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Some anti-war songs lament some aspects of war, while others satirize war. Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole. Many of these songs are considered protest songs, and some have been embraced by war-weary people, various peace movements, and peace activists.
Contents
- 1 General peace
- 2 American Civil War
- 3 World War I
- 4 Mexican–American War
- 5 Spanish Civil War
- 6 Spanish–American War
- 7 American Indian Wars
- 8 World War II
- 9 Korean War
- 10 Vietnam War era
- 11 Vietnam War era: Kent State shootings
- 12 Dominican Republic
- 13 The Troubles of Northern Ireland
- 14 Anti-draft
- 15 Cold War/nuclear annihilation
- 16 Philippine–American War
- 17 Turkish invasion of Cyprus
- 18 Falklands War
- 19 Contras, Latin America
- 20 Yugoslav Wars
- 21 Gulf War(s), Iraq, 9/11, and the War on Terror
- 22 General Middle East
- 23 Traditional music
- 24 See also
- 25 References
- 26 External links
General peace[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | '1916' | Motörhead |
| 1966 | "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 2016 | "A Matter of Habit" | Moddi |
| 2008 | "The Price of a Mile" | Sabaton |
| 1989 | "Alleluia, the Great Storm Is Over" | John McCutcheon |
| 2004 | "All These Things That I've Done" | The Killers |
| 2003 | "Amerika the Brutal" | Six Feet Under |
| 1988 | "Another Part of Me" | Michael Jackson |
| 1980 | "Army Dreamers" | Kate Bush |
| 2005 | "BYOB" | System of a Down |
| 1974 | "Billy Don't Be a Hero" | Paper Lace, Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods |
| 1980 | "Generals and Majors" | XTC |
| 2011 | "Bleed Red" | Ronnie Dunn |
| 1963 | "Blowin' in the Wind" | Bob Dylan |
| 1980 | "Bombs Away" | The Police |
| 2003 | "Boom!" | System of a Down |
| 1996 | "Bulls on Parade" | Rage Against the Machine |
| 1992 | "Campo de Batalha" | Edson Gomes |
| 2014 | "Candyland" | Tabitha Elkins[1] |
| 1981 | "Can You Feel It" | The Jacksons |
| 2004 | "Captured" | Malevolent Creation |
| 2012 | "Cease Fire" | Christina Aguilera |
| 1990 | "Civil War" | Guns N' Roses |
| 1969 | "Cranes" (Журавли́) | Rasul Gamzatov / Yan Frenkel / Mark Bernes |
| 1975 | "Den vita duvan" | Mats Rådberg |
| 1954 | "Le Déserteur" | Boris Vian |
| 1986 | "Disposable Heroes" | Metallica |
| 2016 | "Divide And Conquer" | Epica |
| 1987 | "The Dogs of War" | Pink Floyd |
| 1980 | "Don't Shoot!" (Не стреляй!)[2] | DDT |
| 1965 | "Eve of Destruction" | Barry McGuire |
| 2007 | "Faces of War" | Black Majesty |
| 1969 | "The Fiddle and the Drum" | Joni Mitchell |
| 1995 | "Foggy Dew" | Sinéad O'Connor |
| 2015 | "For Peace" | Lionder |
| 2006 | "For the Greater Good of God" | Iron Maiden |
| 1984 | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | Metallica |
| 1969 | "Fortunate Son" | Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| 1980 | "Games Without Frontiers" | Peter Gabriel |
| 1974 | "The Gates of Delirium" | Yes |
| 1998 | "The General" | Dispatch |
| 2017 | "Coachella - Woodstock in My Mind" | Lana Del Rey |
| 2004 | "The Ghost of You" | My Chemical Romance |
| 1973 | "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" | George Harrison |
| 1969 | "Give Peace a Chance" | Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon |
| 2002 | "Going Down in Flames" | 3 Doors Down |
| 1962 | "La Guerre de 14–18" | Georges Brassens |
| 1987 | "Gun Shy" | 10,000 Maniacs |
| 1983 | "The Gunner's Dream" | Pink Floyd |
| 2007 | "Gunslinger" | Avenged Sevenfold |
| 2010 | "Half a World Away" | Joe Cerisano |
| 1984 | "Hammer to Fall" | Queen |
| 2008 | "Handlebars" | Flobots |
| 1971 | "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Plastic Ono Band |
| 2010 | "Harmony" | Never Shout Never |
| 1969 | "Harold Land" | Yes |
| 1991 | "Heal the World" | Michael Jackson |
| 2008 | "Hero of War" | Rise Against |
| 2007 | "Heroes and Martyrs" | Bad Religion |
| 1995 | "HIStory" | Michael Jackson |
| 2010 | "Holy War" | Asia |
| 2006 | "Hymn for the Dead" | Anti-Flag |
| 1987 | "Gods of War" | Def Leppard |
| 1965 | "I Ain't Marching Anymore" | Phil Ochs |
| 1987 | "I Don't Want to Be a Hero" | Johnny Hates Jazz |
| 2012 | "I Drive Your Truck" | Lee Brice |
| 1984 | "I Hope You Get Drafted" | The Dicks |
| 1982 | "I Love a Man in a Uniform" | Gang of Four |
| 1975 | "I Wish You Peace" | Eagles |
| 1967 | "If I Can Dream" | Elvis Presley |
| 2006 | "Il Nostro Sogno (Our Dream)" | Alfio |
| 1971 | "Imagine" | John Lennon |
| 2011 | "Imagine" | Siavash Ghomayshi |
| 1995 | "In Our Garden" | Naomi Shemer |
| 2001 | "The Lost Children" | Michael Jackson |
| 1981 | "Invisible Sun" | The Police |
| 2001 | "Jet Fighter" | Butthole Surfers |
| 1962 | "John Brown" | Bob Dylan |
| 2007 | "Just a Dream" | Carrie Underwood |
| 1992 | "Killing in the Name" | Rage Against the Machine |
| 2013 | "Krieg kennt keine Sieger" | Saltatio Mortis |
| 2014 | "Kukoku No Kyouon" | Dir en Grey |
| 1974 | "La La Peace Song" | Al Wilson, O. C. Smith |
| 1980 | "Last Chance" | Shooting Star |
| 1950 | "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" | Ed McCurdy |
| 1973 | "Lay Down Your Arms" | Doron Levinson |
| 1986 | "Lay Down Your Guns" | Emerson, Lake & Powell |
| 1966 | "Legend of a Girl Child Linda" | Donovan |
| 2016 | "Lessons from the Past" | Psy'Aviah ft. Mari Kattman |
| 2013 | "Letters Home" | Radical Face |
| 1971 | "Life" | Elvis Presley |
| 1983 | "A Little Good News" | Anne Murray |
| 1979 | "Little Boy Soldiers" | The Jam |
