50 Best Rock Songs About the Weekend
Best Rock Weekend Songs to Play Loud
There’s a certain charge that hits when the weekend creeps in. Work or school falls off your back in a way that feels heavier than it should, and suddenly two nights stretch wide open, carrying a kind of sloppy freedom. You’re not planning a perfect escape, you’re hunting for noise, laughter, or maybe silence in the middle of it all. The right track makes that moment swing harder, leaning into the thrill or the collapse that follows when you’ve burned too much energy chasing it.
The weekend soundtrack isn’t neat. It veers between celebration and exhaustion, sometimes both in the same breath. You might catch a song blasting out of a cracked car window that feels like pure release, and then stumble into something slower, tired from all the movement but unwilling to call it a night. Not every track ties directly to weekends, yet they slip into the vibe so well you’d think they were made for it. That’s the strange thing about pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that bend into these moments—they circle the feeling without spelling it out.
Weekend songs don’t pretend to make sense of the chaos. They run messy, loud, bittersweet, and alive in a way that makes stories and reels feel like they’re part of the noise. Some lean into wild energy, others catch the hazy aftermath, and a few sneak in like an inside joke that works better at 2 a.m. These are the best rock songs for the weekend, even if some wander around the edges of the theme.
Top 10 Weekend Rock Songs
1. 'Working for the Weekend' by Loverboy
2. 'Friday on My Mind' by The Easybeats
3. 'Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting' by Elton John
4. 'Saturday in the Park' by Chicago
5. 'Another Saturday Night' by Sam Cooke
6. 'Saturday Night Special' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
7. 'Friday I'm in Love' by The Cure
8. 'One More Saturday Night' by Grateful Dead
9. 'Friday Night, Saturday Morning' by The Specials
10. 'Friday Night' by The Darkness
The Best Rock Songs About the Weekend #11 to 20
11. 'Another Park, Another Sunday' by The Doobie Brothers
12. 'Drive-In Saturday' by David Bowie
13. 'Weekend Warriors' by Ted Nugent
14. 'Saturday' by Twenty One Pilots
15. 'Rock and Roll All Nite' by KISS
16. 'Almost Saturday Night' by John Fogerty
17. 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' by U2
18. 'Saturday Sun' by Crowded House
19. 'Weekend' by The Misfits
20. 'Someday I'll Be Saturday Night' by Bon Jovi
Rock and Roll Weekend Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Black Friday' by Steely Dan
22. 'Take It Easy' by Eagles
23. 'Rockin' in the Free World' by Neil Young
24. 'Livin' on a Prayer' by Bon Jovi
25. 'Nothin' but a Good Time' by Poison
26. 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
27. 'You Shook Me All Night Long' by AC/DC
28. 'We're an American Band' by Grand Funk Railroad
29. 'Weekend' by Earth, Wind & Fire
30. 'Panama' by Van Halen
Rock Songs for the Weekend #31 to 40
31. 'Keep on Smilin'' by Wet Willie
32. 'Don't Stop Me Now' by Queen
33. 'Born to Be Wild' by Steppenwolf
34. 'Surrender' by Cheap Trick
35. 'The Boys Are Back in Town' by Thin Lizzy
36. 'The Weekend' by Michael Gray
37. 'Saturday Night' by The Commodores
38. 'Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night' by Tom Waits
39. 'Saturday Night at the Movies' by The Drifters
40. 'Good Times Roll' by The Cars
Rock Music for the Weekend #41 to 50
41. 'Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress' by The Hollies
42. 'Jump' by Van Halen
43. 'Take Me Out' by Franz Ferdinand
44. 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' by Jet
45. 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Lynyrd Skynyrd
46. 'Rebel Yell' by Billy Idol
47. 'Dancing in the Dark' by Bruce Springsteen
48. 'Just What I Needed' by The Cars
49. 'Get the Party Started' by P!nk
50. 'I Want You to Want Me' by Cheap Trick
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