BDSMfreedom – Your BDSM Music Resource Base 

Music is an essential part of most of our lives. So, it doesn’t stop at BDSM. Actually, it could be a wonderful tool to notch up your BDSM play. In our article “BDSM Songs and The Ultimate Playlist for Your Scene,” we already gave a quick overview of two different types of BDSM-inspired music: tunes that explicitly mention BDSM and tracks that make great background music. This article provides more details and lyrics for mentioned track in the overview tables of the aforementioned blog. BDSMfreedom.me will become your base of musical resources for your intimate moments.

Songs Directly Related to BDSM

1. Bad Guy – Artist: Billie Eilish

Grammy Award-winning song that conveys the vulnerability and intensity that comes with submitting to someone else. 

BDSM practice: Submission

(I like it when you take control

Even if you know that you don’t

Own me, I’ll let you play the role

I’ll be your animal

My mommy likes to sing along with me

But she won’t sing this song

If she reads all the lyrics

She’ll pity the men I know)

Year of Release: 2019 Album: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

2. Cool And Unusual Punishment – Artist: Nofx

3. Control – Artist: Puddle of Mudd

An in-your-face assertion of BDSM dominance, with a focus on obedience

BDSM practice: Dominance, Bondage

(I love the way you look at me

I feel the pain you place inside

You lock me up inside your dirty cage

While I’m alone inside my mind

I like to teach you all the rules

I get to see them set in stone

I like it when you chain me to the bed

But then your secrets never show)

Year of Release: 2001 Album: Come Clean

 

 

4. Closer – Artist: Nine Inch Nails 

MTV award-winning hard rock song with an unapologetic look at BDSM as a dark indulgence of pleasure

BDSM practice: (Dominance) 

(You let me violate you

You let me desecrate you

You let me penetrate you

You let me complicate you)

Year of Release: 1994 Album: The Downward Spiral

5. Sadist Action – Artist: The Brainbombs

The track celebrates a thrilling and often adrenaline-fueled lifestyle with explicit descriptions of torture, pleasure, and pain. The heavily metaphorical language expresses a strong passion for domination and rough power play that seeps into the subconscious. 

6. Dominated Love Slave – Artist: Green Day

A song expressing a yearning for absolute submission while revealing the masochistic side of BDSM play. 

BDSM practice: Submission, Masochism

(Cause I love feelin’ dirty

And I love feelin’ cheap

And I love it when you hurt me

So drive those staples deep)

Year of Release: 1991 Album: Kerplunk

7. Pervert Nurse – Artist: D.I.

With a focus on sadism and masochism and an unerring eye on the excitement of ‘edgy’ sexual encounters, the singer takes the persona of a nurse with a propensity for perverse experiments. 

BDSM practice: Sadism and Masochism

(Shuttle down that alleyway.

Not much time to waste

Feel the pain inside.

Feel the pain inside.

Can’t you feel in burning?

Can’t you feel the pain?

Go ahead and give it to me.

It’s all the same.)

Year of Release: 1985 Album: Ancient Artifacts

8. Suburban Home –Artist: Descendents

A satirical look at BDSM as a form of escapism from the monotony of daily life. The lyrics illustrate a powerful longing for domination, with the protagonist yearning for someone to take control of the mundane.

BDSM practice: Masochism, Submission, Role Play

(I don’t want no hippie pad

I want a house just

Like mom and dad

I want to be stereotyped

I want to be classified

I want to be masochistic

I want to be a statistic

I want to be a clone

I want a suburban home

Suburban home

Suburban home

Suburban home)

Year of Release: 1982 Album: Milo Goes to College

9. Black leather – Artist: Sex Pistols

An exploration of BDSM dominance in a light-hearted way. The underlying message is that of subversive rebellion and power play. 

10. Bata Motel – Artist: Crass

The lyrics consist mainly of the singer’s musings on his sexual exploits. While the verses are playful, they also point to some of BDSM’s darker sides, such as manipulation and slavery. 

