# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/41 "2012-03-14T00:59:04Z")
“False Knight on the Road” cited in post #9 it is also called Fause Knight Upon the Road it is referenced in a series of volumes English and Scottish Popular Ballads which was published between 1882 and 1898. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/42 "2012-03-14T01:07:00Z")
This list wouldn’t be complete without some Iced Earth. "Damien’ and “Dante’s Inferno” both fit the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/43 "2012-03-14T01:07:28Z")
One more folkish song – [The Dancers of Stanton Drew](http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=9038) (or sometimes The Wedding at Stanton Drew). I’ve heard it by Eileen McGann on her “Turn It Around” CD, but I’m not sure of the source. Basic story is that the piper at a wedding stops at midnight Saturday because dancing is forbidden on Sunday. People beg him to continue but he says no. Finally a mysterious stranger with a fiddle steps up and volunteers to play. Turns out to be the devil, and the wedding party is forced to dance until they’re exhausted and then are turned to stone. Kind of drearily moralistic, but redeemed somewhat if you know that Stanton Drew has a circle of standing stones and this is a legend that explains their presence. ---
**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 14, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/44 "2012-03-14T02:49:44Z")
Ah, I almost forgot that classic of Eighties Christian Hair Metal: “To Hell With the Devil” by Stryper. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/45 "2012-03-14T02:50:31Z")
You can’t get much more about Satan than [Orbital’s classic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofamFBk92Pk). ---
**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 14, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/46 "2012-03-14T04:08:46Z")
Few more: The Misfits - Devil’s Whorehouse PJ Harvey - The Devil The B-52s - Devil In My Car Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - The Devil’s Coachman Camper Van Beethoven - Devil Song Love Tractor - Satan Morrissey - Satan Rejected My Soul Teenage Fanclub - Satan Sonic Youth - Satan Is Boring ---
**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 14, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/47 "2012-03-14T04:37:09Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > There needs to be some black metal in this thread, so here’s [Emperor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRh1Lzm8BE). What? The 3 _Venom_ songs aren’t black metal? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/48 "2012-03-14T04:58:39Z")
There’s a poignant little song written by Kris Kristofferson called “To Beat the Devil”. He says on the CD that it was inspired by Johnny Cash when Cash was at one of his low points. It’s a story song about a musician meeting the Devil in a lonely barroom when the musician is down on his luck. The Devil borrows the musician’s guitar and sings a song about how the musician should give up on his songs because other musicians have tried and failed and died saying “…and their ashes have been scattered by the swirling winds of time because the truth remains that no one wants to know.” The musician takes his guitar back and sings the Devil his answer, “…and if I never have a nickel, I won’t ever die ashamed, because I don’t believe that no one wants to know.” Of course, this was when songs were supposed to have deep social meanings, but still, it’s a nice encouragment to folks who want to be artists to keep trying even if they fail. ---
**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 14, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/49 "2012-03-14T05:18:16Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > What? The 3 _Venom_ songs aren’t black metal? :dubious: Sorry, I started posting before yours was there, it took a couple of minutes to find the video. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/50 "2012-03-14T05:59:00Z")
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me for me for meeeeeee. (seriously, it took 50 posts before anyone said this?) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JxxbxJgjrjk/hqdefault.jpg "SAD CAFE My Oh My") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxxbxJgjrjk) I looked in a mirror, what did I see, I saw thew devil he was looking at me ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/51 "2012-03-14T08:59:25Z")
Ethyl Meatplow–“Smoking on the Devil’s Johnson” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/52 "2012-03-14T10:05:52Z")
Uncle Tupelo - [Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iugbqa0DQc4) Beck - [Satan Gave Me A Taco](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctTQeTPILI8) ---
**Author:** ![pojimba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@pojimba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pojimba)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/53 "2012-03-14T10:10:27Z")
“Devil With A Blue Dress On” - popularized by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/54 "2012-03-14T10:38:25Z")
[Up Jumped The Devil](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J3QHzbK9jY) by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Also [Red Right Hand](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxePKps87k&ob=av3e). ---
**Author:** ![Quint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/76d3ee/32.png) [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/55 "2012-03-14T12:33:05Z")
[Bound for Hell](http://www.metrolyrics.com/bound-for-hell-lyrics-love-and-rockets.html) by Love and Rockets ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/56 "2012-03-14T14:53:39Z")
It looks like you could make an [entire playlist](http://www.google.com/search?q=the+devil+made+me+do+it+lyrics&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a) of songs called “The Devil Made Me Do It”… and most would be pretty depressing and a few would be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/57 "2012-03-14T15:13:19Z")
I just wrote “Satan” in my li’l iTunes search box thingy and got 86 results. … W-why yes, I _am_ a black metal fan! How did you know? I’d say the greatest “Satan song” of them all is Mayhem’s “[De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmDL_PzvdY).” Six minutes of spine-tinglingly awesome faux-Gregorian chanting in Pig Latin. (C’mon, you know you want it.) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/58 "2012-03-14T15:23:07Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > … W-why yes, I _am_ a black metal fan! How did you know? > > I’d say the greatest “Satan song” of them all is Mayhem’s “[De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZmDL_PzvdY).” Six minutes of spine-tinglingly awesome faux-Gregorian chanting in Pig Latin. (C’mon, you know you want it.) [Dog Latin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Latin), not [Pig Latin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Latin). That would be a different thing. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/59 "2012-03-14T16:53:15Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > [Dog Latin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Latin), not [Pig Latin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Latin). That would be a different thing. Damn, you’re right! Didn’t know that, actually. Ignorance fought, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657/60 "2012-03-14T19:29:20Z")
["Satan Is My Master](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brErUo3exDE)" by Ben Folds Five should be included, even though it’s basically a joke - complete with punchline. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-satan/615657.md?page=4)