# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/21 "2012-03-13T19:39:45Z")
[Then there’s this Italo-Disco gem 😃](http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tah--Kx8MU) Wicked, wicked disco bass line, if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/22 "2012-03-13T19:40:07Z")
There needs to be some black metal in this thread, so here’s [Emperor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRh1Lzm8BE). ---
**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, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/23 "2012-03-13T19:46:13Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > 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. How _about_ Satan do the songs have to be? Would “Running With the Devil” (Van Halen) or “Devil in Her Heart” (Popularized by The Beatles) count? ---
**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, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/24 "2012-03-13T19:55:31Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > How _about_ Satan do the songs have to be? > > Would “Running With the Devil” (Van Halen) or “Devil in Her Heart” (Popularized by The Beatles) count? Well the devil’s in the details, but what the hell. Anything goes! I was thinking of songs where Satan was the main subject, but post 'em if you got 'em! ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/25 "2012-03-13T19:56:05Z")
“The Devil and the Feathery Wife”, by Martin Carthy. I have a recording of this on the ‘Cool as Folk: Cambridge Folk Festival’ album. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/26 "2012-03-13T20:19:50Z")
[Swamp](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJtZUiV4o2c) by the Talking Heads. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/27 "2012-03-13T20:22:57Z")
Iron Maiden - “The Number of the Beast” Not really about the devil, I guess, but pretty funny: Butthole Surfers - “Sweet Loaf” ("…And by the way, if you see your mom this weekend, be sure and tell her…SATAN! SATAN! SATAN!") ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/28 "2012-03-13T20:38:31Z")
Yngwie Malmsteen’s _Disciples Of Hell_. [http://www.metrolyrics.com/disciples-of-hell-lyrics-yngwie-malmsteen.html](http://www.metrolyrics.com/disciples-of-hell-lyrics-yngwie-malmsteen.html) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/29 "2012-03-13T21:04:23Z")
[Why Is the Devil Red?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrloBZcWs-w) ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/30 "2012-03-13T21:21:24Z")
I almost forgot one of my favorite bands- the Eric McFadden Trio, [Devil Moon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU2MQ-Cjvxw). Eric is a phenomenal guitarist and James Whiton on bass is amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/31 "2012-03-13T21:49:06Z")
[Don’t Shake Hands with the Devil](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDK1ykjZXws) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/32 "2012-03-13T21:57:19Z")
[Mephistopheles](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Mephistopheles-lyrics-Trans-Siberian-Orchestra/6651A3D77B8CF42848256E87000CAFD3), Trans Siberian Orchestra (from Beethoven’s Last Night) [Drive, He Said](http://www.elyrics.net/read/s/steve-taylor-lyrics/drive-he-said-lyrics.html), Steve Taylor [The Roommate From Hell](http://www.songlyrics.com/mc-lars/the-roommate-from-hell-lyrics/), MC Lars ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/33 "2012-03-13T22:12:04Z")
[The Devil Went Down to Newport (Totally Rockin’)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN4V8w23fUc&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/34 "2012-03-13T23:08:27Z")
My favorite is one by The Poozies. [The Widow](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohdJ1DfBF24), who outlasts Father of All Lies in an unusual, er, …contest. Also, [Somebody’s Knockin’](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to7efkkG_Do&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/35 "2012-03-13T23:16:17Z")
[Tribute](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lK4cX5xGiQ&ob=av2e) - Tenacious D ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/36 "2012-03-13T23:23:28Z")
Slightly tangential perhaps – since the devil doesn’t actually “appear” in the song but: [(Ghost) Riders in the Sky](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Ghost)_Riders_in_the_Sky:_A_Cowboy_Legend). ---
**Author:** ![Tanus\_Barbarus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Tanus\_Barbarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanus_Barbarus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/37 "2012-03-13T23:53:02Z")
“satan is my motor” by Cake! Great song. I think he wrote it just to piss people off… I have met people that freak out when they hear it, as though they were in the room with a demon! Relax people. He is having fun with you… ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/38 "2012-03-14T00:05:08Z")
> [@Tanus\_Barbarus](#): > > “satan is my motor” by Cake! Great song. I think he wrote it just to piss people off… > I have met people that freak out when they hear it, as though they were in the room with a demon! > Relax people. He is having fun with you… For anyone who was into industrial/goth back in the late 80’s and early 90’s, there were few bands on Wax Trax who specialized in making particularly disturbing music. There are a couple of songs by “My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult” that would definitely fit your description. I don’t think I can link to a commercial web site, but just cut and paste with the quotes and you’ll find it.😉 ---
**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 14, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/39 "2012-03-14T00:13:07Z")
Can’t forget the classic [Stonehenge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMVMHNG68m8&feature=related) by Spinal Tap. Lots of great stuff here, people. The Devil’s Mix (aka Satan’s Playlist) is going to turn out really well. Thanks to everyone who posted and keep 'em coming! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/40 "2012-03-14T00:14:54Z")
It just occurred to me that I can’t think of any traditional, premodern folk songs about Satan. For that matter, he does not show up much in European folk-tales, either (those that are not saints’ lives, that is). I wonder why not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657.md?page=3)