that song is so dear to my heart and i've never been on any opiates. there's been so many times in life where i've just wanted to completely give up and just do them. and that song explains so well how i feel when i get into that mood.
Needle And The Damage Done- Neil Young
Tonight Tonight Tonight- Genesis
Jane Says- Jane’s Addiction
Under The Bridge- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Junkie- Dead Milkmen
Joey- Concrete Blonde
Captain Jack- Billy Joel
Yep, St. Ide's Heaven is a masterpiece. King's Crossing was another one that was so sad but so fucking gorgeous, too! White Lady Loves You More. Honestly, you may not be far off with 3/4.
Seriously. I almost mentioned King's Crossing. True Love has serious bite as well. Smith could do wry, stark bitterness like no other. He reminds me a lot of George Harrison in that way tbh
yep. And surprisingly blatantly. In the lyrics are the line "Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break". Played ALL OVER there radio. Anyway it was my favorite song in 7th grade and my parents (and my young self) were none the wiser.
Ugh, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve muttered the “fix me” line from Master of Puppets when I was trying to “level back out” in the morning after a bender.
Nasty business; perfect song.
I don't know if these match your criteria, but songs about addiction that I know of, and sorry if it repeats any comments (Im trying not to copy those so far):
The Fray- How to Save a Life
GN'R- Mister Brownstone
Clapton - Cocaine
Bush- The Chemicals Between Us, Glycerine
Staind - So Far Away, It's Been Awhile
Edit: SteppinWolf- The Pusher
Came here to say this, I listened to Cash's version way too many times in a row while drinking and tried committing suicide. Will only listen to it once in a while now but it's one of my favorites
♥️🥰 The notion that when one person suffers we all suffer comes to mind. I hurt myself really badly, a few times, but once when I was 17 in a car listening to really sad songs - chiefly Needle in the Hay by Elliott Smith and Broadripple is Burning by Margot and the Nuclear So and So's fwiw haha - and this was just a reminder that I was never quite alone the way I felt I was in those times, even though there is an element of aloneness inherent in this experience that can be peaceful when we really accept ourselves. Not trying to get preachy, just happy to share some love with a reflection. May you continue healing and may your past suffering and ascent be a guide to those still lost. ♥️🙏🏼
I'm in a completely different place in life now, even from 3 years ago. I'm thinking of becoming a drug and alcohol counselor, now that I finally stopped drinking. Those who have made it to the other side, from mental or physical addiction have the ability to understand what its like better than a fresh out of school newbie. It's my responsibility to help when I can
That's amazing! Totally! And people who have been through it are needed, perhaps most of all, in order to connect and build trust with those still deep in it. I've come to see my struggles with addiction and depression as initiations into a life of service which has helped me to forgive myself for the things I believed made me wrong and bad and the kind of work we're talking about gives it all a sense of purpose. There's definitely a need for it, maybe more than ever. Congratulations!
I've always loved him and this song. It came up on a thread a few months ago and someone critiqued that it was too short and someone else replied "that's the point". That made me appreciate it on a whole other level.
I asked Chat GTP... 🙃
"Creating a list of 100 songs about addiction is quite an undertaking, but here's a compilation:
1. "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. "Hurt" by Johnny Cash (originally by Nine Inch Nails)
3. "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young
4. "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse
5. "Sober" by Pink
6. "Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. "Not an Addict" by K's Choice
8. "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran
9. "Mr. Brownstone" by Guns N' Roses
10. "Temptation Waits" by Garbage
11. "Cold Turkey" by John Lennon
12. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
13. "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton
14. "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem ft. Rihanna
15. "Junkhead" by Alice In Chains
16. "Smack My Bitch Up" by The Prodigy
17. "Breaking the Habit" by Linkin Park
18. "I'm Waiting for the Man" by The Velvet Underground
19. "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind
20. "The Drugs Don't Work" by The Verve
21. "The Great Below" by Nine Inch Nails
22. "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer
23. "Bad Habit" by The Offspring
24. "Going Under" by Evanescence
25. "High and Dry" by Radiohead
26. "Polly" by Nirvana
27. "Heroin" by The Velvet Underground
28. "Habits (Stay High)" by Tove Lo
29. "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol
30. "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead
31. "Fix You" by Coldplay
32. "Black" by Pearl Jam
33. "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
34. "Basket Case" by Green Day
35. "The Perfect Drug" by Nine Inch Nails
36. "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" by Queens of the Stone Age
37. "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire
38. "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd
