50 Best Rock Songs About Sunday

Best Rock Tracks for Lazy Sundays

There’s a strange kind of calm that hits on a Sunday. The world feels slower, like it’s still half-asleep, and you’re caught between wanting to do nothing and feeling guilty for doing exactly that. The air smells faintly like leftover coffee and something unplanned. You might be driving nowhere in particular, staring out a window with a half-thought hanging in your head, or lying around pretending you’re not thinking about Monday creeping closer. The right track can hold that half-awake mood in place for a few minutes, the kind of song that doesn’t push you to move or change, it just lingers.

Some songs say “Sunday” right in the lyrics. Others don’t mention it once, but they hit the same quiet note. A few feel like the slow motion of an empty street when the sun’s a little too bright and your phone’s face down somewhere out of reach. It’s not about genre either. A mix of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs can catch that same late-morning haze. There’s something universal in the drag of the day that doesn’t care what playlist you pull it from. The tempo drops, the vocals breathe, and everything feels stretched thin in a good way.

Not every Sunday feels peaceful. Some are restless, some sad, some weirdly loud in your head even when the room’s silent. These songs fit that, too. They hang somewhere between lazy and longing, and they sound even better when nothing else really does. Some of them might not literally mention Sunday at all, but they still live in that headspace. Here are the best rock songs for Sundays.

1. 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' by U2

2. 'Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon' by Queen

3. 'Sunday Morning' by The Velvet Underground

4. 'Pleasant Valley Sunday' by The Monkees

5. 'Lazy Sunday' by The Small Faces

6. 'Everyday Is Like Sunday' by Morrissey

7. 'Sunday Girl' by Blondie

8. 'Sunday Morning' by No Doubt

9. 'Sunday' by The Cranberries

10. 'Sunday Morning Call' by Oasis

11. 'Sunday Rain' by Foo Fighters

12. 'Sunday' by Iggy Pop

13. 'Church on Sunday' by Green Day

14. 'Sunday Papers' by Joe Jackson

15. 'Blue Sunday' by The Doors

16. 'Sunday Morning Coming Down' by Kris Kristofferson

17. 'Why Are Sundays So Depressing' by The Strokes

18. 'Another Park Another Sunday' by The Doobie Brothers

19. 'Easy' by Faith No More

20. 'Sunday' by Sonic Youth

21. 'Sunday Morning' by Maroon 5

22. 'Manic Monday' by The Bangles

23. 'Drive-In Saturday' by David Bowie

24. 'Working for the Weekend' by Loverboy

25. 'A Long December' by Counting Crows

26. 'Lazy Sunday Afternoon' by The Small Faces

27. 'Sunday Morning' by Margo Guryan

28. 'Sunday Morning' by The Bolshoi

29. 'When Sunday Comes Around' by The Wallflowers

30. 'My Sunday Feeling' by Jethro Tull

31. 'Sunday' by Bloc Party

32. 'Sunday' by David Bowie

33. 'Sunday Street' by Elvis Costello

34. 'Sunday Morning' by Earth Wind & Fire

35. 'Sunday Morning' by The Bolshoi

36. 'Sunday Morning' by Procol Harum

37. 'Sunday' by Meltt

38. 'Sunday Will Never Be The Same' by Spanky and Our Gang

39. 'Sunday' by Daniel Boone

40. 'Saturday Night Gave Me Sunday Morning' by Bon Jovi

41. 'Easy' by The Commodores

42. 'Time in a Bottle' by Jim Croce

43. 'Landslide' by Fleetwood Mac

44. 'Lithium' by Nirvana

45. 'Friday I'm in Love' by The Cure

46. 'Bluebird' by Wings

47. 'Changes' by David Bowie

48. 'The Only Living Boy in New York' by Simon & Garfunkel

49. 'Gloomy Sunday' by Billie Holiday

50. 'Vienna' by Billy Joel