50 Best Rock Songs About the Moon
Rock Songs Connected to the Moon
There’s a strange kind of pull when you hear a song that circles around the moon. Not always the literal thing in the sky, but the way it becomes a stand-in for distance, mystery, or a restless night. You’re stuck looking up at something unreachable and the right track spills out of a speaker, making it feel closer for a moment. Rock music leans heavy into that feeling, building riffs that stretch out like a late drive under a pale glow. Some tracks come straight at it, others take the moon as shorthand for something else entirely, and both still hit the same.
These songs slip into that dreamy headspace where time bends a little. A slow ballad can feel like staring out a window at 2 a.m., while a roaring guitar line turns the moon into a backdrop for something louder and wilder. Not every track spells out the moon in detail, but the mood fits—haunting, lonely, or charged with energy that doesn’t know where to go. It’s the same reason pop, rock, country, and R&B songs can cross into this orbit. The image of the moon hangs there, and artists twist it however they want.
Think of it less as a playlist of astronomy lessons and more as a collection of moods tied to that quiet glow above everything. Some tracks sound spaced out and drifting, others come crashing down like a midnight confession. They don’t line up neatly, and that’s the point. These are the best rock songs connected to the moon.
Top 10 Moon Rock Songs
1. 'Bad Moon Rising' by Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. 'Man on the Moon' by R.E.M.
3. 'Moondance' by Van Morrison
4. 'Moonage Daydream' by David Bowie
5. 'The Whole of the Moon' by The Waterboys
6. 'Walking on the Moon' by The Police
7. 'Bark at the Moon' by Ozzy Osbourne
8. 'Moonlight Mile' by The Rolling Stones
9. 'Pink Moon' by Nick Drake
10. 'Dancing In The Moonlight (It's Caught Me In It's Spotlight)' by Thin Lizzy
Essential Rock Music Tracks #11 to 20
11. 'Sister Moon' by Sting
12. 'Harvest Moon' by Neil Young
13. 'Blue Moon' by The Marcels
14. 'Mr. Moonlight' by The Beatles
15. 'Moonchild' by King Crimson
16. 'Sisters of the Moon' by Fleetwood Mac
17. 'Killing Moon' by Echo and the Bunnymen
18. 'Moonshine' by Free
19. 'Moon Rocks' by Talking Heads
20. 'New Moon on Monday' by Duran Duran
Classic Lunar Inspired Rock Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Moonlight Drive' by The Doors
22. 'Drunk on the Moon' by Tom Waits
23. 'Yellow Moon' by The Neville Brothers
24. 'Child Of The Moon' by The Rolling Stones
25. 'Moonshadow' by Cat Stevens
26. 'C Moon' by Wings
27. 'Full Moon' by The Kinks
28. 'Havana Moon' by Chuck Berry
29. 'Half Moon' by Janis Joplin
30. 'Moonshine Rhythm' by Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys
Great Rock Songs About The Moon #31 to 40
31. 'Moonlight' by Bob Dylan
32. 'Black Moon Creeping' by The Black Crowes
33. 'Here Comes The Moon' by George Harrison
34. 'Shame On The Moon' by Bob Seger
35. 'Between Sun & Moon' by Rush
36. 'Moonbeam Levels' by Prince
37. 'Girl on the Moon' by Foreigner
38. 'Moon Over Bourbon Street' by Sting
39. 'Worried Moon' by Chris Cornell
40. 'What's Next to the Moon' by AC/DC
Best Rock Songs About The Moon #41 to 50
41. 'Puttin' People on the Moon' by Drive-By Truckers
42. 'Silver Moon' by Michael Nesmith
43. 'Moon Is Up' by The Rolling Stones
44. 'Once in a Blue Moon' by Van Morrison
45. 'Standing on the Moon' by Grateful Dead
46. 'Blue Moon Nights' by John Fogerty
47. 'Sister Moon' by Brother Wolf Sister Moon
48. 'Moonshine River' by Paul McCartney
49. 'Spanish Moon' by Little Feat
50. 'Moon Baby' by Godsmack
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