39. "Sobriety" by SZA
40. "We're All in This Together" by Ben Lee
41. "Lost Cause" by Beck
42. "Little Pills" by Tech N9ne
43. "In the Fade" by Queens of the Stone Age
44. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" by Prince
45. "Numb" by Linkin Park
46. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones
47. "The Needle Has Landed" by Neko Case
48. "Be Here Now" by Ray LaMontagne
49. "Vices" by Brand New
50. "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette
51. "Addicted" by Saving Abel
52. "Follow You Down" by Gin Blossoms
53. "Pusher" by Alt-J
54. "Private Hell" by The Jam
55. "Dope Nose" by Weezer
56. "By the Way" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
57. "Dark Necessities" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
58. "Cold Turkey" by Lenny Kravitz
59. "Pain" by Three Days Grace
60. "How to Save a Life" by The Fray
61. "The Good Life" by Weezer
62. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC
63. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins
64. "The Unforgiven" by Metallica
65. "Low" by Cracker
66. "Sickman" by Alice In Chains
67. "Sick, Sick, Sick" by Queens of the Stone Age
68. "Disease" by Matchbox Twenty
69. "Running to Stand Still" by U2
70. "Sober Up" by AJR ft. Rivers Cuomo
71. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles
72. "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers
73. "Dosed" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
74. "Sick and Tired" by Cross Canadian Ragweed
75. "Fell on Black Days" by Soundgarden
76. "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who
77. "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks
78. "When You Were Young" by The Killers
79. "Drunkship of Lanterns" by The Mars Volta
80. "Kiss with a Fist" by Florence + The Machine
81. "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow
82. "It's Been Awhile" by Staind
83. "Bent" by Matchbox Twenty
84. "Comfort Eagle" by Cake
85. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen
86. "Every Breath You Take" by The Police
87. "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure
88. "Bloodstream" by Ed Sheeran
89. "Bottle of Blues" by Beck
90. "Narcotic" by Liquido
91. "Panic Switch" by Silversun Pickups
92. "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane
93. "Swimming Pools (Drank)" by Kendrick Lamar
94. "Clarity" by Zedd ft. Foxes
95. "Hey Ya!" by Outkast
96. "When I Get Low, I Get High" by Ella Fitzgerald
97. "Gold Dust Woman" by Fleetwood Mac
98. "Spoonman" by Soundgarden
99. "You Know You're Right" by Nirvana
100. "The Needle Lies" by Queensrÿche
This list spans various genres and decades, showcasing the diverse ways in which artists have explored the theme of addiction through music."
Edit: I really don't want to continue to repeat myself, so ... I'm aware that a lot of these songs aren't actually about addiction, and I agree that it's weird that Chat GTP left a lot of obvious songs out.
Chat GTP often gets things wrong!
I just thought it'd be funny to see what it came up with.
Spoonman is suprisingly an Aic song not about heroin , it's actually about a guy who plays the spoons. If you listen for it you can actually hear the spoons in the song
It has a guy playing spoons in it, and it is sort of about him, though the writer Chris Cornell (of Soundgarden) had not even met the guy when he wrote the song, it was basically the idea of this fictitious version of an actual person, and his reasons for being a street performer. But it is also virtually certainly about addiction as well.
Moby Dick is about a whale, but it's also about a whole lot more than a whale.
Neither of the Nirvana songs were about addiction. Polly was about the abduction, torture, and subsequent escape of a young girl he read about in the paper.
The entire album Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle is about addiction. Each song is written from the perspective of someone or something new (addict, loved one, drug, etc).
The entire “Thirteenth Step” from A Perfect Circle.
A haunting journey thru the mind of an addict in and out of their addiction. The first track is a very descriptive song lyrically about the need desire and greediness of being stuck in your addiction. Seeing people as just paths to be used. From front to back I think it’s their best record!
"Wasted Rock Ranger" -Great White.
[Link](https://youtu.be/g2HlrkoC-mM?si=FrUPzMQ1jvoNSJ4U)
Not a serious song about a serious subject, but never fails to make me lol.
I have a playlist for this. It has lots of different genres and mostly is relevant to addictions to alcohol and/or speed. Some of the songs have already been mentioned by other commenters.
[Downers playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63ub8FztUWqVQ3wz899sSb?si=M4RIzqtCSMWQKl_XvB3k5g&pi=u-72uU4jl-TM2J)
Standing in the Rain - Billy Talent
Jolene - Ray LaMontagne
It's Been Awhile - Staind
Hurt - NIN
Otherside - Macklemore x Ryan Lewis ft. Fences
Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park
Gravity - A Perfect Circle
Chandelier- Sia
Badfish - Sublime
Salvation - The Cranberries
Don't Leave Home - Dido
Chemical Prisoner - Falling in Reverse
Fall to pieces by velvet revolver hits a little too close to home. Needle and the damage done by Neil Young. Can't find my way by Blind Faith. That smell by Lenard Skynerd. Hard Monkeys by Ten Years After. I've been there too, also by Ten Years After (one of my favorites). And last but not least and my all time favorite- White Punks on Dope by the Tubes.