| 1986 | "Live in Peace" | The Firm |
| 2006 | "Living With War" | Neil Young |
| 1990 | "Love Can Build a Bridge" | The Judds |
| 1973 | "Love Train" | The O'Jays |
| 1970 | "Lucky Man" | Emerson, Lake and Palmer |
| 1973 | "Luglio, Agosto, Settembre (Nero)" | Area |
| 1967 | "Ma Avarech" ("With What Shall I Bless?") | Rachel Shapira/Yair Rosenblum |
| 1982 | "Major General Despair" | Crass |
| 1988 | "Man in the Mirror" | Michael Jackson |
| 1977 | "Man of War" | The Jacksons |
| 1989 | "Mandatory Suicide" | Slayer |
| 1997 | "March With Me" | Montserrat Caballé and Vangelis |
| 1967 | "La Marseillaise" | |
| 1963 | "Masters of War" | Bob Dylan |
| 1962 | "May There Always Be Sunshine" (Пусть всегда будет солнце!) | Lev Oshanin / Arkady Ostrovsky / Maya Kristalinskaya |
| 1997 | "Mercenary Song" | Steve Earle |
| 1986 | "Method to Your Madness" | Metal Church |
| 2005 | "M.I.A." | Avenged Sevenfold |
| 1971 | "Military Madness" | Graham Nash |
| 1961 | "Miss Guéguerre" | Léo Ferré |
| 2008 | "Mr. President" | Janelle Monáe |
| 1970 | "Never Kill Another Man" | Steve Miller Band |
| 2001 | "No Curse of War" | Kenjah |
| 1980 | No Dudaría | Antonio Flores |
| 1984 | "No Fuckin' War" | The Dicks |
| 1978 | "No More Trouble" | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| 1983 | "Not Now John" | Pink Floyd |
| 2009 | "One Day" | Matisyahu |
| 1982 | "One Hundred Years" | The Cure |
| 1997 | "One More Parade" | Phil Ochs |
| 1969 | "One Tin Soldier" | Original Caste |
| 1969 | Oseh Shalom bi-Meromav | Nurit Hirsh |
| 2007 | "Our Solemn Hour" | Within Temptation |
| 1961 | "Pacific Blues" | Léo Ferré |
| 1989 | "Papa Stop the War" | Chicco Twala featuring Mzwaki Mbuli |
| 1982 | "Part III" | Bad Religion |
| 1988 | "Part IV (The Index Fossil)" | Bad Religion |
| 1972 | "The Patriot's Dream" | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 2002 | "Paz y Amor" ("Peace and love") | Gisela |
| 1981 | "Peace" | Roger Lee Hall |
| 1986 | "Peace Sells" | Megadeth |
| 1971 | "Peace Train" | Cat Stevens |
| 1977 | "Peace Will Come" | Tom Paxton |
| 1970 | "Peace Will Come (According To Plan)" | Melanie Safka |
| 2003 | "Peacekeeper" | Fleetwood Mac |
| 2000 | "Pick Up the Bones" | Alice Cooper |
| 1982 | "Pipes of Peace" | Paul McCartney |
| 2002 | "Poor Places" | Wilco |
| 1986 | "Potshot Heard 'Round the World" | Dead Kennedys |
| 1983 | "Power & the Glory" | Saxon |
| 1958 | "Prayer for Peace" | Perry Como |
| 2002 | "Prisoners of War" | Funker Vogt |
| 1976 | "Protocol" | Gordon Lightfoot |
| 1987 | "Put Down That Weapon" | Midnight Oil |
| 1981 | "Rainbow Stew" | Merle Haggard |
| 1986 | "Rambozo the Clown" | Dead Kennedys |
| 1979 | "Ratziti Sheteda" | Uzi Hitman |
| 1961 | "Regardez-les" | Léo Ferré |
| 1992 | "Rest in Peace" | Extreme |
| 2006 | "Right in Two" | Tool |
| 2005 | "Road to Joy" | Bright Eyes |
| 1992 | "Rooster" | Alice in Chains |
| 1984 | "Rose Goes to Yale" | Jefferson Starship |
| 1995 | "Sacrifice" | Motörhead |
| 2006 | "Saraba" | The Gazette |
| 1991 | "Semper Fi" | John Gorka |
| 1993 | "Shades of Grey" | Billy Joel |
| 1970 | "Shir LaShalom" | Lehakat HaNachal |
| 1982 | "Short Memory" | Midnight Oil |
| 1984 | "Showdown" | Jefferson Starship |
| 1971 | "Soldier Blue" | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| 1966 | "The Soldier Has Come Home" | Barry Sadler |
| 2005 | "Soldier Side" | System of a Down |
| 2011 | "Soldier's Angel" | Stevie Nicks |
| 2006 | "Soldier's Poem" | Muse |
| 1981 | "Soldiers" | ABBA |
| 1978 | Sólo le pido a Dios | León Gieco / Mercedes Sosa |
| 1969 | "Some Mother's Son" | The Kinks |
| 1995 | "Still Spinning Shrapnel" | Skyclad |
| 2010 | "Stop the War" | Sugar Blue |
| 1970 | "Stop the War Now" | Edwin Starr |
| 1982 | "Stories of a Hero" | Frank Marino |
| 1985 | "Stupid, Stupid War" | Dirty Rotten Imbeciles |
| 1983 | "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | U2 |
| 2011 | "Survivor Guilt" | Rise Against |
| 1992 | "Sweet Harmony" | The Beloved |
| 1992 | "Systematic Execution" | Malevolent Creation |
| 1990 | "Take No Prisoners" | Megadeth |
| 1978 | "Tank" | The Stranglers |
| 1992 | "Tear Down These Walls" | Debbie Gibson |
| 1985 | "Territories" | Rush |
| 1964 | "There but for Fortune" | Phil Ochs |
| 1996 | "They Don't Care About Us" | Michael Jackson |
| 2009 | "'Til the Last Shot's Fired" | Trace Adkins |
| 1994 | "Time for Peace" ("Zaman el Salaam") | Amnon Abutbul / Yair Dalal |
| 2009 | "This is War" | Thirty Seconds to Mars |
| 2017 | "This is War" | Bush |
| 1980 | "Tin Soldiers" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1990 | "Too Many Puppies" | Primus |
| 1993 | "Too Young to Die" | Jamiroquai |
| 2010 | "Trigger Happy Hands" | Placebo |
| 2010 | "Train on Fire" (Поезд в огне) | Boris Grebenshchikov/Aquarium |
| 1987 | "Tränen im Ozean" | Juliane Werding |
| 1966 | "Trooper's Lament" | Barry Sadler |
| 1959 | "Turn! Turn! Turn!" | Pete Seeger |
| 2014 | "Unchain Utopia" | Epica |
| 1971 | "Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)" | The Temptations |
| 1964 | "Universal Soldier" | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| 1982 | "Under Pressure" | Queen ft. David Bowie |
| 2006 | "Unknown Soldier" | Breaking Benjamin |
| 1973 | "Us and Them" | Pink Floyd |
| 1991 | "Véto de Dieu" | Alpha Blondy |
| 2008 | "Vinushka" | Dir en Grey |
| 2006 | "Waiting on the World to Change" | John Mayer |
| 1979 | "Walked in Line" | Joy Division |
| 1976 | "War" | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| 1970 | "War" | Edwin Starr |
