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Animal rights has been a subject of both popular and independent music since the 1970s.[1] Paul McCartney has cited John Lennon's Bungalow Bill, released in 1968, as among the first animal rights songs.[2] The Smiths' 1985 Meat is Murder was likely the first pop song to use its title slogan, which was referenced by later songwriters.[3]

List of songs about animal rights

Song Artist Album Themes Year Language Ref.
"A Life Embossed" Protest the Hero Volition Opposition to legislations against specific dog breeds 2013 English [4]
"Acà toro" Punkreas Paranoia e potere Anti-bullfighting 1995 Italian [5]
"Animal Grace" Laura Nyro Angel in the Dark Animal rights 2001 English [6]
"Animal Kingdom" Prince The Truth Veganism 1998 English [7][8]
"Animal Liberation" Los Fastidios Guardo avanti Anti-animal testing, direct action 2001 Italian and English [9][10]
"Beat the Meat" Good Clean Fun On the Streets Saving the Scene From the Forces of Evil Vegetarianism 2000 English [11]
"Behind the Mask" Goldfinger Disconnection Notice Animal rights activism, veganism 2005 English [12]
"Blood Sports" The Style Council "Walls Come Tumbling Down!" Anti-hunting, anti-animal blood sports 1985 English [13]
"Civilized Man" Shelter Mantra Vegetarianism 1995 English [14]
"Clams Have Feelings Too (Actually They Don't)" NOFX Pump Up the Valuum Vegetarianism, ethics of eating seafood 2000 English [11][15]
"Consume & Kill" Manliftingbanner Ten Inches That Shook the World Vegetarianism 1992 English and French [16]
"Cow" Linda McCartney and Carla Lane Wide Prairie Vegetarianism 1998 English [17]
"Cruel Circus" The Colourfield Virgins and Philistines Opposition to animal acts in circuses, anti-trophy hunting, anti-animal testing 1985 English [18][19]
"Cruelty Free" Los Fastidios Siempre contra Anti-animal testing 2004 Italian and English [9]
"Death Camps" Cro-Mags Best Wishes Vegetarianism 1989 English [14]
"Don't Kill the Whale" Yes Tormato Anti-whaling 1978 English [20][21]
"FTN" Goldfinger Open Your Eyes Criticism of celebrities promoting the killing of animals 2002 English [22]
"Human(e) Meat (The Flensing of Sandor Katz)" Propagandhi Supporting Caste Hypocrisy of ethical meat eating 2009 English [23]
"I Don't Eat Animals" Melanie Safka Leftover Wine Vegetarianism 1970 English [24]
"Looking for Changes" Paul McCartney Off the Ground Anti-animal testing 1993 English [25]
"Long Leather Coat" Paul McCartney "Hope of Deliverance" Anti-fur/leather 1992 English [25]
"No Longer Human" Fall of Efrafa Owsla Veganism 2006 English [3]
"Now You've Put Your Foot In It" Conflict Now You've Put Your Foot In It EP Criticism of the cattle culls following the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak 2001 English [26]
"Pig in a Blanket" Rudimentary Peni Death Church Vegetarianism 1983 English [27]
"Potemkin City Limits" Propagandhi Supporting Caste Anti-animal husbandry, animal consciousness 2009 English [28]
"Real Food" MDC Shades of Brown Vegetarianism 1993 English [29]
"San Fermín" Attaque 77 Amén! Anti-bullfighting 1995 Spanish [5]
"Save the Whales!" Country Joe McDonald Paradise With an Ocean View Anti-modern whaling 1975 English [30]
"Show Us You Care" Icons of Filth Onward Christian Soldiers Anti-animal testing 1984 English [31]
"Shut Up Already" NOFX Liberal Animation Anti-animal rights activism 1988 English [3]
"Skin" Siouxsie and the Banshees Kaleidoscope Anti-fur/leather 1980 English [32]
"Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky" Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go Anti-zoos 1996 English [33]
"Song of the World's Last Whale" Pete Seeger At 89 Anti-whaling 1970[nb 1] English [35]
"The Bullfighter Dies" Morrisey World Peace Is None of Your Business Anti-bullfighting 2014 English [36]
"The Last Leviathan" Sheena Wellington Kerelaw Anti-whaling 1986 English [37]
"This Is It" Vegan Reich Hardline Hardline 1990 English [38]
"To the Last Whale..." Crosby & Nash Wind on the Water Anti-whaling 1975 English [1]
"Unjustified Murder" Dropdead Dropdead Anti-animal testing, direct action 1993 English [14]
"Vergüenza" Ska-P Planeta Eskoria Anti-bullfighting 2000 Spanish [5]
"Wild Life" Paul McCartney and Wings Wild Life Opposition to anthropization that affects wildlife 1971 English [25]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Pete Seeger composed "Song of the World's Last Whale" in 1970 and played it live, but did not officially record it until the album At 89 of 2008.[34]