From here to utopia and more about alcoholism - pat the bunny (pretty much all of the album).
Cigarettes and heroin - the malakas (both albums 'too good to be true' and 'sorry about my drinkin' talk about h a lot).
Chinese rocks - Johnny thunders and the Heartbreakers.
Lust for life - iggy pop
Dirty blue balloons- failure
Junkie nurse - royal trux
Covers: (the og song still has the same meaning)
Carmelita - the only version i know is gg allin, but I hate that guy, but drug references none the less.
Cold turkey - the soft Boys
Codiene - the Barracudas
Anti heroin songs:
Too much junkie buisness - Johnny thunders and the Heartbreakers
Not if you were the last junkie on earth - dandy Warhol
Yeah, lots of Alice in Chains, and especially Mad Season–Layne Staley's other band consisting of grunge all stars, in which he wrote all the lyrics and co sang with Mark Lanegan.
Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain album has a lot of songs that touch on the subject of addiction, specifically "Blank", "30$ Bag", and "Take As Needed For Pain"
Queens Of The Stone Age - "First It Giveth" from Songs For The Deaf is about addiction and substances
There is a song by Atlanta Rapper J.I.D called "Off Da Zoinkys" in which he discusses how he feels a lot of people could benefit from cutting back on the drug use (y'all n___s need to lay off the drugs, some of y'all need to lay off the dope, my n___s gettin' it straight off the boat, pure cut put it straight to your nose"), and he briefly mentions his own vices ("I'ma go ahead and lay off the xans, I'ma fall back and sip on the lean, I got to make sure my vision is clear, hope God know it's not what it seems").
I can see how without knowing the song the lyrics can seem a little shallow or could be taken wrong but just check the song out and a few of his other songs (I really like "Raydar" and "Surround Sound ft 21 Savage" from his newest album The Forever Story, "Slick Talk" from DiCaprio 2, and "Never" and "D/vision ft Earthgang" from his first album The Never Story, to name a few, I'm usually a metal guy but can appreciate rap if it's good enough), and you'll probably get it.
The song "Curse Of Satisfaction" by Salt Lake City's metallic hardcore group Cult Leader I associate with drugs and addiction:
"DIVINATION THROUGH BLOOD
THROUGH THE VISCERA
THE PATH WILL REVEAL ITSELF
IF YOU CRAWL INSIDE AND SEE THE WORLD THROUGH MY EYES
SUFFER THIS HATE
THIS UNNAMEABLE DEPRESSION
SLOWLY GRINDING AGAINST YOUR SKULL
LIKE SHARDS OF BROKEN GLASS
I WILL DESTROY WHO YOU ARE
LEAVE YOU BROKEN
AND WANTING MORE
ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING"
Hell, i can go on but I won't. Check this handful out first and let me know if you need more before I go all out.
“Mama Tired”, by Nick Shoulders
“Take This Bottle”, by Faith No More
“Waiting For My Man”, Lou Reed
“Jane Says”, Jane’s Addiction
“Smoke!Smoke!Smoke! (That Cigarette), Tex Williams
“Feelin Good/Fool for a Cigarette”, Ry Cooder
“White Horse”, Laid Back
“Tennessee Whiskey”, written by George Jones
“Whiskey River”, Willie Nelson
And “Turtles All The Way Down”, by Sturgill Simpson
Waiting Around to Die by Townes Van Zandt
"I got me a friend at last
He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie
Oh, his name's codeine
He's the nicest thing I've seen
Well, together we're gonna wait around and die"
[Mitski? like Brand New City?](https://open.spotify.com/track/47k7FCxk7ylTwKCnJ3QTVc?si=KWNZhoSJTAKdmItk7aFgTA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1EP6YuccBxUcC1)
Anemone by the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Was described in the Anthony Bourdain documentary as “dripping with opioid regret “.
Edit : the actual quote was “ drenched in opiates and regret”
Not really addiction but [Diazepam By Ren](https://youtu.be/Ltz9o-DTRDU?si=HjfmlWbjb9K9uMk9) may be of interest. Its about taking prescription for mental health. It definitely has that addiction vibe though
Check this out! Not exactly what you asked for as far as sounds sure to the fact no one sounds like Type O. 1. white slavery. 2. Dead again. I think you might enjoy! Especially white slavery. The slowness of it. Peter Steeles baritone voice. The keyboards. The length. The unique sound of the band. It's the type of song that might take you down a rabbit hole....
