'Locked Up' by Akon - Akon has actually done time behind bars, and this song is about his imprisonment. "'Cause I'm locked up (they won't let me out)."
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'Jailhouse Rock' by Elvis Presley - Perhaps one of the most famous (and danceable) songs about being locked up, 'Jailhouse Rock' is a upbeat and really fun tune.
'Hurricane' by Bob Dylan - This Dylan track is about the tragic life story of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who was wrongly convicted of murder.
'Band on the Run' by Paul McCartney & Wings - This 1974 song has the former Beatle singing "Stuck inside these four walls / Sent inside forever / Never seeing no one."
'Fish in the Jailhouse' by Tom Waits - This Tom Waits song introduced us to inmates Peoria Johnson and Dirty Ol' Joe, and their plan of escaping jail using a fishbone.
'Murder Was the Case' by Snoop Dogg - This 1993 gangsta rap anthem, produced by Dr. Dre, mentions a trip to Chino, where the California Institution for Men is located.
'Rusty Cage' by Soundgarden - "I'm gonna break my rusty cage and run," sang Chris Cornell in 1991.
'Prison Song' by System of a Down - This song heavily criticizes the prison system and how the drug on wars failed.
'Ol' Red' by Blake Shelton - This song tells the tale of an inmate who befriends a warden and his dog.
'Billy Austin' by Steve Earle & The Dukes - Billy Austin is the narrator that tells his life story in this song, and how he ended up behind bars on death row.