History Main / RockstarSong

* Music/{{Rihanna}} (in a more pop setting) has 'Rockstar 101.'

* Music/{{Boston}} - "Rock & Roll Band", which is basically the story of the band's rise to fame.

See also AntiChristmasSong, AntiLoveSong, BreakupSong, ObsessionSong, and various others for other commonly used musical themes. Compare HeavyMeta. Contrast CreatorBreakdown. SisterTrope to WriteWhoYouKnow.

* ''Series/BigTimeRush'' have the popstar song "Famous," which, while ostensibly asking "do you want to be famous?" basically says "look at us, we are famous."

* The BeastieBoys' "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" is about the stress and exhilaration of touring.
* RunDMC's "It's Tricky" and "Can You Rock It Like This" present the rap star version.

* Unsurprisingly, there are some country equivalents of this. "Crazy Town" by Music/JasonAldean (referring to Nashville), "Neon Rainbow" by Music/AlanJackson, "Honkytonk U" by Music/TobyKeith, "Start a Band" by Music/BradPaisley and Music/KeithUrban.
** Also "Easy Money" and "Celebrity" by Music/BradPaisley

* "A Showman's Life," by Jesse Winchester and later covered by Gary Allan and Music/GeorgeStrait, is a wistful look at how stardom is more than just the fun stuff everybody talks about.

* Music/DireStraits' classic "Money For Nothing" from ''Music/BrothersInArms'' is a song about being a rock star, from the point of view of someone who is not a rock star - a furniture hauler who imagines musical stardom as the easy life.

* The album ''Being There'' By Wilco is chock full of these, but especially "Hotel Arizona"

* "It's Electric" by Diamond Head, which was pretty faithfully covered by Metallica.

* "Take the Long Way Home" by Music/{{Supertramp}}, which has a [[JourneyToFindOneself spiritual]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic double meaning]].

* The Tragically Hip's "Family Band" and "Escape is at Hand".

* "La La Land" by DemiLovato.

* Music/GreenDay - "Rock N' Roll Girlfriend"

* "Takin' Care of Business" by Bachman Turner Overdrive.

* A vast majority of the songs sung by the fictional HannahMontana fit this trope (although they were mostly about being a ''secret'' Rockstar, in the loosest meaning of the word) but some examples are "Rockstar", "Old Blue Jeans", "The Good Life", "Mixed Up", "Just A Girl", "Supergirl" and "Ordinary Girl".

* "Top of the Pops" and "The Moneygoround," by TheKinks, both on the same album. The first is about the exhilaration of getting a number-one hit; the second is a TakeThat against [[ExecutiveMeddling money-grubbing]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive executives]].

* Music/TenCC's ''The Worst Band In The World'' is about an indifferent group who suddenly become famous...

* "So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star" by Music/TheByrds, which tells you to "Just get an electric guitar and take some time and learn how to play". It was written as a sarcastic swipe against the success of Music/TheMonkees and their "manufactured" nature.

* "Take The Long Way Home" by Music/{{Supertramp}}, which has a [[JourneyToFindOneself spiritual]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic double meaning]].

* "We Are The Roadcrew" from ''Music/AceOfSpades'' by Music/{{Motorhead}}. Takes a look at some of the joys, and perils, of life on the road.

** From earlier in their career, "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (the B-side of the "Satisfaction" single) mines this territory.

* Music/TheRollingStones "It's Only Rock 'n'Roll' ("but I like it.") from ''It's Only Rock and Roll''

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* The Music/BarenakedLadies have a bunch of these, including "Celebrity," "Box Set," "New Kid (on the Block)" and a number more where themes of celebrity & rockstardom are touched upon. It's a pretty major theme throughout their album "Everything to Everyone." Interestingly, a number of the songs are clearly not about the Ladies themselves - [[NewKidsOnTheBlock New Kid (on the Block)]], for example, is sung from the perspective of a member of that band.

* The ''Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival'' song "Lodi" is a song about a traveling singer who got a gig playing in Lodi [[note]]A small agricultural town in California]] and found himself stuck there because he couldn't afford bus or train fare to leave. He resorts to playing local bars and the like, hoping to get "a dollar for every song I've sung" so he can go home.

* The ''Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival'' song "Lodi" is a song about a traveling singer who got a gig playing in Lodi [[note]]A small agricultural town in California]] and found himself stuck there because he couldn't afford bus or train fare to leave. He resorts to playing local bars and the like,hoping to get "a dollar for every song I've sung" so he can go home.