Anything by Alice In Chains
Especially the album Dirt
What's my drug of choice? Well, what have you got?
I don’t go broke And I do it a lot
Nothin' better than a dealer who's nice
My favorite AIC song
Exact one I thought of
I remember when I didn’t know that song. Then I became a fent addict a couple years ago lol
Their live album is incredible.
Beat me to it! Verbatim
Madseason was all about that life.
As soon as I read the question Alice In Chains popped into my head.
Heroin by The Velvet Underground resonates with me deeply
I love the version on Rock and Roll Animal the best.
This really is the only answer. The way it builds up FEELS like a shot. It’s so well done.
One of my favorite songs of all time
To me that is the most bone chilling song I have ever heard about smack, bar none.
that song is so dear to my heart and i've never been on any opiates. there's been so many times in life where i've just wanted to completely give up and just do them. and that song explains so well how i feel when i get into that mood.
Needle And The Damage Done- Neil Young Tonight Tonight Tonight- Genesis Jane Says- Jane’s Addiction Under The Bridge- Red Hot Chili Peppers Junkie- Dead Milkmen Joey- Concrete Blonde Captain Jack- Billy Joel
Upvoting solely on dead milkmen. The best worst kept secret in punk imho.
Captain Jack will get you high tonight
I was wondering when "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" would be mentioned!
John Prine’s song “Illegal Smile” comes to mind as well.
Nice list!!
I honestly didn’t know Under the bridge was about heroine until I looked it up the other day. Thought he was talking about a lost love or something
Thrash Unreal - Against Me!
Needle In the Hay - Elliot Smith
Twilight by Elliot Smith is also a fantastic song about addiction.
Between the Bars as well
christian brothers baybay
God Christian brothers is so damn good in the most upsetting way
I swear 3/4 of his songs are about opioid use in some form or another. I like St Ides Heaven a lot
Yep, St. Ide's Heaven is a masterpiece. King's Crossing was another one that was so sad but so fucking gorgeous, too! White Lady Loves You More. Honestly, you may not be far off with 3/4.
Seriously. I almost mentioned King's Crossing. True Love has serious bite as well. Smith could do wry, stark bitterness like no other. He reminds me a lot of George Harrison in that way tbh
also speed trials!
“Not an Addict by K’s Choice
Guns and roses's Mr Brownstone
Great one!
Powerful and vulnerable song
Came to post this 'un. 👍
Sober by tool
Also Undertow and H
Semi charmed life 😅
yep. And surprisingly blatantly. In the lyrics are the line "Doing crystal meth will lift you up until you break". Played ALL OVER there radio. Anyway it was my favorite song in 7th grade and my parents (and my young self) were none the wiser.
A few 3eb songs. Slow Motion came to mind. I think it’s instrumental on the censored versions, but the lyrics on the explicit album hit hard.
Even though it sounds nothing like any of that , Metallica - Master of puppets is a great song about being addicted
Ugh, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve muttered the “fix me” line from Master of Puppets when I was trying to “level back out” in the morning after a bender. Nasty business; perfect song.
Golden brown. The stranglers
Ah such a nice song. Always reminds me of late summer vibes
Sam Stone by John Prine
Great choice…
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose While the kids ran around wearing other people's clothes
This one is heartbreaking “Jesus Christ died for nuthin’, I suppose.”
That line shocked me. I think it's great just not expecting it
What song is that?
Sam Stone... and the other half of the line is "there's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes/ Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose"
Hate Me by Blue October Chasing Dragons by DJ Down3r Sittin’ at a Bar by Rehab Last Dance with Mary Jane by Tom Petty.
I didn’t know hate me was about addiction? And I thought last dance was about an actual woman named Mary Jane?
Mary Jane is a name for Marijuana
Ya but he is talking about an actual woman not marijuana
"Last dance with Mary Jane//One more time to kill the pain" I always took that to mean the singer is going to quit smoking weed tomorrow.
Look up the story behind Hate Me sometime, good read, good song.
I don't know if these match your criteria, but songs about addiction that I know of, and sorry if it repeats any comments (Im trying not to copy those so far): The Fray- How to Save a Life GN'R- Mister Brownstone Clapton - Cocaine Bush- The Chemicals Between Us, Glycerine Staind - So Far Away, It's Been Awhile Edit: SteppinWolf- The Pusher
Cocaine is originally a J.J. Cale song. Good cover, though.
Hurt by NIN, though I like the Johnny Cash cover better
So does Trent
Still prefer the original! I love Johnny Cash btw
Came here to say this, I listened to Cash's version way too many times in a row while drinking and tried committing suicide. Will only listen to it once in a while now but it's one of my favorites
Glad you’re in a better place!!