| 2014 | "War" | Linkin Park |
| 2010 | "War" | The Tengelsens |
| 1998 | "War?" | System of a Down |
| 1987 | "War Baby" | Mick Jagger |
| 1990 | "War Ensemble" | Slayer |
| 2005 | "War Is Not a Game" | Bill Durston |
| 1970 | "War Pigs" | Black Sabbath |
| 2015 | "War Soldier" | Sky Destroyers |
| 1984 | "The War Song" | Culture Club |
| 1972 | "War Song" | Neil Young and Graham Nash |
| 2006 | "War Sucks, Let's Party!" | Anti-Flag |
| 1980 | "Wardance" | Killing Joke |
| 1993 | "Warfair" | Clawfinger |
| 1992 | "Wargasm" | L7 |
| 2004 | "Warrior" | Steve Earle |
| 2015 | "Wars for Nothing" | Boggie |
| 2016 | "Wars for Nothing" | Richee |
| 1980 | "Washington Bullets" | The Clash |
| 1978 | "Wasted Life" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 2004 | "We Are Here to Change the World" | Michael Jackson |
| 1981 | "We Don't Need the Army" | Slime |
| 2005 | "We've Got Nothing But Love to Prove" | Faith Hill |
| 2004 | "We've Had Enough" | Michael Jackson |
| 2002 | "What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes" | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 2001 | "What More Can I Give" | Michael Jackson |
| 1965 | "What the World Needs Now Is Love" | Hal David/Burt Bacharach |
| 1971 | "What's Going On" | Marvin Gaye |
| 2002 | "What's Left of the Flag" | Flogging Molly |
| 1974 | "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding" | Nick Lowe |
| 1989 | "When the Children Cry" | White Lion |
| 2011 | "When We Stand Together" | Nickelback |
| 1961 | "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" | Pete Seeger |
| 2003 | "Where Is the Love?" | The Black Eyed Peas |
| 2010 | "White Flag Warrior" | Flobots |
| 1980 | "Who's Gonna Win the War?" | Hawkwind |
| 1982 | "Wildest Dreams" | Asia |
| 2017 | "Wings of Freedom" | Epica |
| 1964 | "With God on Our Side" | Bob Dylan |
| 2011 | "The Words That Maketh Murder" | PJ Harvey |
| 2004 | "World War" | Yellowman |
| 2006 | "Worthless War" | The Gazette |
| 1981 | "Wozu sind Kriege da?" | Udo Lindenberg |
| 1969 | "The Yard Went on Forever" | Richard Harris |
| 1979 | "Yihye Tov (It Will Be Good/Things Will Be Better)" | David Broza |
| 1995 | "Yokel and Idiot" | Yoshiji Goto |
| 2009 | "Young" | Hollywood Undead |
| 1971 | "Yours Is No Disgrace" | Yes |
| 2007 | "Zero Sum" | Nine Inch Nails |
| 1994 | "Zombie" | The Cranberries |
| 1968 | "Zor and Zam" | The Monkees |
| 1991 | "Innuendo" | Queen |
American Civil War[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | "Civil War Trilogy" | Gibson & Camp |
| 2009 | "Abraham Lincoln" | Clutch |
| 2013 | "Accidental Racist" | Brad Paisley (featuring L.L. Cool J) |
| 1861 | "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight" | Ethel Lynn Beers |
| 2003 | "Cross The Green Mountain" | Bob Dylan |
| 1969 | "Arkansas Grass" | Axiom |
| 1995 | "Ben McCullough" | Steve Earle |
| 1962 | "The Big Battle" | Johnny Cash |
| 1974 | "Billy Don't Be a Hero" | Paper Lace |
| 2013 | "Bloodshed" | Soulfly |
| 2011 | "Broken Hymns" | Dropkick Murphys |
| 1984 | "Charleston Town" | Rob Lincoln |
| 2004 | "The Devil to Pay" | Iced Earth |
| 1987 | "Gettysburg" | The Brandos |
| 1983 | "God Bless Robert E. Lee" | Johnny Cash |
| 1963 | "In the Hills of Shiloh" | Shel Silverstein |
| 1959 | "Johnny Reb" | Johnny Horton |
| 1968 | "The Klan" | Richie Havens |
| 2008 | "Lone Pine Hill" | Justin Townes Earle |
| 1865 | "Marching through Georgia (e.g. 1896 version by Gilmore's Band)" | Henry Clay Work |
| 1969 | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | The Band |
| 1863 | "Poor Kitty Popcorn" | Henry C. Work |
| 1991 | "Rebel Soldier" | Waylon Jennings |
| 1999 | "Shiloh Town" | Tim Hardin |
| 1998 | "Silent Reign of Heroes" | Molly Hatchet |
| 1978 | "The Southland's Bleeding" | Waylon Jennings |
| 1986 | "Swan Swan H" | R.E.M. |
| 2004 | "Tears of God" | Josh Turner |
| 1993 | "Two Soldiers" | Bob Dylan |
World War I[edit]
Mexican–American War[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1845 | "Once to Every Man and Nation" | James R. Lowell |
Spanish Civil War[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "1936" | Sin Dios |
| 1998 | "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" | Manic Street Preachers |
| 1937–1939 | "Jamie Foyers" | Ewan MacColl |
| 2010 | "Last Lincoln Vet" | Lev Svetek-Zorin |
| 1990 | "Lorca's Novena" | The Pogues |
| 2003 | "Skeletons of Quinto" | The Folksmen |
| 1983 | "Sketches of Spain" | The Nits |
| 1979 | "Spanish Bombs" | The Clash |
| 1983 | "Viva la Quinta Brigada" | Christy Moore |
Spanish–American War[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1926 | "The Battleship Maine" | Mary C. Mann |
| 1969 | "Galveston" | Glen Campbell |
| 1975 | "Lequi of the National Guard" | Bob Connely |
American Indian Wars[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | "Apache Tears" | Johnny Cash |
| 2008 | "Battle at Little Big Horn" | White Lion |
| 1980 | "Buffalo Soldier" | Bob Marley |
| 1997 | "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" | Walela |
| 2010 | "Calico Indians" | Rasputina |
| 1967 | "Castles Made of Sand" | Jimi Hendrix |
| 1986 | "Cherokee" | Europe |
| 1960 | "Comanche (The Brave Horse)" | Johnny Horton |
| 1997 | "Cowboy Dan" | Modest Mouse |
| 2004 | "Creek Mary's Blood" | Nightwish |
| 1969 | "Custer Died for Your Sins" | Floyd Westerman |
| 2007 | "Custer Got His... (Anti-Custer Song)" | S-cuk Gogs |
| 1992 | "Freedom" | Rage Against the Machine |
