50 Best Rock Songs About Users
Best Rock Tracks on Feeling Used
There’s a strange flavor to being used. It hits like a hangover mixed with déjà vu—something sour that lingers under the tongue while you try to act like you’re fine. Maybe it’s the friend who took too much or the love that only called when the lights were low. You start replaying every word, every look, trying to find the moment you slipped. That’s where rock music thrives—in the cracks between anger and clarity. These songs don’t try to make sense of it. They sit in the sting, guitars grinding where words fall short.
It’s easy to think it’s all heartbreak and revenge, but that’s only half the story. Some of these tracks come from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that orbit the same feeling without naming it. They capture the tone—the half-smile after betrayal, the hollow victory of saying you’re over it when you’re not. You can hear it in the drumbeat that won’t quit, in the vocal that sounds like it was recorded mid-breakdown. Some of these tracks might not be literally centered on that theme, but they carry the same pulse.
There’s a rush in hearing someone else nail the emotion you couldn’t explain if you tried. It’s raw, unpredictable, and louder than it needs to be. These tracks burn through that space where pride meets pain and keep going. They’re the kind you blast at night, not to move on, but to sit inside the chaos for a while. Here are the best rock songs about being used.
Top 10 Songs About Exploitation Rock
1. 'You Oughta Know' by Alanis Morissette
2. 'Won't Get Fooled Again' by The Who
3. 'Man in the Box' by Alice in Chains
4. 'Fake It' by Seether
5. 'Time for Me to Fly' by REO Speedwagon
6. 'Tainted Love' by Soft Cell
7. 'In The End' by Linkin Park
8. 'Every Breath You Take' by The Police
9. 'Cry' by The Used
10. 'Creep' by Radiohead
Themes of Betrayal and Control in Rock #11 to 20
11. 'Damaged Goods' by Gang of Four
12. 'Liar' by Queen
13. 'You're No Good' by Linda Ronstadt
14. 'The Unforgiven' by Metallica
15. 'Give Me Novacaine' by Green Day
16. 'Shortchange' by Penelope Scott
17. 'Heart-Shaped Box' by Nirvana
18. 'Chain Of Fools' by Aretha Franklin
19. 'Who Can It Be Now?' by Men At Work
20. 'Somebody That I Used to Know' by Gotye featuring Kimbra
Rock Music About Self-Worth and Deception #21 to 30
21. 'You Didn't Need' by Rollins Band
22. 'Self Esteem' by The Offspring
23. 'Behind Blue Eyes' by The Who
24. 'Rolling in the Deep' by Adele
25. 'Hotel California' by Eagles
26. 'Lies' by The Rolling Stones
27. 'Love Stinks' by The J. Geils Band
28. 'Last Resort' by Papa Roach
29. 'I Hate Myself for Loving You' by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
30. 'Misery Business' by Paramore
Songs on Taking Advantage of Others #31 to 40
31. 'Take the Money and Run' by Steve Miller Band
32. 'Fool for Your Loving' by Whitesnake
33. 'I'm the Slime' by Frank Zappa
34. 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' by Pat Benatar
35. 'Bitch' by The Rolling Stones
36. 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' by AC/DC
37. 'Uninvited' by Alanis Morissette
38. 'Friend of the Devil' by Grateful Dead
39. 'Just Like a Woman' by Bob Dylan
40. 'Heartbreaker' by Led Zeppelin
Rock Anthems of Manipulation and Breakup #41 to 50
41. 'You've Got Another Thing Comin'' by Judas Priest
42. 'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac
43. 'It's My Life' by Bon Jovi
44. 'Ex-Factor' by Lauryn Hill
45. 'Shattered' by The Rolling Stones
46. 'Used to Love Her' by Guns N' Roses
47. 'Where Have All the Good Times Gone!' by The Kinks
48. 'The Winner Takes It All' by ABBA
49. 'Cradle to the Grave' by Five Finger Death Punch
50. 'I Will Survive' by Gloria Gaynor
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