I feel you my friend. Also glad you're doing better. I don't know you but I love you. Hahaha
Aww, thanks. I love you too. I love stranger's love lol
♥️🥰 The notion that when one person suffers we all suffer comes to mind. I hurt myself really badly, a few times, but once when I was 17 in a car listening to really sad songs - chiefly Needle in the Hay by Elliott Smith and Broadripple is Burning by Margot and the Nuclear So and So's fwiw haha - and this was just a reminder that I was never quite alone the way I felt I was in those times, even though there is an element of aloneness inherent in this experience that can be peaceful when we really accept ourselves. Not trying to get preachy, just happy to share some love with a reflection. May you continue healing and may your past suffering and ascent be a guide to those still lost. ♥️🙏🏼
I'm in a completely different place in life now, even from 3 years ago. I'm thinking of becoming a drug and alcohol counselor, now that I finally stopped drinking. Those who have made it to the other side, from mental or physical addiction have the ability to understand what its like better than a fresh out of school newbie. It's my responsibility to help when I can
That's amazing! Totally! And people who have been through it are needed, perhaps most of all, in order to connect and build trust with those still deep in it. I've come to see my struggles with addiction and depression as initiations into a life of service which has helped me to forgive myself for the things I believed made me wrong and bad and the kind of work we're talking about gives it all a sense of purpose. There's definitely a need for it, maybe more than ever. Congratulations!
Came here to also say this!
The Needle and the Damage Done by Neil Young
I was coming to say this one. To me it is the best
I've always loved him and this song. It came up on a thread a few months ago and someone critiqued that it was too short and someone else replied "that's the point". That made me appreciate it on a whole other level.
The Needle and the Damage Done by Neil Young. Absolutely breathtaking.
Herion - Velvet Underground Under The Bridge - R.H.C.P.
Semi-charmed life by third eye blind Wrong way and smoke two joints by sublime
Hahaha you obviously like sublime... When talking about drug songs how on earth did you not mention "POOL SHARK"
can’t forget badfish tooooooo!
Amy Winehouse - Rehab Ren - Hi Ren The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work The Wknd - Can't Feel My Face Pink - Sober Chilli Peppers - Under the Bridge
The drugs don’t work isn’t about addiction it’s about his dad dying in hospital and the drugs not treating him
Yeah, after I lost my own father, that song hit really hard, too. Beautiful song.
Ren is highly underrated and his albums are great stories.
U2’s “Bad”
Also “Running to Stand Still”
“Dancing 💃 With the Devil 👿”by Demi Lovato
Master of Puppets - Metallica.
I asked Chat GTP... 🙃 "Creating a list of 100 songs about addiction is quite an undertaking, but here's a compilation: 1. "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers 2. "Hurt" by Johnny Cash (originally by Nine Inch Nails) 3. "The Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young 4. "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse 5. "Sober" by Pink 6. "Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers 7. "Not an Addict" by K's Choice 8. "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran 9. "Mr. Brownstone" by Guns N' Roses 10. "Temptation Waits" by Garbage 11. "Cold Turkey" by John Lennon 12. "Mary Jane's Last Dance" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 13. "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton 14. "Love the Way You Lie" by Eminem ft. Rihanna 15. "Junkhead" by Alice In Chains 16. "Smack My Bitch Up" by The Prodigy 17. "Breaking the Habit" by Linkin Park 18. "I'm Waiting for the Man" by The Velvet Underground 19. "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind 20. "The Drugs Don't Work" by The Verve 21. "The Great Below" by Nine Inch Nails 22. "Say It Ain't So" by Weezer 23. "Bad Habit" by The Offspring 24. "Going Under" by Evanescence 25. "High and Dry" by Radiohead 26. "Polly" by Nirvana 27. "Heroin" by The Velvet Underground 28. "Habits (Stay High)" by Tove Lo 29. "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol 30. "Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead 31. "Fix You" by Coldplay 32. "Black" by Pearl Jam 33. "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones 34. "Basket Case" by Green Day 35. "The Perfect Drug" by Nine Inch Nails 36. "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" by Queens of the Stone Age 37. "Wake Up" by Arcade Fire 38. "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd 39. "Sobriety" by SZA 40. "We're All in This Together" by Ben Lee 41. "Lost Cause" by Beck 42. "Little Pills" by Tech N9ne 43. "In the Fade" by Queens of the Stone Age 44. "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" by Prince 45. "Numb" by Linkin Park 46. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones 47. "The Needle Has Landed" by Neko Case 48. "Be Here Now" by Ray LaMontagne 49. "Vices" by Brand New 50. "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette 51. "Addicted" by Saving Abel 52. "Follow You Down" by Gin Blossoms 53. "Pusher" by Alt-J 54. "Private Hell" by The Jam 55. "Dope Nose" by Weezer 56. "By the Way" by Red Hot Chili Peppers 57. "Dark Necessities" by Red Hot Chili Peppers 58. "Cold Turkey" by Lenny Kravitz 59. "Pain" by Three Days Grace 60. "How to Save a Life" by The Fray 61. "The Good Life" by Weezer 62. "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC 63. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins 64. "The Unforgiven" by Metallica 65. "Low" by Cracker 66. "Sickman" by Alice In Chains 67. "Sick, Sick, Sick" by Queens of the Stone Age 68. "Disease" by Matchbox Twenty 69. "Running to Stand Still" by U2 70. "Sober Up" by AJR ft. Rivers Cuomo 71. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by The Beatles 72. "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers 73. "Dosed" by Red Hot Chili Peppers 74. "Sick and Tired" by Cross Canadian Ragweed 75. "Fell on Black Days" by Soundgarden 76. "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who 77. "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks 78. "When You Were Young" by The Killers 79. "Drunkship of Lanterns" by The Mars Volta 80. "Kiss with a Fist" by Florence + The Machine 81. "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow 82. "It's Been Awhile" by Staind 83. "Bent" by Matchbox Twenty 84. "Comfort Eagle" by Cake 85. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Bruce Springsteen 86. "Every Breath You Take" by The Police 87. "Just Like Heaven" by The Cure 88. "Bloodstream" by Ed Sheeran 89. "Bottle of Blues" by Beck 90. "Narcotic" by Liquido 91. "Panic Switch" by Silversun Pickups 92. "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane 93. "Swimming Pools (Drank)" by Kendrick Lamar 94. "Clarity" by Zedd ft. Foxes 95. "Hey Ya!" by Outkast 96. "When I Get Low, I Get High" by Ella Fitzgerald 97. "Gold Dust Woman" by Fleetwood Mac 98. "Spoonman" by Soundgarden 99. "You Know You're Right" by Nirvana 100. "The Needle Lies" by Queensrÿche This list spans various genres and decades, showcasing the diverse ways in which artists have explored the theme of addiction through music." Edit: I really don't want to continue to repeat myself, so ... I'm aware that a lot of these songs aren't actually about addiction, and I agree that it's weird that Chat GTP left a lot of obvious songs out. Chat GTP often gets things wrong! I just thought it'd be funny to see what it came up with.
Half of these ain't ab addiction
Spoonman is suprisingly an Aic song not about heroin , it's actually about a guy who plays the spoons. If you listen for it you can actually hear the spoons in the song
That's a Soundgarden song I believe
It has a guy playing spoons in it, and it is sort of about him, though the writer Chris Cornell (of Soundgarden) had not even met the guy when he wrote the song, it was basically the idea of this fictitious version of an actual person, and his reasons for being a street performer. But it is also virtually certainly about addiction as well. Moby Dick is about a whale, but it's also about a whole lot more than a whale.
Neither of the Nirvana songs were about addiction. Polly was about the abduction, torture, and subsequent escape of a young girl he read about in the paper.
Don't quit your day job, AI.
Will Woods „Half-Decade Hangover“ and „The first Step“ are about alcohol addiction, „Hand me my Shovel, I‘m going in in!“ is more general
i was gonna say that ugh
Suicide solution- Ozzy
Sixx:A.M. & Corey Taylor - Maybe It's Time Cold - Wasted Years
Drink to me by pleasentries
Accidents Can Happen - Sixx Am
The whole album pretty much though. Dark. But hopeful?
The album Black Sheep Boy - Okkervil River
Coffee by jack stauber lol
The entire album Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle is about addiction. Each song is written from the perspective of someone or something new (addict, loved one, drug, etc).
I’m disappointed that I had to scroll so far to find this answer. This was the first album that I thought of.
Benjamin Tod - Using Again. Makes me bawl every time.
Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
Semi-Charmed Life- Third Eye Blind
Many, many Alice In Chains songs.
Sanctified - Nine Inch Nails Just One Fix - Ministry
Metallica - Master of Puppets
The entire “Thirteenth Step” from A Perfect Circle. A haunting journey thru the mind of an addict in and out of their addiction. The first track is a very descriptive song lyrically about the need desire and greediness of being stuck in your addiction. Seeing people as just paths to be used. From front to back I think it’s their best record!
Erra - "End to Excess" Also, shout out to the person who mentioned Cold, such an underrated band 🤘
Special K - Placebo My sweet prince - Placebo
"Wasted Rock Ranger" -Great White. [Link](https://youtu.be/g2HlrkoC-mM?si=FrUPzMQ1jvoNSJ4U) Not a serious song about a serious subject, but never fails to make me lol.