| 1977 | "Indian Man" | The Charlie Daniels Band |
| 1971 | "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" | Paul Revere & The Raiders |
| 1987 | "Indians" | Anthrax |
| 1971 | "Indian Sunset" | Elton John |
| 1973 | "The Lone Ranger" | Oscar Brown |
| 1971 | "Then Came the White Man" | The Stampeders |
| 2001 | "Mick Ryan's Lament" | Tim O'Brien and Robert Dunlap |
| 1960 | "Mr. Custer" | Larry Verne |
| 1964 | "Now That The Buffalo's Gone" | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| 2006 | "Noble Indian Chief" | Hand Full of Peter |
| 1982 | "Run to the Hills" | Iron Maiden |
| 1971 | "Soldier Blue" | Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| 1962 | "Some Fool Made a Soldier of Me" | The Kingston Trio |
| 2001 | "Stars and Stripes" | Anti-Flag |
| 2002 | "Wampum Prayer" | Tori Amos |
| 1973 | "We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee" | Redbone |
| 1976 | "White Man" | Queen |
World War II[edit]
Korean War[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | "The Door" | George Jones |
| 1970 | "Suicide Is Painless" | Johnny Mandel from the film, M*A*S*H |
Vietnam War era[edit]
Vietnam War era: Kent State shootings[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Ohio" | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 1971 | "Student Demonstration Time" | The Beach Boys |
Dominican Republic[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | "The Marines Have Landed on the Shores of Santo Domingo" | Phil Ochs |
The Troubles of Northern Ireland[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | "78 RPM" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1978 | "90 Miles From Dublin" | Christy Moore |
| 1978 | "Alternative Ulster" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1991 | "La Ballade Nord-Irlandaise" | Renaud |
| 1989 | "Belfast Child" | Simple Minds |
| 1995 | "Belfast" | Elton John |
| 1998 | "Blood Stained Emerald" | Day of the Sword |
| 1979 | "Bloody Sunday" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1986 | "Corridor of Cells" | Test Dept |
| 1982 | "Damned to Be Free" | Bad Religion |
| 2002 | "Drunken Lullabies" | Flogging Molly |
| 1991 | "Each Dollar A Bullet" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1989 | "Easter" | Marillion |
| 1979 | "Ether" | Gang of Four |
| 1980 | "Fly the Flag" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1967 | "Four Green Fields" | Tommy Makem |
| 1990 | "Fuck Religion" | The Exploited |
| 1989 | "Get Out of Ireland" | Blaggers ITA |
| 2012 | "Get Your Dead Hand Off My Shoulder" | Therapy? |
| 1972 | "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" | Paul McCartney and Wings |
| 1998 | "Heal This Land" | Maire Brennan |
| 1990 | "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" | Megadeth |
| 1976 | "If They Come in the Morning" aka "No Time for Love" | Jack Warshaw |
| 1979 | "Into the Valley" | The Skids |
| 1981 | "Invisible Sun" | The Police |
| 1985 | "The Island" | Paul Brady |
| 1996 | "Minds Locked Shut" | Christy Moore |
| 1982 | "The More I See (The Less I Believe)"[8] | Fun Boy Three |
| 1984 | "My Youngest Son Came Home Today" | Mary Black |
| 1979 | "No More of That" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1979 | "Oliver's Army" | Elvis Costello and the Attractions |
| 1985 | "Out in the Fields" | Gary Moore and Phil Lynott |
| 1999 | "Paper Sun" | Def Leppard |
| 2000 | "Peace on Earth" | U2 |
| 1997 | "Please" | U2 |
| 2014 | "Raised by Wolves" | U2 |
| 1978 | "The Saints Are Coming" | The Skids |
| 1987 | "Scaling The Derry Wall" | The Exploited |
| 1983 | "Section 31" | Christy Moore |
| 1975 | "Sniper's Promise" | Joe McCann |
| 1972 | "Soldier" | Harvey Andrews |
| 1979 | "State of Emergency" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1988 | "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" | The Pogues |
| 1983 | "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | U2 |
| 1998 | "Sunrise" | The Divine Comedy |
| 1992 | "Ten Men Dead" | Blaggers ITA |
| 1985 | "There Were Roses" | Tommy Sands |
| 1997 | "This is Not Your Country" | Morrissey |
| 1986 | "Through the Barricades" | Spandau Ballet |
| 1973 | "The Town I Loved So Well" | Phil Coulter |
| 2014 | "The Troubles" | U2 |
| 1981 | "Troops Out" | The Passage |
| 1977 | "Ulster" | Sham 69 |
| 1978 | "Wasted Life" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1979 | "White Noise" | Stiff Little Fingers |
| 1987 | "Wild Frontier" | Gary Moore |
| 1994 | "Zombie" | The Cranberries |
Anti-draft[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" | Arlo Guthrie |
| 1958 | "The All American Boy" | Bobby Bare; credited to Bill Parsons |
| 1997 | "All I Want" | The Offspring |
| 1989 | "Any King's Shilling" | Elvis Costello |
| 1974 | "Bad Company" | Bad Company |
| 1989 | "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" | Public Enemy |
| 2005 | "BYOB" | System of a Down |
| 1980 | "The Call Up" | The Clash |
| 1965 | "Draft Dodger Rag" | Phil Ochs |
| 1967 | "Draft Morning" | The Byrds |
| 1969 | "Draft Resister" | Steppenwolf |
| 1991 | "Fuck a War" | Geto Boys |
| 1960 | "G.I. Blues" | Elvis Presley |
| 1981 | "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" | Frank Zappa |
| 1989 | "Kill the President" | The Offspring |
| 2008 | "Know Your Enemy" | Angry Mic |
| 2004 | "Legion of Stoopid" | Machinae Supremacy |
| 1969 | "My Uncle" | The Flying Burrito Brothers |
| 1971 | "One Man Rock and Roll Band" | Roy Harper |
