"Burnin' for You" is a hit song by American hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, from their Platinum Fire of Unknown Origin album, released in 1981.

It hit #1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart, and the single spent three weeks in the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was aided by a popular early MTV music video. The song, like BOC's other hit songs "Godzilla" and "(Don't Fear) The Reaper", was sung by guitarist Buck Dharma, who also co-wrote the song.

The song was on the 2001 Clear Channel memorandum list of deemed "lyrically questionable" songs after 9/11.

The song has been used prominently in a number of media.

The main character, Owen, in the film Let Me In listens to the song.

The song plays prominently and to comedic affect when in the the 15th episode of the seventh season in the sitcom How I met your mother.