BDSM practice: Submission

(I’ve got five-four-three-two-one

I’ve got a red pair of high heels on

You can tumble me over, it doesn’t take much

Tumble me over, tumble me, push

In my red high heels I have no control

The rituals of repression are so old

You can do what you like, there’ll be no reprisal

I’m yours, yes I’m yours, it’s my means of survival)

Year of Release: 1981 Album: Penis Envy

11. Penguin in Bondage – Artist: Frank Zappa

A comedic rendition of a BDSM encounter with its play of words around the idea of a Penguin in Bondage. 

BDSM practice: Dominance, Bondage

(Just like a penguin in bondage, boy

Shake up the pale, dry ginger ale

Trembling like a penguin

When the battery fail

Lord, you must be havin’ her jumpin’ through a hoop of real fire

With some Kleenex wrapped around a coat hang wire

She’s just like a penguin in bondage, boy)

Year of Release: 1975 Album: The Muffin Man Goes To College (Live)

12. The Torture Never Stops – Artist: Frank Zappa 

A rock song with a sinister use of torture as a metaphor for longer-term BDSM control

BDSM practice: Dominance, Slavery

(In the room with the iron maiden

And the torture never stops, torture

Torture never stops

Torture never stops, torture

Torture never stops)

Year of Release: 1975 Album: The Muffin Man Goes To College (Live)

13. Dominance and Submission Artist: Blue Öyster Cult

The song is an ode to BDSM and its sensual nature. The lyrics highlight the thrill and power of utter control over another human being. 

BDSM practice: Dominance and Submission 

(In Times Square now people do the polka

Dominance! Submission. Radios appear.

This New Year’s Eve was the final barrier

Dominance! Submission. Radios appear.

We took you up and we put you in the back seat

Dominance! Submission. Radios appear.

From year to year we looked out for the venture

Dominance! Submission. Radios appear.)

Year of Release: 1974 Album: Secret Treaties

 

 

Great Background Music for your BDSM Scene 

Looking for some music to add more flavor to your BDSM scene? Check out our curated music collection to take you to another world and give you the perfect background atmosphere to get your kink on.

1. Whisper– Artist: Chase Rice 

A sultry, dream-like melody of entrapment and ambition, “Whisper” reflects an intimate moment between two kindred spirits. Its tranquility and silent potential can be appreciated by BDSM partners during intimate bed bondage scenes. 

Best for: Night bed bondage

(With a whisper tonight (tell me baby)

These thoughts that no one else should hear

Cut through my lips, dance in your ear

‘Til light (baby, come dance)

Comes burning through that windowpane

Your hair’s painting that pillow case)

Year of Release: 2016 Album: Whisper

2. Ride – Artist: Chase Rice 

A perfect soundtrack to an intimate bondage session, Chase Rice’s “Ride” is an up-tempo and upbeat record with a steady tempo and a positive attitude. The song speaks of a solid physical connection between two partners and a slow and sensual exploration of their desires.

Best for: Light bondage play

(Take off those heels, lay on my bed

Whisper dirty secrets while I’m pulling on your hair

Poison in our veins but we don’t even care

Candles dripping on your body, baby this ain’t truth or dare

Everybody wonders where we run off to

My body on your body baby sticking like some glue

Naughty, let’s get naughty girl, it’s only one or two

The fever’s running, feel the heat between us too)

Year of Release: 2014 Album: Ignite the Night

3. Sweet Sour – Artist: Band of Skulls 

Vibrant and intense, this song begins with heavy guitar riffs and lyrics in the style of “over-the-top” declarations of dominance and submission. It perfectly captures the psychological aspects of BDSM, such as boundaries, playfulness and trust between partners. 

