100 Best Songs About Being Bipolar
Songs That Capture the Bipolar Experience Without Cleaning It Up
There’s a kind of song that doesn’t try to soothe the listener or tie the emotion into something digestible. It hits like a switch flipped mid-thought. One second you’re cruising with the windows down, the next you’re gripping the wheel, white-knuckled, wondering if you should’ve stayed home. That’s the energy this list leans into. Tracks that throw you headfirst into a mood shift with no warning, no apology, and no fade-out. The lyrics don’t clarify anything. They swirl, spiral, scatter. You get pulled in without knowing if you're supposed to be dancing or bracing for impact.
There’s a weird relief in songs that don’t explain themselves. They just tilt the floor a bit. Frank Ocean will wrap you in something soft and then cut it in half mid-verse. Alanis might come unglued halfway through a hook and still hit the note. Even when the production’s clean, something underneath keeps glitching. You get those records where the tempo doesn't match the tone, or the message keeps shifting like it can't decide who it's talking to. And that mess feels oddly accurate. Like the sound of holding it together by whatever’s left in the tank.
No genre gets it completely right, but certain pop, rock, country, and R&B songs get close enough to sting. They leave the edges frayed and let the whiplash live in the track. Here are the ones that don’t flinch.
Top 10 Bipolar Experience Songs
1. 'Lithium'—Nirvana
2. 'Manic Depression'—Jimi Hendrix
3. 'A Better Son or Daughter'—Rilo Kiley
4. 'Road to Joy'—Bright Eyes
5. 'Something Vague'—Bright Eyes
6. 'Gasoline'—Halsey
7. 'Unwell'—Matchbox Twenty
8. 'Day 'N' Nite'—Kid Cudi
9. 'Mad World'—Tears for Fears
10. 'Comfortably Numb'—Pink Floyd
Songs About Mood Swings and Mental States #11—30
11. 'Borderline'—Tame Impala
12. 'Brain Damage'—Pink Floyd
13. 'Basket Case'—Green Day
14. 'Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse'—Of Montreal
15. 'How to Disappear Completely'—Radiohead
16. 'Insane in the Brain'—Cypress Hill
17. 'Crazy Train'—Ozzy Osbourne
18. 'Paranoid'—Black Sabbath
19. 'Sick like Me'—In This Moment
20. 'Sweet but Psycho'—Ava Max
21. 'A Symptom of Being Human'—Shinedown
22. 'They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!'—Napoleon XIV
23. 'Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)'—David Bowie
24. 'Pyscho Killer'—Talking Heads
25. 'Manic'—Coleman Hell
26. 'I'm Going Slightly Mad'—Queen
27. 'Numb'—Linkin Park
28. 'Stressed Out'—Twenty One Pilots
29. 'Car Radio'—Twenty One Pilots
30. 'Reborn'—Kanye West & Kid Cudi
Insights into Mental Health Struggles #31—50
31. '1-800-273-8255'—Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid
32. 'Screaming Suicide'—Metallica
33. 'Fine'—Kyle Hume
34. 'I Can't Carry This Anymore'—Anson Seabra
35. 'I'm Not Okay'—Citizen Soldier
36. 'Before You Go'—Lewis Capaldi
37. 'listen before i go'—Billie Eilish
38. 'Can You Hold Me'—NF, Britt Nicole
39. 'bury a friend'—Billie Eilish
40. 'Save Me'—Gotye
41. 'OK Not To Be OK'—Marshmello & Demi Lovato
42. 'A Reason to Fight'—Disturbed
43. 'You Will Be Found'—Ben Platt, Kristolyn Lloyd, Will Roland, Laura Dreyfuss, Original Broadway Cast of Dear Evan Hansen
44. 'Strong for Somebody Else'—Citizen Soldier
45. 'Don't Do It'—Vin Jay
46. 'Save You'—Kelly Clarkson
47. 'Make It Stop (September's Children)'—Rise Against
48. 'Lullaby'—Nickelback
49. 'Depression'—Dax
50. 'lovely'—Billie Eilish ft. Khalid
Understanding Emotional Challenges in Songs #51—75
51. '24/7'—Kehlani
52. 'Vienna'—Billy Joel
53. 'can't calm down'—Hand Habits
54. 'In My Blood'—Shawn Mendes
55. 'this is me trying'—Taylor Swift
56. 'Good News'—Mac Miller
57. 'Anxious Heart'—Jeremy Camp
58. 'That's okay'—D.O.
59. 'A Funny But Sad Day'—g.o.d.
60. 'My dear'—CHEN
61. 'Smile Flower'—SEVENTEEN
62. 'To My Youth'—BOL4
63. 'HOLO'—LeeHi
64. 'Your Season'—20 Years of Age
65. 'My sea'—IU
66. ' (Lean on My Shoulder)'—10CM
67. 'End of a day'—JONGHYUN
68. 'nosedive'—Dynamicduo, CHEN
69. 'It's Ok'—Imagine Dragons
70. 'After The Storm'—Kali Uchis ft. Tyler, The Creator & Bootsy Collins
71. 'Hard On Yourself'—Charlie Puth ft. blackbear
72. 'Scars To Your Beautiful'—Alessia Cara
73. 'A Nothing Day'—Benjamin Kheng ft. Rangga Jones
74. 'Bigger Person'—Lauren Spencer Smith
75. 'pick up the phone'—Henry Moodie
Songs Reflecting Mental Well-being Themes #76—100
76. 'Be Kind'—Marshmello ft. Halsey
77. 'Help!'—The Beatles
78. 'They Know My Name'—Big Little Lions
79. 'Whatever Lets You Cope'—Black Foxxes
80. 'I Wanna Get Better'—Bleachers
81. 'Breathe Me'—Sia
82. 'Everybody Hurts'—R.E.M.
83. 'Adam's Song'—Blink-182
84. 'Anxiety'—Julia Michaels ft. Selena Gomez
85. 'breathin'—Ariana Grande
86. 'Hurt'—Nine Inch Nails
87. 'Mad World'—Gary Jules
88. 'Mind Playing Tricks on Me'—Geto Boys
89. 'So Many Tears'—Tupac Shakur
90. 'Slippin''—DMX
91. 'PTSD'—Styles P
92. 'Grief'—Earl Sweatshirt
93. 'Losing My Mind'—Pharoahe Monch
94. 'Only Human'—Joe Budden ft. Emanny
95. 'Tied Together With a Smile'—Taylor Swift
96. 'The Archer'—Taylor Swift
97. 'Clean'—Taylor Swift
98. 'Daylight'—Taylor Swift
99. 'Nothing New'—Taylor Swift ft. Phoebe Bridgers
100. 'Anti-Hero'—Taylor Swift
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