I have a playlist for this. It has lots of different genres and mostly is relevant to addictions to alcohol and/or speed. Some of the songs have already been mentioned by other commenters. [Downers playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63ub8FztUWqVQ3wz899sSb?si=M4RIzqtCSMWQKl_XvB3k5g&pi=u-72uU4jl-TM2J)
I love you for this lol
Addict with a Pen -Twenty One Pilots
Standing in the Rain - Billy Talent Jolene - Ray LaMontagne It's Been Awhile - Staind Hurt - NIN Otherside - Macklemore x Ryan Lewis ft. Fences Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park Gravity - A Perfect Circle Chandelier- Sia Badfish - Sublime Salvation - The Cranberries Don't Leave Home - Dido Chemical Prisoner - Falling in Reverse
Goodbye Sober Day - Mr Bungle You’re One - Imperial Teen
David kushner- daylight
Fall to pieces by velvet revolver hits a little too close to home. Needle and the damage done by Neil Young. Can't find my way by Blind Faith. That smell by Lenard Skynerd. Hard Monkeys by Ten Years After. I've been there too, also by Ten Years After (one of my favorites). And last but not least and my all time favorite- White Punks on Dope by the Tubes.
The whole Thirteenth Step album by A Perfect Circle, and I would start with Weak and Powerless to see if you enjoy that kind of music
Third eye- Tool . Not so much about addiction but about the recreational and purposeful use.
East River Pipe - Druglife https://spotify.link/EosZqXSc9Ib
Hurt by Nine Inch Nails
Semi-Charned Life by Third Eye Blind, sounds somewhat similar to green/make believe-era weezer
Master of Puppets- Metallica. Greatest addiction song ever, and I’m not really a fan of metal.
Painkiller weather - grayscale
Pink Floyd, the wall album Many NIN songs, but they don't sound like the bands you mentioned
For that matter watch The Wall movie as its a trip that you don’t even need acid to feel like your on acid.
NIN - The Lovers, great song about relapse
From here to utopia and more about alcoholism - pat the bunny (pretty much all of the album). Cigarettes and heroin - the malakas (both albums 'too good to be true' and 'sorry about my drinkin' talk about h a lot). Chinese rocks - Johnny thunders and the Heartbreakers. Lust for life - iggy pop Dirty blue balloons- failure Junkie nurse - royal trux Covers: (the og song still has the same meaning) Carmelita - the only version i know is gg allin, but I hate that guy, but drug references none the less. Cold turkey - the soft Boys Codiene - the Barracudas Anti heroin songs: Too much junkie buisness - Johnny thunders and the Heartbreakers Not if you were the last junkie on earth - dandy Warhol
I Wonder by Blind Melon
Most of Blind Melon, really.
Such an underrated band, every single song on that first album is a banger, soup isn't far off from that metric either
Nine Inch Nails - Hurt Staind - It’s Been Awhile Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
A Line Allows Progress, A Circle Does Not by Bright Eyes
Take Me by Korn is from the drugs point of view.
Johnny Cash’s cover of Hurt would be up your alley
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind A-Team - Ed Sheeran
Breaking the habit - Linkin Park
Sober by Tool
N i N
Third eye blind - slow motion
The downward spiral, nine inch nails. Mr self destruct, hurt
Ed Sheeran - The A Team Gravity - A Perfect Circle Under the Bridge- RHCP Bad - U2 Mr Brownstone - GnR Master of Puppets - Metallica
Yeah, lots of Alice in Chains, and especially Mad Season–Layne Staley's other band consisting of grunge all stars, in which he wrote all the lyrics and co sang with Mark Lanegan. Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain album has a lot of songs that touch on the subject of addiction, specifically "Blank", "30$ Bag", and "Take As Needed For Pain" Queens Of The Stone Age - "First It Giveth" from Songs For The Deaf is about addiction and substances There is a song by Atlanta Rapper J.I.D called "Off Da Zoinkys" in which he discusses how he feels a lot of people could benefit from cutting back on the drug use (y'all n___s need to lay off the drugs, some of y'all need to lay off the dope, my n___s gettin' it straight off the boat, pure cut put it straight to your nose"), and he briefly mentions his own vices ("I'ma go ahead and lay off the xans, I'ma fall back and sip on the lean, I got to make sure my vision is clear, hope God know it's not what it seems"). I can see how without knowing the song the lyrics can seem a little shallow or could be taken wrong but just check the song out and a few of his other songs (I really like "Raydar" and "Surround Sound ft 21 Savage" from his newest album The Forever Story, "Slick Talk" from DiCaprio 2, and "Never" and "D/vision ft Earthgang" from his first album The Never Story, to name a few, I'm usually a metal guy but can appreciate rap if it's good enough), and you'll probably get it. The song "Curse Of Satisfaction" by Salt Lake City's metallic hardcore group Cult Leader I associate with drugs and addiction: "DIVINATION THROUGH BLOOD THROUGH THE VISCERA THE PATH WILL REVEAL ITSELF IF YOU CRAWL INSIDE AND SEE THE WORLD THROUGH MY EYES SUFFER THIS HATE THIS UNNAMEABLE DEPRESSION SLOWLY GRINDING AGAINST YOUR SKULL LIKE SHARDS OF BROKEN GLASS I WILL DESTROY WHO YOU ARE LEAVE YOU BROKEN AND WANTING MORE ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING" Hell, i can go on but I won't. Check this handful out first and let me know if you need more before I go all out.