Best for: Bondage or impact play

(Take you by the hand and feed you

Do you really feel the need to talk about it

Now you’re fighting for your corner

Sayin’ that you oughta laugh about it

You should get a little braver

Do us all a favor, shout about it

Sweet sour

Sweet sour

Sweet sour)

Year of Release: 2012 Album: Sweet Sour

4. Pain – Artists: Three Days Grace

This incredibly powerful song speaks about accepting and conquering the pain that comes our way. It narrates the idea of learning to find strength in pain and understanding it as a part of life. 

Best for: Sadomasochistic play

 (Pain without love

Pain, I can’t get enough

Pain, I like it rough

‘Cause I’d rather feel pain than nothing at all)

Year of Release: 2006 Album: One-X

5. Strip the Soul – Artist: Porcupine Tree 

A sinister track that paints the aural sensation of an ongoing soul-shaking experience. The lyrics tell a story of transformation, domination and becoming something else entirely, leading to a mysterious and captivating climax. 

Best for: Device Bondage

(This machine

Is there to please

Strip the soul

Fill the hole

A fire to feed

A belt to bleed

Strip the soul

Kill them all)

Year of Release: 2002 Album: In Absentia

6. Freaks – Artist: Marillion

Best for: Power play

Freaks is a powerful tune that speaks of the raw, hungry and naughty of BDSM. The lyrics evoke a carnally charged and alluring atmosphere perfect for any tantalizing power play and unforgettable scenes.

(Have you ever met a lady, screaming angst potential?

Have you ever dreamed of romance, no matter how experimental?

Have you ever felt an alien drifting back into your hometown?

Did you think you were buying safety

When you bought that piece of ground?)

Year of Release: 1988 Album: B’Sides Themselves

7. The Way You Make Me Feel – Artist: Michael Jackson

This MTV video music award song has an exhilarating call-and-response lyric of pleasure, teasing and promise. It emphasizes building a solid connection between two partners.

Best for: BDSM role play

(The way you make me feel (The way you make me feel)

You really turn me on (You really turn me on)

You knock me off of my feet now, baby (You knock me off of my feet)

My lonely days are gone (My lonely days are gone))

Year of Release: 1987 Album: Bad

8. Whips and Furs – Artist: The Vibrators 

A finger-snapping track, Whips and Furs sets a mysterious yet inviting atmosphere. Layering in a heavy synth bass line and spaced-out guitars, the song captures the intense sensations and extreme pleasure of an intense BDSM scene. 

9. Bend Me, Shape Me – Artist: Amen Corner

This powerful and hard-hitting song is about a person’s volition to be owned and controlled by someone else. The song reflects the thrilling intensity that BDSM-themed role-play can bring.

Best for: Master-slave play

(Bend me, shape me

Anyway you want me

Long as you love me, it’s all right

Bend me, shape me

Anyway you want me

You’ve got the power to turn on the light)

Year of Release: 1967 Album: Bend Me, Shape Me

10. Venus In Furs – Artist: The Velvet Underground 

This classic rock song perfectly captures the essence of dominance and submission. It emphasizes the pleasurable pain and sensations experienced when surrendering to pleasure.

Best for: Master-slave play 

(Severin’, severin’, speak so slightly

Severin’, down on your bended knee

Taste the whip, in love not given lightly

Taste the whip, now plead for me)

Year of Release: 1967 Album: The Velvet Underground & Nico

11. Let’s Twist Again – Artist: Chubby Checker

This catchy twist anthem is perfect for giving your partner a good rhythm as you indulge in rope bondage and suspension play. The cheerful vibe will help the Top and bottom gain more trust and security in the space they’ve created.

Best for: Suspension and rope bondage

(Round ‘n around ‘n up ‘n down we go again

Oh baby make me know you love me so and then

Twist again like we did last summer

Come on twist again, like we did last year

(Twist, yow)

Who’s that, flyin’ up there?

Is it a bird? No

Is it a plane? No

Is it the twister? Yeah)

Year of Release: 1961

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