References

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  2. ^ Rowley, D. (2013). All Together Now: The abc of the Beatles songs and albums. Troubador Publishing Limited. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-78088-680-0. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
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  7. ^ Perone, J.E. (2008). The Words and Music of Prince. Praege. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-275-99474-7. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
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  18. ^ Spotnitz, Frank (7 February 1986). "The Colour Field Exploits `60s Sound". Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
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  20. ^ Rothenberg, David (2010). Thousand-Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound. Basic Books. pp. 49–50. ISBN 1458759245. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
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  22. ^ Parmar, Priya; II, Anthony J. Nocella; Robertson, Scott; Diaz, Martha (2014). Rebel Music: Resistance through Hip Hop and Punk. IAP. p. 94. ISBN 9781623969110.
  23. ^ Bell, Kathleen (5 March 2009). "Propagandhi: Still Angry, Still Screaming". See Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
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  25. ^ a b c Martinelli, Dario (2017). Give Peace a Chant: Popular Music, Politics and Social Protest. Springer. ISBN 9783319505381.
  26. ^ Glasper, Ian (2014). The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980–1984. PM Press. ISBN 9781604865165.
  27. ^ Horton, Ross (19 May 2014). "Rudimentary Peni - Death Church [Reissue]". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ Parmar, Priya; II, Anthony J. Nocella; Robertson, Scott; Diaz, Martha (2014). Rebel Music: Resistance through Hip Hop and Punk. IAP. p. 94. ISBN 9781623969110.
  29. ^ Bynoe, Sara (6 March 2018). "How a Punk Rap Turned me Veg". Medium. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  30. ^ Bronner, Simon J. (1 December 2009). "Taking Aim". Killing Tradition: Inside Hunting and Animal Rights Controversies. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813138604. Retrieved 27 July 2018. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  31. ^ Glasper, Ian (2006). The Day the Country Died. Cherry Red Books. p. 250. ISBN 1901447707. [...] every track is an essential listen, with the highlight for this writer being 'Show Us You Care', surely one of the most potent - and poignant - anti- vivisection songs.
  32. ^ Simonson, Peter (2001). "Social noise and segmented rhythms: News, entertainment, and celebrity in the crusade for animal rights". The Communication Review. 4 (3): 399–420. doi:10.1080/10714420109359476. ISSN 1071-4421.
  33. ^ Nelson, Alex (20 May 2016). "EVERYTHING MUST GO: 20 THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MANIC STREET PREACHERS CLASSIC". Wow247.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  34. ^ Aberbach, Katie (7 May 2008). "Ocean of Sound: David Rothenberg". The Washington Post. Retrieved 29 July 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  35. ^ Kerr, Amy (28 January 2014). "Thank You Pete Seeger". Ocean Alliance. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  36. ^ Grow, Kory (16 July 2014). "Morrissey Explains Animal Rights Song 'The Bullfighter Dies'". RollingStone. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
  37. ^ "The Last of the Great Whales / The Last Leviathan". Mainlynorfolk.info. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  38. ^ Pieslak, Jonathan (March 2014). "The Music Cultures of Radical Environmental and Animal-Rights Activism (REARA)". Exit-Deutschland. ISSN 2196-8136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2018. {{cite magazine}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |publicationdate= ignored (|publication-date= suggested) (help)
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