| 1991 | "Phone Call from Leavenworth" | Chris Whitley |
| 1994 | "Refuse/Resist" | Sepultura |
| 1991 | "Sgt. Baker" | Primus |
| 1984 | "State of the Nation" | Industry |
| 2002 | "Square Dance" | Eminem |
| 1967 | "Take it Back" | Cream |
| 1918 | "They Were All Out of Step But Jim" | Billy Murray |
| 1942 | "This Is The Army, Mr. Jones" | Irving Berlin |
| 1990 | Train | Uncle Tupelo |
| 1982 | "War Party" | Eddy Grant |
| 2005–2010 | "War/No More War" | Heidi Little/LIGHT/Dreams of Grandeur |
| 1980 | "When Ya Get Drafted" | Dead Kennedys |
Cold War/nuclear annihilation[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | "Thirteen Women and Only One Man in Town" | Bill Haley and the Comets |
| 1957 | "Talking Atom" | Oscar Brand |
| 1959 | "We Will All Go Together" | Tom Lehrer |
| 1961 | "Do the Russians Want War?" | Mark Bernes |
| 1961 | "A Mushroom Cloud" | Sammy Salvo |
| 1962 | "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew" | Bonnie Dobson |
| 1963 | "Come Away Melinda" | Harry Belafonte |
| 1963 | "The Sun is Burning" | Ian Campbell Folk Group (also covered by Luke Kelly and Simon and Garfunkel) |
| 1964 | "My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen)" | George McKelvey |
| 1965 | "Who's Next?" | Tom Lehrer |
| 1965 | "MLF Lullaby" | Tom Lehrer |
| 1965 | "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)" | Tom Lehrer |
| 1965 | "Eve of Destruction" | P.F. Sloan (also recorded by Barry McGuire and The Turtles) |
| 1966 | "I Come and Stand at Every Door" (based on a poem by Nazım Hikmet) | Pete Seeger |
| 1967 | "20 Tons of TNT" | Flanders and Swann |
| 1968 | "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" | The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| 1970 | "Electric Funeral" | Black Sabbath |
| 1971 | "Hiroshima" | Wishful Thinking |
| 1971 | "Children of the Grave" | Black Sabbath |
| 1973 | "Kuiama" | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 1974 | "Future Legend"/"Diamond Dogs" | David Bowie |
| 1978 | "Curfew" | The Stranglers |
| 1979 | "Armageddon" | Prism |
| 1979 | "They've Got a Bomb" | Crass |
| 1980 | "Seven Minutes to Midnight" | Wah! Heat |
| 1980 | "Stop the World" | The Clash |
| 1980 | "Breathing" | Kate Bush |
| 1980 | "Crazy Train" | Ozzy Osbourne |
| 1980 | "Final Day" | Young Marble Giants |
| 1981 | "Under Pressure" | Queen ft. David Bowie |
| 1981 | "When Two Worlds Collide" | Simple Minds |
| 1981 | "Fire in the Sky" | Saxon |
| 1981 | "Dumb All Over" | Frank Zappa |
| 1981 | "Mutually Assured Destruction" | Gillan |
| 1981 | "It Only Takes Two to Tango" | The Stranglers |
| 1981 | "Let's All Make a Bomb"[9] | Heaven 17 |
| 1982 | "1999" | Prince |
| 1982 | "Ein bißchen Frieden" | Nicole Seibert |
| 1982 | "I've Known No War" | The Who |
| 1982 | "Why Did I Fall For That?" | The Who |
| 1982 | "US Forces" | Midnight Oil |
| 1982 | "Heatwave" | Fay Ray |
| 1982 | "Red Skies" | The Fixx |
| 1983 | "Rival Leaders" | The Exploited |
| 1983 | "Seconds" | U2 |
| 1983 | "Moya" | Southern Death Cult |
| 1983 | "New Year's Day" | U2 |
| 1983 | "East at Easter" | Simple Minds |
| 1983 | "It's a Mistake" | Men at Work |
| 1983 | "99 Luftballons" and "99 Red Balloons" | Nena |
| 1983 | "Standing in the Dark" | Patinum Blonde |
| 1983 | "Strike Zone" | Loverboy |
| 1983 | "Time After Time" | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 1983 | "Two Suns in the Sunset" | Pink Floyd |
| 1983 | "Overkill" | Men at Work |
| 1983 | "Balls to the Wall" | Accept |
| 1983 | "I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" | Nik Kershaw |
| 1984 | "Be Not Always" | The Jacksons |
| 1984 | "Beyond the Black" | Metal Church |
| 1984 | "Two Tribes" | Frankie Goes To Hollywood |
| 1984 | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | Iron Maiden |
| 1984 | "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" | Ultravox |
| 1984 | "Fight Fire with Fire" | Metallica |
| 1984 | "Hammer to Fall" | Queen |
| 1984 | "Forever Young" | Alphaville |
| 1985 | "America" | Prince |
| 1985 | "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" | Bruce Cockburn |
| 1985 | "Warnings Moving Clockwise" | Do-Re-Mi |
| 1985 | "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" | Tears For Fears |
| 1985 | "Black Planet" | The Sisters of Mercy |
| 1986 | "Christmas at Ground Zero" | "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| 1986 | "Land of Confusion" | Genesis |
| 1986 | "Let Us Begin" | John Denver with Alexander Gradsky |
| 1986 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Slave Raider |
| 1986 | "Thank God For the Bomb" | Ozzy Osbourne |
| 1986 | "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" | Timbuk3 |
| 1986 | "John Wayne" | Zuma II |
| 1986 | "Killer of Giants" | Ozzy Osbourne |
| 1988 | "Blackened" | Metallica |
| 1988 | "Battalions of Fear" | Blind Guardian |
| 1988 | "Fallout" | Liege Lord |
| 1988 | "Eagle Fly Free" | Helloween |
| 2000 | "Cold War" | Funker Vogt |
| 1999 | "Destruction Preventer" | Sonata Arctica |
| 2005 | "Fuel the Hate" | Soulfly |
| 1988 | "Killing Fields" | Scanner |
| 1989 | "Leningrad" | Billy Joel |
| 1984 | "Minutes to Midnight" | Midnight Oil |
| 1987 | "No Nuclear War" | Peter Tosh |
| 1988 | "Part IV (The Index Fossil)" | Bad Religion |
| 1984 | "People are People" | Depeche Mode |
| 1985 | "Manhattan Project" | Rush |
| 1988 | "Pre-War America" | The Beatnigs |
| 1987 | "Radio K.A.O.S." | Roger Waters |
| 1985 | "Russians" | Sting |
| 1990 | "Rust in Peace... Polaris" | Megadeth |
