# Songs about Satan **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657 "2012-03-13T16:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/1 "2012-03-13T16:11:14Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=645051). There must be lots of songs about Satan, rock & roll being the devil’s music and all. Here’s one I like: [Deadly Handsome Man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkCC7xYIH3M) by Marcy Playground Got any others? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/2 "2012-03-13T16:13:14Z")
I thought for sure the OP would be Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/3 "2012-03-13T16:13:58Z")
[Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8), by Arthur Brown [Race With the Devil on a Spanish Highway](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy4K7lFFZII), Al Di Meola ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/4 "2012-03-13T16:14:17Z")
Sympathy for the Devil, of course. - ninjaed The Devil went down to Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/5 "2012-03-13T16:14:44Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > I thought for sure the OP would be Sympathy for the Devil by the Rolling Stones. I thought the OP would be “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by Charlie Daniels. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/6 "2012-03-13T16:17:26Z")
I believe Spirit’s [“Mr. Skin”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzdnz82TSZw) is supposed to be about Satan. Also, Procol Harum’s [“The Devil Came from Kansas”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_yoUd0izis). ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/7 "2012-03-13T16:21:04Z")
N.I.B. from Black Sabbath’s eponymous album. > [@](#): > > Now I have you with me, under my power > Our love grows stronger now with every hour > Look into my eyes, you will see who I am > My name is lucifer, please take my hand ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/8 "2012-03-13T16:25:42Z")
I forgot to post my favorite line from _Deadly Handsome Man:_ “My real name is Mephistopheles but you can call me Baby.” It was the first thing I thought of when I was reading the other thread. Don’t know why I didn’t think of _Sympathy For The Devil_. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/9 "2012-03-13T16:30:19Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > There must be lots of songs about Satan, rock & roll being the devil’s music and all. Here’s one I like: > > Got any others? Well, not necessarily rock & roll. Chris DeBurgh did [Spanish Train](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnaUvPoiTfQ) Child’s Ballads have the [“False Knight on the Road”](http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/steeleye.span/songs/falseknightontheroad.html) in which some kid gets involved with some rather obscure word play with the devil. There are lots of versions of this one around. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/10 "2012-03-13T16:36:48Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Well, not necessarily rock & roll. > > Chris DeBurgh did [Spanish Train](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnaUvPoiTfQ) > > Child’s Ballads have the [“False Knight on the Road”](http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/steeleye.span/songs/falseknightontheroad.html) in which some kid gets involved with some rather obscure word play with the devil. There are lots of versions of this one around. Oh, any songs will do. This would make a great playlist. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/11 "2012-03-13T16:38:45Z")
Robert Johnson, _Me and the Devil Blues._ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/12 "2012-03-13T16:42:54Z")
Greatest devil song of all: Frank Zappa, “Titties and Beer” ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/13 "2012-03-13T17:20:27Z")
Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead Black Rider - Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/14 "2012-03-13T17:25:15Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > I believe Spirit’s [“Mr. Skin”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzdnz82TSZw) is supposed to be about Satan. They say it’s about[Ed Cassady](http://www.willardswormholes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Bonus-Tracks-Rarities-297x300.jpg). “The Weight” by the Band mentions him. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/15 "2012-03-13T18:15:17Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Oh, any songs will do. This would make a great playlist. Well, there’s got to be a lot of gospel songs about Satan. Hell, you got two right [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satan_Is_Real). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/16 "2012-03-13T18:44:20Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I forgot to post my favorite line from _Deadly Handsome Man:_ > > “My real name is Mephistopheles > but you can call me Baby.” > > It was the first thing I thought of when I was reading the other thread. Don’t know why I didn’t think of _Sympathy For The Devil_. Speaking of whom, there’s a line in the Police song “Wrapped Around Your Finger”: “Mephistopheles is not your name; I know what you’re up to just the same”. Some of the best lyrics out there: I mean, who else has ever put names like Mephistopheles, Scylla and Charybdis all in one song and made the meter actually work? [Devil’s Got Your Tongue](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEQVsmDn8EM), Abbey Lincoln [Devil in Disguise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_Q96eJr1k), Elvis Presley [Devil Woman](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euaPUU8RVnE), Marty Robbins ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/17 "2012-03-13T18:56:16Z")
Here’s one that will really freak your shit out.[Diamanda Galas “The Litanies of Satan”.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph8gGJ68g-8) I’ve seen her do it live, drenched in blood. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/18 "2012-03-13T19:30:36Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Here’s one that will really freak your shit out.[Diamanda Galas “The Litanies of Satan”.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph8gGJ68g-8) > > I’ve seen her do it live, drenched in blood. Well, I made it through the whole thing! That can’t be easy on the vocal chords. And I asked for songs _about_ Satan, not songs _by_ Satan! 😃 Just kidding; thanks for posting that, gaffa. I’m always up for different, off-the-wall stuff. Don’t know if I’ll put it in the mix, though! Edit: And thanks to everybody else; I haven’t made it through all the links yet. It’ll be easier when I get home from work. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/19 "2012-03-13T19:35:11Z")
Lucretia my Reflection [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IuezNswtRfo/hqdefault.jpg "The Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuezNswtRfo) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/20 "2012-03-13T19:35:16Z")
I’m gonna try real hard to just mention songs that are about Satan, not songs that just mention him in passing or use him as a character or something. Hopefully, that I won’t have my usual 20 bajillion songs-with-links post that seems to end up killing so many threads. Didjits - [Sweet Sweet Satan](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0aJs1Q-u_c) Therapy? - [Hey Satan - You Rock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU4PPpvsIKI) I could pretty much just link to every single Venom song, but here’s 3 of my favorites Venom - [Antechrist](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kn875tR1RU) Venom - [Lucifer Rising](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQjnYO5tvQE) Venom - [Regè Satanas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X156dQ7yJeo) High On Fire - [Devilution](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euALIidJYsA) ETA: Ha! Just 7 songs this time! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657.md?page=2)