It seems music has an answer for every taste, mood, and emotion. BDSM is certainly no exception to the rule. So we countdown 25 BDSM songs for the naughty.

It’s debatable whether the movie 50 Shades of Grey is responsible for the sudden surge in BDSM popular interest, or whether it was always going on behind closed doors, and now people feel more free to talk about it. Make no bones about it though: Bondage, Domination, Sadism, and Masochism ARE the new vanilla. At every twist and turn, in every area of life and in every medium, it appears BDSM has slowly but surely become a normal part of our lives. Including BDSM songs!

25 BDSM songs to get your naughty on

So, to celebrate the coming of age of a pursuit once viewed as firmly belonging to the more extreme fringes of society. And also provide a pertinent playlist to use as background music for your own indulgences, here follows a list of 25 BDSM songs replete with musician, song name, and a couple of lines to give you a taste of the content.

#1 Velvet Underground: Venus in Furs

“Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather; Whiplash girl child in the dark,
Comes in bells, your servant, don’t forsake him; Strike dear mistress and cure his heart.”

#2 Lady Gaga: Teeth

“Take a bite of my bad girl meat, Bad girl meat, Take a bite of me,
Show me your teeth, Let me see, you’re mean.”

#3 Puddle of Mud: Control

“I love the way you look at me, I feel the pain you place inside,
You lock me up inside ya dirty cage, While I’m alone inside my mind.”

#4 Adam Lambert: For Your Entertainment

“Oh, do you know what you got into? Can you handle what I’m ’bout to do?
‘Cause it’s about to get rough for you, I’m here for your entertainment.”

#5 Manowar: Pleasure Slave

“Before her surrender she had no life, Now she’s a slave not a wife,
Her only sorrow is for women who live with lies, She’s taken off her disguise.”

#6 Madonna: Erotica

“Once you put your hand in the flame, You can never be the same,
There’s a certain satisfaction, In a little bit of pain.”

#7 Guns and Roses: Pretty Tied Up

“I know this chick, she lives down on Melrose, She ain’t satisfied without some pain,
Friday night is goin’ up inside her again, Well crack the whip ’cause that bitch is just insane.”

#8 Rihanna: S&M

“Cause I may be bad, But I’m perfectly good at it, Sex in the air, I don’t care, I love the smell of it,
Sticks and stones, May break my bones, But chains and whips excite me.”

#9 Nickelback: Figured You Out

“I love the way you pass the check, And I love the good times that you wreck, And I love your lack of self-respect, While you’re passed out on the deck, I love my hands around your neck.”

#10 Recoil: Breath Control

“It’s been fine so far but after a while I want more than a soft style.
I want some slashes to go with those long eyelashes.”

#11 The Misfits: Devil’s Whorehouse

“This is the devil’s whorehouse, Night time for beating backs,
Said this is the devil’s whorehouse, Night time for midnight masses.”

#12 Boondox: Freak Bitch

“The sins of the flesh a fascination with death, While suffocating ya breath,
It’s torture mixed with sex, I wanna get you undressed and lick the Blood from ya chest.”

#13 Blue Oyster Cult: Dominance and Submission

“Each night, the covers were unfolded, Each night it’s Susy’s turn to ride,
While Charles, the one they call her brother, Covers on his eyes, murmurs in the background.”

#14 That Dog: Gagged and Tied

“And I don’t care if you don’t treat me like a lady, And I don’t care just sit there and don’t disobey me, Mistress never tells a lie, Would you love me gagged and tied?”

#15 Nine Inch Nails: Closer

“You let me violate you, You let me desecrate you,
You let me penetrate you, You let me complicate you.”

#16 Blood on the Dance Floor: Call Me Master

“I’m dominant by definition, I’m turned on by your submission,
The dark side is how we’ve been living, Let me show you what you’ve been missing.”

#17 Marduk: Obedience

“Dominated, humiliated, hear my command
immobilized, tranquilized, obey my demand.”

#18 Green Day: Blood, Sex and Booze

“Well I’m in distress, oh mistress I confess so do it one more time, These handcuffs are too tight well you know I will obey, So please don’t make me beg, For blood, sex and booze.”

#19 Depeche Mode: Master and Servant

“Domination’s the name of the game, In bed or in life they’re both just the same
Except in one you’re fulfilled, At the end of the day.”

#20 Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio: Let Me Show You All The Secrets Of The Pleasure Garden.

“I will dress you in constraints, with the promises of pain, let me show you what I can,
I will tie you to a chair, kiss your neck and pull you hair, let me show you who I am.”

#21 Green Day: Dominated Love Slave

“I wanna be your dominated love slave, I wanna be the one who takes the pain
You can spank me when I do not behave, Whack me in the forehead with a chain.”

#22 Blitzkid: She dominates

“Seduction places me in line, revealed to a submissive side,
A crack of her whip is fine, latex rubber and blind eyes.”

#23 Samhain: Human Pony Girl

“I am your power and your pain, I’ll make you gallop at my pace, Human pony girl
I am the monkey on your back, And we’re going for a ride home, Human pony girl.”

#24 Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams

“Some of them want to use you, Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you, Some of them want to be abused.”

#25 Depeche Mode: In Your Room

“Will you let the morning come, Or will you leave me lying here? In your favorite darkness
Your favorite half-light, Your favorite consciousness, Your favorite slave.”

So if you’re looking to set the mood for your own BDSM soiree, then look no further than the music playlist above. From whips and chains to screams and pains–it’s all here!