| 1991 | "The American" | Simple Minds |
| 1988 | "Set the World Afire" | Megadeth |
| 1987 | "Showdown at Big Sky" | Robbie Robertson |
| 1987 | "Wartime" | Pentagram |
| 1988 | "Surfin' USSR" | Ray Stevens |
| 1986 | "Воля и Разум" ("Will and Reason") | Aria |
| 1990 | "Wind of Change" | Scorpions |
| 1992 | "Atomic Garden" | Bad Religion |
| 2007 | "No One Would Riot For Less" | Bright Eyes |
| 2000 | "Nuclear Winter" | Funker Vogt |
| 2007 | "Big Joe Blues" | Pete Seeger |
| 1988 | "World Leader Pretend" | R.E.M. |
| 2008 | "Down from the Sky" | Trivium |
| 2010 | "Burning in the Skies" | Linkin Park |
| 2011 | "Paint Your Windows White" | Alien Stash Tin |
Philippine–American War[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | "The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated" | Mark Twain |
Turkish invasion of Cyprus[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | "Panagia Mou, Panagia Mou" | Mariza Koch and Michael Fotiades |
Falklands War[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "The Ballad of Robbie Jones" | Levellers |
| 1985 | "Brothers in Arms" | Dire Straits |
| "Comunicado #166" | Los Violadores | |
| 1983 | "Get Your Filthy Hands off My Desert" | Pink Floyd |
| 1982 | "Gotcha" | Crass |
| 1983 | "How Does It Feel To Be The Mother of 1000 Dead?" | Crass |
| 1984 | "Island of No Return" | Billy Bragg |
| 1983 | "Let's Start a War" | The Exploited |
| "No Bombardeen Buenos Aires" | Charly Garcia | |
| 1983 | "The Post War Dream" | Pink Floyd |
| 1982 | "Sheep Farming in the Falklands" | Crass |
| 1983 | "Shipbuilding" | Elvis Costello and the Attractions |
| 1983 | "Southampton Dock" | Pink Floyd |
| 1984 | "Spirit of the Falklands" | New Model Army |
| 1985 | "Eddie" | Latin Quarter |
| 1983 | "Yes Sir, I Will" | Crass |
| 1984 | "Wha Dat" | Yellowman |
Contras, Latin America[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" | Don Henley |
| 1982 | "Bleed for Me" | Dead Kennedys |
| 1987 | "Bullet the Blue Sky" | U2 |
| 1983 | "El Salvador" | Noel Stookey and Jim Wallis |
| 1985 | "El Salvador" | White Lion |
| 1986 | "Flowers of Guatemala" | R.E.M. |
| 1984 | "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" | Bruce Cockburn |
| 1985 | "Lives in the Balance" | Jackson Browne |
| 1984 | "Nicaragua" | Bruce Cockburn |
| 1990 | "Nicaragua, Nicaraguita" | Billy Bragg |
| 1984 | "No Más!" | John McCutcheon |
| 2007 | "Student Visas" | Corb Lund |
| 1984 | "Untitled Song For Latin America" | The Minutemen |
| 1980 | "Washington Bullets" | The Clash |
| 1989 | "Wish I Was in El Salvador" | Jello Biafra with DOA |
| 1992 | "Young Willie" | Garnet Rogers |
Yugoslav Wars[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Stop the War in Croatia" | Tomislav Ivčić |
| 1996 | "Bosnia" | The Cranberries |
| 1992 | "Bili cvitak" (White flower) | Jura Stublić |
| 1994 | "Crv" | Angel's Breath |
| 1993 | "Čovek sa mesecom u očima" | Đorđe Balašević |
| 2000 | "Dok gori nebo nad Novim Sadom" | Đorđe Balašević |
| 1995 | "Dead Winter Dead" The entire album is about the war in Sarajevo. | Savatage |
| 1993 | "Gde si" | Bajaga i Instruktori |
| 1993 | "Krivi smo mi" | Đorđe Balašević |
| 1995 | "Kad sve ovo bude juče" | Dino Merlin |
| 1995 | "Miss Sarajevo" | Passengers |
| 1995 | "Neću III svetski" | Babe |
| 1991 | "Nebo, nebo plavo je" | Obojeni Program |
| 2006 | "No Bravery" | James Blunt |
| 1993 | "Ovo je Balkan" | Bajaga i Instruktori |
| 1996 | "Regruteska" | Đorđe Balašević |
| 2000 | "Sevdalinka" | Đorđe Balašević |
| 1991 | "Isabelle" | Greg Johnson |
Gulf War(s), Iraq, 9/11, and the War on Terror[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | "11th Hour" | Lamb of God |
| 2008 | "20 Dollar Nose Bleed" | Fall Out Boy |
| 2009 | "21 Guns" | Green Day |
| 2002 | "911 For Peace" | Anti-Flag |
| 2002 | "911" | Gorillaz |
| 2014 | "A Song to Stifle Imperial Progress" | The Used |
| 2007 | "A Farewell to Arms" | Machine Head |
| 2004 | "Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare)" | Saul Williams |
| 1992 | "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" | Iron Maiden |
| 2005 | "All the Young Fascists" | Shihad |
| 2003 | "America (Just Say No)" | Alien Stash Tin – Also covered by Betty Swallaux (2011) |
| 2005 | "America First" | Merle Haggard |
| 2008 | "American Blood" | Reckless Kelly |
| 2003 | "American Life" | Madonna |
| 2004 | "American Idiot" | Green Day |
| 1993 | "American Jesus" | Bad Religion |
| 2007 | "Amerikhastan" | Megadeth |
| 2009 | "Another Bag of Bones" | Kevin Devine |
| 2004 | "Apocalypse Please" | Muse |
| 2008 | "Audience of One" | Rise Against |
| 1992 | "Atomic Garden" | Bad Religion |
| 1993 | "Autopista de Basora" | Siniestro Total |
| 1991 | "Baghdad" | The Offspring |
| 1991 | "Believe" | Stryper |
| 1989 | "Beneath The Remains" | Sepultura |
| 2005 | "Bin Laden" | Immortal Technique |
| 2007 | "Black Rain" | Ozzy Osbourne |
| 2008 | "Blessed are the Landmines" | Brave Saint Saturn |
| 2007 | "Bloodsports" | New Model Army |
| 2000 | "BOB" | Outkast |
| 2002 | "Boom!" | System of a Down |
| 1992 | "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" | Roger Waters |
| 2006 | "Brother's Song" | Brand New |
| 2003 | "Bush" | David Banner |
| 2003 | "The Bushes and The President" | Dawn Called Malice |
| 2005 | "BYOB" | System of a Down |
| 2005 | "Camilo" | State Radio |
| 2008 | "Can't Happen Here" | Atreyu |
| 2004 | "Caped Crusader" | Jello Biafra with the Melvins |
| 2007 | "Capital G" | Nine Inch Nails |
