231 Easy Songs To Play on Drums

Extracted from the book Pegada Drum Method, this is a list of beginner drum songs that my beginner and intermediate level students have played, roughly in the order I teach them.
Updated: February 2025

231 Easy Songs to Play on the Drum Kit

We Will Rock You – Queen
Beat Of The Drum – Banana Park Music
Stadium Rock – Adrian Hallam
Do I Wanna Know - Arctic Monkeys
Green Onions – Booker T. & the M.G.’s
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
Purple Rain - Prince
Friends Will Be Friends – Queen
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Shine - Take That
Again – Lenny Kravitz
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd
The Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys
Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA
More Than A Woman - Bee Gees
Another One Bites The Dust – Queen
Hang On To Your Love – Sade
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
High - Lighthouse Family
Urgent - Foreigner
I Want To Break Free – Queen
I’ll Be Waiting – Lenny Kravitz
Beverly Hills - Wezeer
If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow
Weather With You - Crowded House
No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
Brass In Pocket – The Pretenders
Peter Gunn Theme
I Am The Highway – Audioslave
Like A Stone – Audioslave

Tangled Up – Caro Emerald
Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles
Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
I'm Still Standing - Elton John
Bad Moon Rising – CCR
Don’t Get Me Wrong – The Pretenders
Everybody Needs Somebody – The Blue Brothers
Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Everytime You Cry – Human Nature
Yellow – Coldplay
Heathens – Twenty One Pilots
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lock Me Up – The Cab
Hella Good - No Doubt
Miss You - The Rolling Stones
She Will Be Loved – Maroon 5
DNA - Thirsty Merc
Mind - Talking Heads
Gold Lion - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Treasure – Bruno Mars
This Kiss – Faith Hill
Wouldn't It Be Good - Nik Kershaw
My Favourite Mistake - Sheryl Crow
Still In Love With You – Dragon
Shine – Shannon Noll
Raspberry Beret - Prince
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Every Breath You Take – The Police
Thorn In My Side – Eurythmics


It’s My Life – Bon Jovi
Hotel California – Eagles
Sing For Absolution - Muse
One Of Us - Joan Osborne
Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
Give Me The Night - George Benson
Ladies Night – Kool and the Gang
Celebration – Kool and the Gang
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cindy Lauper
Rolling In The Deep – Adele
Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
Classic – MKTO
Zombie - The Cranberries
Highway To Hell – AC/DC
Who Made Who – AC/DC
Fool – Donavon Frankenreiter
Little Lies – Fleetwood Mac
House Of Fun – Madness
Island In The Sun - Weezer
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
My Number - Foals
Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
Clocks - Colsplay
Say It Ain’t So - Weezer
Down Under – Man At Work
By Your Side – Donavon Frankenreiter
How You Remind Me – Nickelback
Who Can It Be Now - Men at Work
Need You Tonight – INXS
Starlight - Muse


Monkey Gone To Heaven – Pixies
In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins
It’s A Mistake – Man At Work
Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day
I Hate Myself For Loving You – Joan Jett
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson
I Love The Nightlife – Alicia Bridges
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Smooth Operator – Sade
Losing My Religion – R.E.M.
Back In Black – AC/DC
Love Foolosophy – Jamiroquai
Material Girl – Madonna
I Try – Macy Gray
Sowing The Seeds Of Love – Tears For Fears
Pink - Aerosmith
One Headlight – The Wallflowers
Whatsername - Green Day
Come As You Are - Nirvana
And She Was - Talking Heads
Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go-Go's
New Sensation – INXS
When Tomorrow Comes – Eurythmics
She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult
Follow You Down – Gin Blossoms
Perfect Strangers – Deep Purple
Get Stupid – Aston Merrygold
Sugar – Maroon 5
I Love Rock ’n Roll – Joan Jett


I Love It Loud – Kiss
It’s A Long Way To The Top – AC/DC
Ich Will – Rammstein
Get The Party Started – Pink
Walking On The Sun – Smash Mouth
Abracadabra – Sugar Ray
Nutbush City Limits – Tina Turner
I’m A Believer – The Monkees
Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
Make It Wit Chu – Queens of the Stone Age
April Sun In Cuba – Dragon
Live Forever – Oasis
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Fallin' - Alicia Keys
Something To Talk About – Badly Drawn Boy
The Maestro – Caro Emerald
Hold On - Alabama Shakes
Count On Me – Bruno Mars
Do Do Do De Da Da Da – The Police
Did It All For Love – Phenomena II
Wild Life - Talking Heads
Dakota – Stereophonics
Echo Beach – Martha & The Muffins
Funky Town – Pseudo Echo
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
You Make Loving Fun – Fleetwood
Starlight – Muse
Green River – CCR
Stay – Oingo Boingo


Rumour Has It - Adele
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica
Hail to the King - Avenged Sevenfold
Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
Harder To Breath – Maroon 5
I Don’t Want To Grow Up – Ramones
I Will Follow – U2
Rain – Dragon
Got my Mind Set On You – George Harrison
Love Shack – B52’s
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels
Help! – Beatles
I Saw Her Standing There – Beatles
I Wanna Hold Your Hand – Beatles
Butterfly – Donavon Frankenreiter
If Looks Could Kill – Heart
Paradise City – Guns ’n’ Roses
Who Knew – Pink
Bad Case Of Loving You - Robert Palmer
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
No More Tears – Ozzy Osbourne
Rockin' In The Free World – Neil Young
Livin’ on a Prayer – Bon Jovi
Corazon Espinado - Santana
Man Alive – Johnny Diesel
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Cake
Buck Rogers – Feeder
To The Moon And Back – Savage Garden
Crazy – Gnarles Barkley


All Star - Smash Mouth
Come With Me Now – Kongos
Counting Stars – OneReplublic
Get Lucky – Draft Punk
Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue
Hot ’n Cold – Katy Perry
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Disco Inferno – Tina Turner
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
Let’s Get Loud – Jennifer Lopez
Beer Never Broke My Heart - Luke Combs
Wonderwall - Oasis
What I’ve Done – Linkin Park
Listen To The Music – Doobie Brothers
Hard To Handle - The Black Crowes
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers
Beautiful – Marillion
Thank You – Dido
Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars
Rock With You – Michael Jackson
The Way You Make Me Feel – M. Jackson
Bad – Michael Jackson
Happy – Pharrell Williams
Man In The Box – Alice In Chains
Close To Me – The Cure
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – Wham!
La Bamba - Los Lobos
All the Small Things – Blink 182
Cry In Shame – Johnny Diesel


Desert Walk – Deep Forest
Mambo #5 – Lou Bega
Song 2 – Blur
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
Are you Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz
Dancing In The Moonlight – Toploader
Don’t Wanna Fight – Alabama Shakes
Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Give Up The Funk - Parliament
Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots
21 Guns - Green Day
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
The Unforgiven - Metallica
Enter Sandman – Metallica
Misirlou - Dick Dale
Mexicola - Queens Of The Stone Age
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns And Roses
One Day - Twilight Aura
Watching the Sky - Twilight Aura

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