100 Best Songs About Being Busy and Multitasking
Songs for Staying Busy When Everything’s on Fire
There’s a certain kind of mental static that shows up when you’re juggling way too much and pretending it’s all fine. You’ve got meetings double-booked, texts piling up, tabs open like a game of whack-a-mole, and someone’s asking you to remember a password you forgot six months ago. In the middle of all that noise, a song slips in that matches your chaos beat for beat. Not to calm you down. Not to push you harder. Just to live in the middle of that mental tornado like it belongs there. These tracks understand the tempo of being pulled in twelve directions before lunch.
This isn’t the neat, color-coded kind of busy. It’s running on caffeine and crossed-out plans, trying to reschedule one thing while low-key ghosting something else. Sometimes you’re multitasking so hard you forget you're actually doing it. The phone’s wedged between your shoulder and cheek, you’re reheating coffee you never drank, and some lyric cuts through the blur with exactly the kind of frazzled energy that makes you feel a little more seen. It’s not background noise. It’s the soundtrack of scrambled calendars, post-its with no context, and group chats on mute.
There’s no perfect genre for this kind of mess. It leaks into everything. You’ll hear it in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs that don’t smooth out the edges or tell you to get your act together. These are the ones that lean into the disarray and make it sound alive. Here are the best songs that carry the energy of being busy and trying to hold everything together at once.
Top 10 Busy Lifestyle Songs
1. 'A Hard Day's Night'—The Beatles
2. '9 to 5'—Dolly Parton
3. 'Manic Monday'—The Bangles
4. 'She Works Hard for the Money'—Donna Summer
5. 'Workin' For a Livin''—Huey Lewis & The News
6. 'Taking Care of Business'—Bachman-Turner Overdrive
7. 'Work From Home'—Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign
8. 'Work'—Rihanna featuring Drake
9. 'Heigh-Ho'—The Seven Dwarfs (from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
10. 'Happy Working Song'—Amy Adams (from Enchanted)
More Songs on Constant Work and Daily Hustle #11—30
11. 'Working Man'—Rush
12. 'Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)'—Styx
13. 'Allentown'—Billy Joel
14. 'Career Opportunities'—The Clash
15. 'Factory'—Bruce Springsteen
16. 'Bang the Drum All Day'—Todd Rundgren
17. 'Take This Job and Shove It'—Johnny Paycheck
18. 'Working Girl'—Cher
19. 'Work Hard, Play Hard'—Wiz Khalifa
20. 'Eye of the Tiger'—Survivor
21. 'Lose Yourself'—Eminem
22. 'Hall of Fame'—The Script featuring will.i.am
23. 'Stronger'—Kanye West
24. 'Remember the Name'—Fort Minor featuring Styles of Beyond
25. 'Billionaire'—Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars
26. 'Hustlin''—Rick Ross
27. 'Piece of Work'—Jimmy Buffett
28. 'One Piece at a Time'—Johnny Cash
29. 'Bread and Butter'—The Newbeats
30. 'Clockwatching'—Belleruche
Busy Schedule and Productivity Focused Songs #31—50
31. 'Life Is a Highway'—Tom Cochrane
32. 'Freelance'—Toro y Moi
33. 'Time After Time'—Cyndi Lauper
34. 'The Daily Grind'—Little Feat
35. 'Busy Head'—Noah Kahan
36. 'Mess'—Noah Kahan
37. 'Cynic'—Noah Kahan
38. 'Save Me'—Noah Kahan
39. 'Hurt Somebody'—Noah Kahan & Julia Michaels
40. 'Sink'—Noah Kahan
41. 'Carlo's Song'—Noah Kahan
42. 'Catastrophize'—Noah Kahan
43. 'Glue Myself Shut'—Noah Kahan
44. 'A Troubled Mind'—Noah Kahan
45. 'Howling'—Noah Kahan
46. 'Bury Me'—Noah Kahan
47. 'The View Between Villages'—Noah Kahan
48. 'Growing Sideways'—Noah Kahan
49. 'Orange Juice'—Noah Kahan
50. 'Call Your Mom'—Noah Kahan
Songs About Managing Demanding Schedules #51—75
51. 'Your Needs, My Needs'—Noah Kahan
52. 'No Complaints'—Noah Kahan
53. 'Forever'—Noah Kahan
54. 'Pain Is Cold Water'—Noah Kahan
55. 'Too Much'—Dove Cameron
56. 'Under Cover of Darkness'—The Strokes
57. 'Hideous Towns'—The Sundays
58. 'Starcrossed Lovers'—The Fratellis
59. 'Alright'—Kendrick Lamar
60. 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl'—Jet
61. 'Nutbush City Limits'—Ike & Tina Turner
62. 'Death on Two Legs'—Queen
63. 'Ready For It'—Taylor Swift
64. 'Giorgio by Moroder'—Daft Punk
65. 'No Surrender'—Bruce Springsteen
66. 'Work Bitch'—Britney Spears
67. 'Firestarter'—The Prodigy
68. 'Heads Will Roll'—Yeah Yeah Yeahs
69. 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'—Daft Punk
70. 'Pump It'—The Black Eyed Peas
71. 'Beat It'—Michael Jackson
72. 'Push It'—Salt-N-Pepa
73. 'Good Morning'—Kanye West
74. 'Vyvanse'—The Stimulants
75. 'Hustle & Motivate'—Nipsey Hussle
More Music About Busy Life and Multitasking #76—100
76. 'Daydreamin''—Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott
77. 'No Problem'—Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz
78. 'Make It Happen'—Mariah Carey
79. 'Should I Go'—Brandy
80. 'So Emotional'—Whitney Houston
81. 'Something Just Like This'—The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
82. 'Circle of Life'—Elton John (from The Lion King)
83. 'Tubthumping'—Chumbawamba
84. 'Bulletproof'—La Roux
85. 'Song For the Reunification of Europe'—Zbigniew Preisner
86. 'Girl on Fire'—Alicia Keys
87. 'Thickfreakness'—The Black Keys
88. 'Give It All'—Rise Against
89. 'Prendre l'air'—Shy'm
90. 'To the Top'—Twin Shadow
91. 'Land of Confusion'—Genesis
92. 'Section 12 (Hold Me Now)'—The Polyphonic Spree
93. 'Kick Out the Epic Motherfucker'—Dada Life
94. 'Byakko no'—Susumu Hirasawa
95. 'Knock Knock'—Angerfist
96. 'Nemesis'—Arch Enemy
97. 'Dark Halls'—Au Revoir Simone
98. 'Ganesh is Fresh'—MC Yogi
99. 'Busy Earnin''—Jungle
100. 'Know Your Enemy'—Rage Against the Machine
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