| 2007 | "Captain Sterling's Little Problem" | The Coup |
| 2008 | "Cheney's Toy" | James McMurtry |
| 2004 | "Cinnamon Girl" | Prince |
| 2009 | "Civilian Ways" | Rancid |
| 2007 | "Clenching the Fists of Dissent" | Machine Head |
| 2004 | "Condi, Condi" | Steve Earle |
| 2008 | "Confrontation" | OTEP |
| 2004 | "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums" | A Perfect Circle |
| 2013 | "Crash This Train" | Joshua James |
| 2007 | "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" | Richard Thompson |
| 1999 | Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta | Geto Boys |
| 2006 | "Dangerous Game" | Bill Madden |
| 2007 | "Dark Side of the Sun" | Tori Amos |
| 2004 | "Day After Tomorrow" | Tom Waits |
| 2007 | "Dead Man Walking" | Bloodsimple |
| 2007 | "Dear Mr. President" | Pink |
| 2004 | "Deja Vu (All Over Again)" | John Fogerty |
| 1991 | "Desert Angel" | Stevie Nicks |
| 2005 | "Devils & Dust" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 1991 | "Die for Oil Sucker" | Jello Biafra |
| 2006 | "Dirty Bombs" | Body Count |
| 2005 | "Dirty Harry" | Gorillaz |
| 2007 | "Don't Make Me a Target" | Spoon |
| 2007 | "Dress Blues" | Jason Isbell |
| 2008 | "The Drums of War" | Jackson Browne |
| 2006 | "Everybody's Gone to War" | Nerina Pallot |
| 2004 | "The Empire Strikes First" | Bad Religion |
| 2007 | "Empty Walls" | Serj Tankian |
| 2005 | "The Evil Has Landed" | Testament |
| 2006 | "Exit Strategy" | Valient Thorr |
| 2003 | "Façade of Reality" | Epica |
| 2006 | "For the Greater Good of God" | Iron Maiden |
| 2002 | The Rising | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2003 | "Fall Dog Bombs the Moon" | David Bowie |
| 2011 | "Fallujah" | Terry Sutton Conspiracy |
| 2009 | "Far from Home" | Five Finger Death Punch |
| 1991 | "Fertile Crescent" | Bad Religion |
| 2004 | "Final Straw" | REM |
| 2006 | "Final Transmission" | Street Dogs |
| 1993 | "Follow The Leader" | Pete Kronowitt |
| 2003 | "Franco Un-American" | NOFX |
| 2008 | "Friends in the Armed Forces" | Thursday |
| 2005 | "Frontlines" | Soulfly |
| 1991 | "Fuck a War" | Geto Boys |
| 2006 | "Fun and Games" | Barenaked Ladies |
| 1998 | "The General" | Dispatch |
| 2007 | "George W. Told The Nation" | Tom Paxton |
| 2006 | "The Getaway" | Voivod |
| 2008 | "God is not with You !" | Ira dei (Belgium) |
| 1994 | "Gulf War Song" | Moxy Früvous |
| 2007 | "Gunslinger" | Avenged Sevenfold |
| 2008 | "Hammerhead" | The Offspring |
| 2005 | "The Hand That Feeds" | Nine Inch Nails |
| 2006 | "Hard-On for War" | Mudhoney |
| 2006 | "Harrowdown Hill" | Thom Yorke |
| 2007 | "Hands Held High" | Linkin Park |
| 1992 | "Heaven is Falling" | Bad Religion |
| 2008 | "Hero of War" | Rise Against |
| 2008 | "Hey Ma" | James |
| 1991 | "Highwire" | Rolling Stones |
| 2004 | "Holiday" | Green Day |
| 1991 | "Holy War" | Matthew Sweet |
| 2008 | "Home Front" | Drive-By Truckers |
| 2004 | "Home to Houston" | Steve Earle |
| 2006 | "The Holidays Are Here (And We're Still at War)" | Brett Dennen |
| 2003 | "How Much Do You Suck?" | The Jeevas |
| 1991 | "How Much Longer" | Paul Leary |
| 2007 | "I Can't Take It No More" | John Fogerty |
| 2003 | "I Saw Him Laying There" | Dawn Called Malice |
| 2004 | "If Wishes Were Horses" | David Baerwald |
| 2007 | "Illegal Attacks" | Ian Brown |
| 2003 | "In a World Gone Mad" | Beastie Boys |
| 2003 | "Into the Fire" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2002 | "Jacob's Ladder" | Chumbawamba |
| 2002 | "Jerusalem" | Steve Earle |
| 2004 | "Jesus Walks" | Kanye West |
| 2002 | "John Walker's Blues" | Steve Earle |
| 1991 | "Job Well Done" | Rob Lincoln |
| 2004 | "Kimdir O" | Barış Akarsu |
| 2004 | "Leaving Beirut" | Roger Waters |
| 2007 | "Last to Die" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2004 | "Left Right" | The Chemical Brothers |
| 2004 | "Let Them Eat War" | Bad Religion |
| 2003 | "Let's Get Free" | Sheryl Crow |
| 2006 | "Let's Impeach the President" | Neil Young |
| 2012 | "Letter from a Soldier" | Andy T. |
| 2006 | "Letter from Iraq" | Bouncing Souls |
| 2004 | "Letters from Home" | John Michael Montgomery |
| 2006 | "Lift the Veil, Kiss the Tank" | The Blood Brothers |
| 2006 | "Light Up Ya Lighter" | Michael Franti |
| 2008 | "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" | Kevin Devine |
| 2006 | "Mama" | Godsmack |
| 2002 | "Manhattan-Kaboul" | Axelle Red and Renaud |
| 2004 | "The Man Who Would Be King" | Dio |
| 2009 | "Medals of Gold" | Robert Lawrence |
| 2003 | "Midnight Oil" | Dawn Called Malice |
| 2004 | "The Mob Goes Wild" | Clutch |
| 2004 | "Mosh" | Eminem |
| 2003 | "My Girlfriend is a Lefty" | Dawn Called Malice |
| 2006 | "Never Knew" | Tony Dowe |
| 1999 | "No End in Sight" | Toto |
| 2002 | "No Human No Fly" | April Hole |
| 2006 | "No More" | Bob Seger |
| 2005 | "No Time Flat" | Kevin Devine |
| 2003 | "No War" | Esham |
| 2013 | "Not a Bad Man" | Patty Griffin |
| 2003 | "Not in My Name" | Saul Williams |
| 2003 | "Nothing Man" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2004 | "Now You've Got Something to Die For" | Lamb of God |
| 2011 | "On The Backs of Angels" | Dream Theater |
| 2007 | "On With the Song" | Mary Chapin Carpenter |
| 2001 | "Open Invitation (I Hate You bin Laden)" | Jackyl |
| 2002 | "Osama Yo' Mama" | Ray Stevens |
| 2003 | "Out of Time" | Blur |
| 2005 | "Overburdened" | Disturbed |
| 2003 | "Paradise" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2009 | "People of the Lie" | KMFDM |
