# The 31 Best Screams in Music History

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-31-best-screams-in-music-history/
- Published: 2026-10-26T16:00:49+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T16:50:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Rolling Stone
- Original article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-screams-in-music-history-1235635994/
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Music, World

## Key points

- A ranking celebrates 31 memorable vocal outbursts.
- The selections span genres from punk to funk and metal.
- Some screams are fleeting; one stretches beyond two minutes.

## Summary

The article ranks 31 standout screams in music, spanning classic rock, punk, funk, emo and metal. It focuses on brief vocal moments rather than whole songs, celebrating how singers use screams to convey rage, fear, heartbreak and exhilaration.

Examples include Black Francis’s sustained shrieking on the Pixies’ “Rock Music”, Joe Strummer’s cackling call in the Clash’s “London Calling”, and Donald Glover’s soulful falsetto on “Redbone”. The selection also highlights Karly Hartzman’s more than two-minute wail on Wednesday’s “Bull Believer” and Serj Tankian’s climactic cry on System of a Down’s “Chop Suey!”

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