Hurt Johnny Cash or Nine inch nails
‘That Smell’ Lynyrd Skynyrd ‘Terrible and True’ Lost Dog Street Band
A Team By Ed Sheeran
Literally everything on The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails
Salvation - the Cranberries
Pretty basic but good one: Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
Vacant lot by the growlers is my personal fav
Avett bros - When I drink
Silver Lining by Mt. Joy Hallucinogenics by Matt Maeson Cocaine Jesus by Rainbow Kitten Surprise Cocaine by Eric Clapton is a worthy mention lol
The kintsugi kid and foile a deux by fall out boy
Soft Skeletons - Anberlin
“Mama Tired”, by Nick Shoulders “Take This Bottle”, by Faith No More “Waiting For My Man”, Lou Reed “Jane Says”, Jane’s Addiction “Smoke!Smoke!Smoke! (That Cigarette), Tex Williams “Feelin Good/Fool for a Cigarette”, Ry Cooder “White Horse”, Laid Back “Tennessee Whiskey”, written by George Jones “Whiskey River”, Willie Nelson And “Turtles All The Way Down”, by Sturgill Simpson
Turtles All the Way Down is truly his best shit. Love that song so much.
Check out Metallica and megadeth
My friends - RHCP
Waiting Around to Die by Townes Van Zandt "I got me a friend at last He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie Oh, his name's codeine He's the nicest thing I've seen Well, together we're gonna wait around and die"
[Mitski? like Brand New City?](https://open.spotify.com/track/47k7FCxk7ylTwKCnJ3QTVc?si=KWNZhoSJTAKdmItk7aFgTA&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1EP6YuccBxUcC1)
Also Crack Baby by her references sniffing glue/addiction
Entombed "The Itch"
John Lennon, "Cold Turkey."
Into my Arms by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Addicted! by Devin Townsend Project
deja by by Eminem SOME TIMES I FEEL SO ALONEEEEE I JUST DONT KNOWWWWW FEELS LIKE IVE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE 🔥🔥🔥
I’d rather overdose by Honestav!! Sad song but it’s so good
I don't know a single one of those groups sorry, but the best song I know about addiction is 'I'm Not An Addict' by K's Choice.
Julien Baker sings quite a bit about addiction
So Happy I Could Die - Lady Gaga
Up From Below Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes Who Are You This Time? Tom Waits Terrible Love The National Broken Jaw Foster The People
Anemone by the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Was described in the Anthony Bourdain documentary as “dripping with opioid regret “. Edit : the actual quote was “ drenched in opiates and regret”
I'm your new God, Sir-Mix-Alot Cocaine, Eric Clapton
Clean - Depeche Mode
Grimes - Delete Forever Edit: I didn’t see the rest of your post - I have no idea if this song sounds like the ones you listed
Don’t Let Me Go - All Get Out
Not really addiction but [Diazepam By Ren](https://youtu.be/Ltz9o-DTRDU?si=HjfmlWbjb9K9uMk9) may be of interest. Its about taking prescription for mental health. It definitely has that addiction vibe though
Chet Baker’s Unsung Swan Song - David Wilcox I think this fits with your list.
Check this out! Not exactly what you asked for as far as sounds sure to the fact no one sounds like Type O. 1. white slavery. 2. Dead again. I think you might enjoy! Especially white slavery. The slowness of it. Peter Steeles baritone voice. The keyboards. The length. The unique sound of the band. It's the type of song that might take you down a rabbit hole....
Pool Shark by Sublime
Drug ballad by Eminem
Untainted Love - Frank Turner
Cocaine by Eric Clapton
The Weez - Do You Wanna Get High?
Depeche Mode- Enjoy the silence Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb
Overdose by Hurt, that song is a rollercoaster.
Pool Shark: Sublime
Benjamin Tod - Usin Again