50 Best Rock Songs About God
Rock Songs That Wrestle With the Idea of God
There’s something strange about hearing a rock song reach for something bigger than sound. You can feel it in the riffs that drag heaven down to the dirt or in the lyrics that question everything and mean it. These tracks don’t preach. They stumble, they spit, they reach. Sometimes the guitars sound like they’re arguing with the sky, and sometimes they’re pleading with it. You can tell the writers weren’t trying to explain belief so much as survive it. It’s not easy to sing to what can’t answer back, but that’s what gives these songs their edge.
Some of them circle faith sideways, dressing it up in metaphor or disguise. Others dive headfirst into the mess of doubt and devotion, flipping between prayer and protest in a single chorus. They land somewhere between anger and awe, between punk’s defiance and gospel’s surrender. It’s that tension that keeps them from floating off into cliché. These aren’t tidy hymns for Sunday mornings. They’re cracked voices and blown-out amps asking the same questions people whisper when no one’s around.
Not every track here is literally centered on God, but each one hits that same nerve that faith, fear, and wonder press against. You’ll hear it echo across pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that drift into spiritual territory without warning. These are the ones that make belief sound human and divine all at once. Here are the best rock songs describing God.
Top 10 Rock Songs About God and Spirituality
1. 'Spirit in the Sky' by Norman Greenbaum
2. 'My Sweet Lord' by George Harrison
3. 'Jesus Just Left Chicago' by ZZ Top
4. 'After Forever' by Black Sabbath
5. 'With Arms Wide Open' by Creed
6. 'The God That Failed' by Metallica
7. 'Carry on Wayward Son' by Kansas
8. 'Jesus Is Just Alright' by The Doobie Brothers
9. 'Hallelujah' by Jeff Buckley
10. 'Personal Jesus' by Depeche Mode
Inspirational Rock Music on Faith #11 to 20
11. 'God Only Knows' by The Beach Boys
12. 'Jesus Freak' by DC Talk
13. 'God Save the Queen' by Sex Pistols
14. 'Higher' by Creed
15. 'The Logical Song' by Supertramp
16. 'Shine A Light' by The Rolling Stones
17. 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' by Bob Dylan
18. 'Presence of the Lord' by Blind Faith
19. 'Jesus' by Queen
20. 'God' by Stryper
Rock and Metal Songs About Belief #21 to 30
21. 'You Found Me' by The Fray
22. 'Drowning Man' by U2
23. 'Gimme Shelter' by The Rolling Stones
24. 'Dust in the Wind' by Kansas
25. 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin
26. 'Cry Out to Jesus' by Third Day
27. 'Head Above Water' by Avril Lavigne
28. 'In the Name of God' by Dream Theater
29. 'I Will Die 4 U' by Prince
30. 'Miracle Man' by Ozzy Osbourne
Spiritual and Thematic Rock Music Choices #31 to 40
31. 'The Light' by Spock's Beard
32. 'Gonna Change My Way of Thinking' by Bob Dylan
33. 'Jesus Built My Hotrod' by Ministry
34. 'The Great Beyond' by REM
35. 'Chocolate Jesus' by Tom Waits
36. 'To Hell with the Devil' by Stryper
37. 'Bargain' by The Who
38. 'Holy Wars... The Punishment Due' by Megadeth
39. 'Jesus Christ' by Big Star
40. 'Learning to Live' by Dream Theater
Best Rock Songs Touching on Divine Themes #41 to 50
41. 'Amazing Grace' by Elvis Presley
42. 'The Rock That Doesn't Roll' by Larry Norman
43. 'Heaven' by The Psychedelic Furs
44. 'God Am' by Alice in Chains
45. 'Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music' by Larry Norman
46. 'One Love' by Bob Marley & The Wailers
47. 'Where the Streets Have No Name' by U2
48. 'The Revealing Science of God' by Yes
49. 'Losing My Religion' by R.E.M.
50. 'God' by John Lennon
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