23. 'Rock and Roll All Nite' by Kiss

24. 'Kickstart My Heart' by Mötley Crüe

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

26. 'You Shook Me All Night Long' by AC/DC

27. 'Pour Some Sugar on Me' by Def Leppard

28. 'Paradise City' by Guns N' Roses

29. 'I Wanna Be Sedated' by Ramones

30. 'Summer of '69' by Bryan Adams

31. 'Jump' by Van Halen

32. 'Blitzkrieg Bop' by Ramones

33. 'We're an American Band' by Grand Funk Railroad

34. 'The Boys Are Back in Town' by Thin Lizzy

35. 'Livin' on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi

36. 'Anarchy in the U.K.' by Sex Pistols

37. 'Smoke on the Water' by Deep Purple

38. 'Walk This Way' by Aerosmith

39. 'Black Betty' by Ram Jam

40. 'Detroit Rock City' by Kiss

41. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana

42. 'Welcome to the Jungle' by Guns N' Roses

43. 'Born to Be Wild' by Steppenwolf

44. 'Runnin' with the Devil' by Van Halen

45. 'Sweet Emotion' by Aerosmith

46. 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen

47. 'School's Out' by Alice Cooper

48. 'Ace of Spades' by Motörhead

49. 'Dancing in the Moonlight' by Thin Lizzy

50. 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts