100 Best Songs With Insect Names in the Title
The different species of insects are truly astounding. While some of us do get petrified at the sight of insects, for many certain insects are well and truly fascinating. Music and insects have a strong association. A number of bands and artists have mentioned different insects in their songs.
What Is the Purpose of Mentioning Insects in Songs?
Insects are mentioned in songs for different reasons. In many songs musicians narrate their personal experience with insects. Although a number of songs mention an insect name in a metaphorical context, certain songs actually mention an encounter with insects. The strong characteristics and qualities of insects are sometimes used in comparative forms to highlight tendencies of human beings. In songs from different genres, anthropods are mentioned to describe emotions in a sweet and playful manner.
References to certain insects such as butterflies, fireflies, and ladybugs are made in many songs that pertain to love and romance. Sometimes insects that are considered pests are mentioned intentionally to describe an annoying personality. Certain musicians narrate stories of grit and determination in people with characteristic features of certain insects. The simplicity of insects is poetically described by musicians in certain reflective songs.
What Do Insects Symbolize in Songs?
Insects symbolize a wide-range of attributes. Different stages of changes in human behavior are often compared to the magical metamorphosis of transformation insects go through. Through songs about insects, many singers bring about an awareness of habitats. Certain bands and artists bring to life concepts of mindful living by associating exemplary qualities of insects. Certain songs highlight the importance of utilizing resources in a productive manner like insects do. The lyrics of certain songs showcase the incredible quality of adaptability insects possess.
Certain thought provoking lyrics encourage people to imbibe the spirit of perseverance found in insects such as bees, ants, and spiders. Singers and songwriters often express their concern about environmental issues through stories and narratives about insects. Sometimes the mention of anthropods is made in songs to highlight a fun element or to add a sense of sarcasm. Specific insects are mentioned in songs to add unique expression in the verse or chorus. Although insects represent a wide spectrum of attributes, in music they symbolize or denote
- Perseverance
- Kindness
- Simplicity
- Productivity
- Love
- Teamwork
- Calmness
- Patience
- Hard work
- Sustenance
- Communication
- Attitude
- Tenacity
The list below showcases a collection or rock songs, pop songs, country songs, R&B songs, folk songs, hip hop songs, alternative songs, indie songs, reggae songs, jazz songs, blues songs and dance songs about insects. If you have a view, opinion, or song suggestion, let us know in the comments section.
Top 10 Best Songs With Insect Names in the Title
- “Fireflies”—Owl City
- “Ants Marching”—Dave Matthews Band
- “Black Widow”—Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora
- “The Fly”—U2
- “Butterfly”—Mariah Carey
- “The Bug”—Dire Straits
- “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo”—Echo & the Bunnymen
- “The Attack of the Giant Ants”—Blondie
- “The Spider and the Fly”—The Rolling Stones
- “Butterfly Effect”—Travis Scott
#11—20
11. “The Mosquito”—The Doors
12. “Spider's Web”—Katie Melua
13. “Antmusic”—Adam and the Ants
14. “Fly on the Wall”—Miley Cyrus
15. “Butterfly”—Crazy Town
16. “Love Is Like A Butterfly”—Dolly Parton
17. “Red Mosquito”—Pearl Jam
18. “Spanish Flea”—Herb Alpert
19. “March of the Fire Ants”—Mastodon
20. “Butterfly Bleu”—Iron Butterfly
#21—40
21. “Doin’ the Cockroach”—Modest Mouse
22. “Boris the Spider”—The Who
23. “Maggot Brain”—Funkadelic
24. “Fly”—Nicki Minaj
25. “Mayfly”—Belle and Sebastian
26. “Joanie’s Butterfly”—Aerosmith
27. “Dragonfly”—Ziggy Marley
28. “Moth Into Flame”—Metallica
29. “Spiders”—System of A Down
30. “Earwigs to Eternity”—Alice Cooper
31. “Human Fly”—The Cramps
32. “Cassie Eats Cockroaches”—Acid Bath
33. “Fly on a Windshield”—Genesis
34. “Moth’s Wings”—Passion Pit
35. “Greedy Fly”—Bush
36. “Butterfly Fly Away”—Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus
37. “Spiders and Snakes”—Jim Stafford
38. “Dance of the Honeybees”—Sharon Shannon
39. “Butterflies and Hurricanes”—Muse
40. “Bugs”—Pearl Jam
#41—60
41. “Halo of Flies”—Alice Cooper
42. “Bug a Boo”—Destiny’s Child
43. “Dragonfly”—Fleetwood Mac
44. “Locust”—Machine Head
45. “Butterfly Doors”—Lil Pump
46. “I’m a King Bee”—Slim Harpo
47. “Stink Bug”—Beastie Boys
48. “Black Widow”—In This Moment
49. “Butterfly Kisses”—Bob Carlisle
50. “Earwig”—The Dead Milkmen
51. “Bullet With Butterfly Wings”—Smashing Pumpkins
52. “Little Lamb Dragonfly”—Paul McCartney and the Wings
53. “The Birds and the Bees”—Jewel Akens
54. “Butterfly”—BTS
55. “Dog and Butterfly”—Heart
56. “Junebug”—Robert Francis
57. “I Got Ants in My Pants”—James Brown
58. “Superfly”—Curtis Mayfield
50. “Bug Rain”—Looper
60. “Elusive Butterfly”—Bob Lind
#61—80
61. “Eric the Half-a-Bee”—Monty Python
62. “Honey and the Bee”—Owl City featuring Breanne Duren
63. “Flea Brain”—Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
64. “Drawing Flies”—Soundgarden
65. “Gnat”—Eminem
66. “The Fly”—Chubby Checker
67. “Butterfly on a Wheel”—The Mission
68. “Grasshopper”—The Mamas and the Papas
69. “The Caterpillar”—The Cure
70. “Roaches in My Ashtray”— Snoop Dog featuring ProHoeZak
71. “Waspman”—The Who
72. “Flea Fly”—Red Hot Chili Peppers
73. “The Spider”—Weezer
74. “Praying Mantis”—Don Dixon
75. “The Butterfly Collector”—The Jam
76. “I Am the Wasp”—Cockney Rejects
77. “Boll Weevil”—Brook Benton
78. “Cockroach”—Albert King
79. “Moth”—Hellyeah
80. “Bee in Your Bonnet”—Supertramp
#81—100
81. “The Eagle Never Hunts the Fly”—The Music Machine
82. “Return of the Fly”—The Misfits
83. “Ant Rap”—Adam and the Ants
84. “Mosquito”—Yeah Yeah Yeahs
85. “Butterflies”—Kacey Musgraves
86. “The Termite Song”—Joseph Arthur
87. “Cicada”—Liam Titcomb
88. “Milk & Black Spiders”—Foals
89. “Moth to Flame”—Roger Chapman
90. “Flea in Your Ear”—Simian Mobile Disco
91. “Muzzle of Bees”—Wilco
92. “Glow Worm”—The Mills Brothers
93. “Flea versus Mite”—The Presidents of the United States of America
94. “Dragonfly Keeper”—Phildel
95. “Mosquito Song”—Queens of the Stone Age
96. “Day of the Locusts”—Bob Dylan
97. “Lost Worker Bee”—Elbow
98. “Mean Old Bed Bug Blues”—Bessie Smith
99. “Little Yellow Spider”—Devendra Banhart
100. “The Green Mosquito”—The Tune Rockers
Other Notable Songs With Insects In the Title
- “Crickets Sing for Anamaria”—Emma Bunton
- “Ants”—Starcrawler
- “Crickets”—Colt Ford featuring Jerrod Niemann
- “Buzzin’ Fly”—Tim Buckley
- “Dragonfly”—Paul Weller
- “Black Widow”—Cage the Elephant
- “Fly on the Wall”—AC/DC
- “Tarantula”—Smashing Pumpkins
- “Crickets”—Joe Nichols
- “Spider's Web”—Jamie T.
- “I Am the Fly”—Wire
- “Honey Bee”—The Kooks
- “June Bug”—Mac Powell
- “Bee in a Bottle’”—Sinead Lohan
- “I Am the Spider / Epilogue”—Alice Cooper
- “Mosquito Moan’”—Blind Lemon Jefferson
- “Birds and the Bees”—Elizabeth and the Catapult
- “Fly on the Wall”—Bobby V
- “Beetle in the Box”—Admiral Fallow
- “King Wasp”—Add N to (X)
- “Fly on the Wall”—Jay Rock
- “Begging for Grace (Dragonfly Wings)”—Joshua Kadison
- “Fireflies”—April Kry
- “When Mama Was a Moth”—Cocteau Twins
- “An Elephant Insect”—Shonen Knife
- “The Fly”—Cosmo Sheldrake
- “Watching the Lightbugs Glow”—The Flaming Lips
- “Catfood on the Earwig”—Guided By Voices
- “Ants in the Kitchen”—Masters of Reality
- “Spiders”—Bruce Haack
- “Iron Butterfly Theme”—Iron Butterfly
- “Dragonfly”—Shaman’s Harvest
- “Bugs”—Bobbie Gentry
- “Flea Bitten Annie”—The A-Bones
- “Sick Cicadas (Sick of Cicadas)”—Kathy Ashworth
- “Bug”—Lower Than Atlantis
- “The Fly”—Foster and Allen
- “Lord of Hornets”—Robert Calvert
- “Honey Bee”—Organ Grinders
- “Flight of the Bumble Roach”—The Residents
- “Ant Man Bee”—Captain Beefheart
- “Dragonfly on Baystreet”—Ron Sexsmith
- “Honeybees”—The Bear
- “I Killed an Ant With My Guitar”—John Haitt
- “Tigers and Fireflies”—Lynsey de Paul
- “Mayfly”—Rasputina
- “Bug Day”—The Fall
- “Lady Bug”—Bumblebee Unlimited
- “Spiders”—Slipknot
- “Dragonflies”—Redhouse Painters
- “Butterflies”—Travis
- “Glow Worms”—Vashti Bunyan
- “Black Widow”—Booty Luv
- “Fly on the Wall”—t.A.T.u.
- “Madonna of the Wasps”—Robyn Hitchcock
- “I Believe in Bugs”—Ivor Cutler
- “Black Beetle Pies”—Bellowhead
- “Dragonflies”—Eddi Reader
- “Love Lice”—Fake Shark
- “Angry Cockroaches”—Tito & Tarantula
- “Butterfly”—Weezer
- “The Cricket Song”—Rich O’Toole
- “Public Menace, Freak, Human Fly”—Powerman 5000
- “Fireflies”—Patti Smith
- “Lone Sal Bug”—Buckethead
- “Black Butterflies & Deja Vu”—The Maine
- “The Gold Bug”—Alan Parson’s Project
- “Spider and I”—Brian Eno
- “Alexander Beetle”—Melanie Safka
- “The King Beetle on the Coconut Estate”—mewithoutYou
- “Butterfly Boy”—Shonen Knife
- “Hurry Down Doomsday (The Bugs Are Taking Over)”—Elvis Costello
- “Black Butterfly”—Dionne Bromfield
- “Bug”—James Reyne
- “Honey Bee (Let Me Be Your Honey Bee)”—Ollie Shepherd
- “Aphids”—Hum
- “Butterfly”—Lloyd Cole
- “Spiral of Ants”—Lemon Demon
- “One Day the Only Butterflies Left Will Be In Your Chest As You March Towards Your Death”—Bring Me The Horizon featuring Amy Lee
- “Dragonflies and Waterfalls”—Nova and the Experience
- “Ants Invasion”—Adam and the Ants
- “Termite”—Young Thug
- “Butterfly”—Scott Walker
- “I’m a Bug”—The Urinals
- “Dragonfly”—Cherona
- “The Grashopper Unit (Keep Movin’)”—Beastie Boys
- “Butterfly”—Can
- “Earwig Town Lyric”—Chairlift
- “Honey Bee”—Savoy Brown
- “The 2000 Pound Bee”—The Ventures
- “Dragonfly”—My Brightest Diamond
- “Spiderhead”—Cage the Elephant
- “There Ain’t No Bugs on Me”—Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
- “Fly on the Wall”—XTC
- “Butterfly”—Grimes
- “Junebugs”—The Handsome Family
- “Spider’s House”—Califone
- “The Bug that Tried to Crawl Around the World”—Johnny Cash
- “Butterfly”—Bee Gees
- “Dragonfly”—Nahko
- “Fifi the Flea”—The Hollies
- “Throat Locust”—Tad
- “Fly Trouble”—Hank Williams
- “Exploding Anthills”—Boston Spaceships
- “Pure Bug Beauty”—Wilco
- “The Louse House at Kilkenny”—The Dubliners
- “Lady Bird”—Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
- “A Great Grey Grasshopper”—Ivor Cutler
- “Black Butterfly”—Laura Veirs
- “Dragonfly”—Strawbs
- “Total Fire Ant Control”—Master Program
- “Head Lice”—Razor Jane
- “Ladybug”—Desmond and the Tutus
- “The Bee Song”—Arthur Askey
- “As the Dragonfly Flies”—The Icicle Works
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