78 Best Songs With "Vain" in the Title

Best Tracks Featuring Vain for Playlists That Pull No Punches

There’s a certain type of song that hits like a mirror you didn’t ask to look into. Not deep, not subtle, just raw enough to make you wince a little. Vain isn't always glamorous. Sometimes it’s loud and ridiculous, other times it’s quietly pathetic in a way you recognize faster than you want to. These tracks know the feeling. Of pretending to be untouchable while clinging to compliments like oxygen. Of throwing glitter on a crack and calling it a crown. They don’t explain themselves. They let the ego spill out, messy and a little bit loud, with the volume turned all the way up.

It’s that voice in your head that says you’re the main character while the rest of you is still waiting for WiFi to connect. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs have all had their run with this word. Some lean into the spectacle, others make it sound like a curse. Think lipstick, power stances, the long walk out of a room you stormed out of too soon. Or the bleary confession in a bathroom stall after the filter cracked. These aren’t songs trying to be nice. They throw the word vain around like it owes them something.

They land where ego and insecurity blur into one performance. That’s the sweet spot. Where a track flexes and flinches at the same time. You can’t always tell who it’s for, or if it’s even honest, but that’s kind of the point. Below, a lineup of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs with vain in the title that hold their own mirror up and dare you to keep listening.

1. 'You're So Vain'—Carly Simon

2. 'Mr. Vain (Original Radio Edit)'—Culture Beat

3. 'Mr. Vain'—Culture Beat

4. 'Vain'—KIRBY

5. 'Waiting In Vain'—Bob Marley & The Wailers

6. 'Waiting In Vain'—Annie Lennox

7. 'Rotting In Vain'—Korn

8. 'Love In Vain (Live)'—The Rolling Stones

9. 'Mr. Vain Recall (Recall Mix)'—Culture Beat

10. 'Vain (Slowed)'—SKARS

11. 'It's Not In Vain'—The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir

12. 'In Vain'—INXS

13. 'Life in Vain'—Daniel Johnston

14. 'Vain'—Basht.

15. 'All In Vain'—Polaris

16. 'Waiting In Vain'—Cocoa Tea

17. 'Vain'—OCTOBER

18. 'Is This Love'—Bob Marley & The Wailers

19. 'Cries In Vain (Live)'—Bullet For My Valentine

20. 'Train in Vain (Stand by Me)'—Annie Lennox

21. 'Memory In Vain'—Mari Hamada

22. 'Blame the Vain'—Dwight Yoakam

23. 'In Vain'—Within Temptation

24. 'A Love in Vain'—Foreigner

25. 'Love in Vain (Take 2)'—Robert Johnson

26. 'in vain (feat. kaiyko)'—shinigami

27. 'In Vain'—C-Mob

28. 'Reattack in Vain'—Jakes Bejoy

29. 'Moi, moi vain - Take Me High'—Jean S.

30. 'You're So Vain'—Marilyn Manson

31. 'Not in Vain'—Henry Jackman & Matthew Margeson

32. 'Tears In Vain'—Stevie Wonder

33. 'In Vain'—Biohazard

34. 'Love in Vain'—Eric Clapton

35. 'Love In Vain'—Keb' Mo'

36. 'Vain Glory Opera'—Edguy

37. 'Death in Vain'—Exhorder

38. 'Alice in Vain'—Sleeper

39. 'You're so Vain'—Chocolate Starfish

40. 'In Vain (I Won't Go Down)'—Rage

41. 'Waiting In Vain (feat. Lalah Hathaway)'—Dianne Reeves

42. 'Is My Living in Vain'—Zie'l

43. 'Love in Vain'—Stauros

44. 'Your Love Is in Vain'—Vandenberg

45. 'All In Vain'—The Vaccines

46. 'You're So Vain'—John Barrowman

47. 'Ain't Died in Vain'—Prem Dhillon

48. 'In Love Vain'—Bobby Darin

49. 'In Vain'—Under The Flood

50. 'Waiting In Vain'—The Nick Hexum Quintet

51. 'Is My Living in Vain?'—Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

52. 'You're so Vain (Instrumental Version)'—Steve Petrunak, Acoustic Guitar Songs & 60's 70's 80's 90's Hits

53. 'In Love In Vain'—Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette

54. 'Don't Let It Be In Vain (feat. The Red Budd Gospel Choir )'—Luther Barnes

55. 'You're so Vain (2001 Remaster)'—Mina

56. 'It’s All Vain (Steve Angello Remix)'—Magnolia

57. 'Vain'—Christian Kuria

58. 'You're So Vain'—Niamh Lynn

59. 'Death in Vain (Bonus Track)'—Revocation

60. 'Waiting in Vain (Live)'—Jimmy Buffett

61. 'Waiting in Vain'—Jody Watley

62. 'In Love in Vain'—Bill Evans Trio

63. 'Waiting In Vain (Bob Marley: One Love - Music Inspired By The Film)'—Daniel Caesar

64. 'Waiting in Vain (feat. Gregoire Maret)'—Nicole Henry

65. 'All My Love In Vain'—Sonny Boy Williamson

66. 'My Labour is Not in Vain (Live)'—CityAlight

67. 'Waiting In Vain'—Cold Sweat

68. 'In Love In Vain'—Art Farmer-Benny Golson Jazztet

69. 'In Love in Vain'—Art Farmer

70. 'In Vain'—G Perico

71. 'It's All in Vain'—Wet

72. 'Love In Vain'—Madeleine Peyroux

73. 'Love In Vain (Version 1.1)'—Anthem

74. 'Vain yksinäinen - Only the Lonely'—Simo Silmu

75. 'Life In Vain'—Built To Spill

76. 'Sulle vain'—Frederik

77. 'Waiting in Vain'—The Dualers

78. 'Love In Vain (Live / Remastered 2009)'—The Rolling Stones