| 2003 | "Planet of the Rice" | Dawn Called Malice |
| 2003 | "Please Freeze Me" | Dawn Called Malice |
| 2003 | "Politik" | Coldplay |
| 2002/3 | "The Price of Oil" | Billy Bragg |
| 2007 | "Prophets of War" | Dream Theater |
| 1996 | "Redemption Day" | Sheryl Crow |
| 2017 | "Refuge" | Steven Wilson |
| 2015 | "Rhinoceros" | Sky Destroyers |
| 2004 | "Rich Man's War" | Steve Earle |
| 2007 | "Rumors of War" | High on Fire |
| 2005 | "Sacrificed Sons" | Dream Theater |
| 2005 | "Sacred Lie" | Disturbed |
| 2004 | "Saraba" | The Gazette |
| 2006 | "Shock and Awe" | Neil Young |
| 2002 | "Skylines and Turnstiles" | My Chemical Romance |
| 1991 | "Slap Leather" | James Taylor |
| 2008 | "Sleep Through the Static" | Jack Johnson |
| 2002 | "Square Dance" | Eminem |
| 2007 | "Stand Up" | Flobots |
| 2002 | "Still Waiting" | Sum 41 |
| 2005 | "Succexy" | Metric |
| 2003 | "A Taste of Money" | Dawn Called Malice |
| 1989 | "Tehran" | The Offspring |
| 2006 | "Take a Bow" | Muse |
| 2008 | "That Man I Shot" | Drive-By Truckers |
| 2007 | "The Little Things Give You Away" | Linkin Park |
| 2005 | "The Sodom and Gomorrah Show" | Pet Shop Boys |
| 2003 | "This Is War" | Smile Empty Soul |
| 2009 | "This Is War" | Thirty Seconds to Mars |
| 2006 | "Trot Out the Dead" | Hammers of Misfortune |
| 2004 | "To Kill the Child" | Roger Waters |
| 1991 | "Too Many Puppies" | Primus |
| 1992 | "Too Much Rope" | Roger Waters |
| 2016 | "The Threat Is Real" | Megadeth |
| 1994 | "Turkey Shoot" | Killdozer |
| 2005 | "Twenty" | Robert Cray |
| 2006 | "Two Weeks From Twenty" | Yellowcard |
| 2011 | "Victory Stinks" | Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine |
| 2008 | "Violent & Young" | Iglu & Hartly |
| 2003 | "Walk On" | Hilltop Hoods |
| 2002 | "War on War" | Wilco |
| 1992 | "Wargasm" | L7 |
| 2012 | "Warzone" | Pagoda |
| 2005 | "War Is a Wonderful Thing" | Real West |
| 2005 | "We Don't Want Your War" | Jynkz {Jeff Neugebauer} |
| 2003 | "What Are We Fighting For" | Live |
| 2001 | "What More Can I Give" | Michael Jackson & Various Artists |
| 2005 | "When the President Talks to God" | Bright Eyes |
| 2004 | "Where Is the Love?" | The Black Eyed Peas (Featuring Justin Timberlake) |
| 2001 | "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" | Alan Jackson |
| 2006 | "Where'd You Go" | Fort Minor |
| 2007 | "White People For Peace" | Against Me! |
| 2010 | "White Flag Warrior" | Flobots ft. Tim McIlrath |
| 2005 | "Wipe That Smile Off Your Face" | Our Lady Peace |
| 2011 | "Words I Never Said" | Lupe Fiasco |
| 2006 | "World Wide Suicide" | Pearl Jam |
| 2006 | "Waiting on the World to Change" | John Mayer |
| 2006 | "Worker Bees" | Billy Talent |
| 2003 | "WWIII" | KMFDM |
| 2006 | "Yellowcake" | Ministry |
| 1992 | "Yellow Ledbetter" | Pearl Jam |
| 2007 | "Yo George" | Tori Amos |
| 1991 | "You Shoulda Killed Me Last Year" | Ice-T |
| 2003 | "Your Silence" | Suicide Machines |
| 2007 | "Sweet Neo Con" | Rolling Stones |
General Middle East[edit]
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Rock the Casbah" | The Clash |
Traditional music[edit]
Apart from the various genres of modern music, some traditional and contemporary folk songs reflect the futile efforts of war and the attitudes of objectors prior to the major wars of the 20th century. Some of these include:
- "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" also known as "Down by the Riverside", and with a similar tune as "Hand Me down My Walking Cane" – African-American traditional anti-war song recorded by The Weavers and many others.
- "Arthur McBride" – While first curated in the 19th century, this song likely came into existence during the 17th century in response to the War of the Grand Alliance, or especially the Williamite War in Ireland, after which the Irish Jacobite army was sent to France as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on 3 October 1691.
- "The Cruel War" – Made famous in its current form by Pete Seeger and Peter Paul and Mary, this anti-war song has roots at least as far back as the American Civil War, and can probably be traced to an older English song.[10]
- "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye" – Irish traditional anti-war and anti-recruiting song that was the basis for the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", and recorded as "Fighting for Strangers" by Steeleye Span.
- "Kannoneer Jabůrek" – popular Czech song mocking war heroism, referring to the events of the 1866 Austro-Prussian War
- "Lincoln's Army" – The Irish Rovers
- "Lowlands of Holland" – traditional recorded by Martin Carthy
- "Mrs. McGrath" – an Irish song describing a young man named Ted who goes to fight in the Navy, only to lose his legs to a cannonball. Bruce Springsteen recorded a version of this song on his album We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, and it appears on the subsequent live album Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin
- "Paddy's Lamentation" – an Irish song dating back to the US Civil War.[11]
- "The Foggy Dew" – an Irish song comparing the loss of Irish soldiers killed during the 1916 Easter Rising and World War 1, made famous by The Dubliners
- "I Didn't Raise My Son To Be A Soldier"[12]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.opednews.com/articles/Antiwar-Song--Candyland--by-T-M-Elkins-Anti-war_Antiwar_Antiwar-Movement_Antiwar-Resolution-140713-767.html
- ^ https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B9!
- ^ Harding, Mike. "Christmas 1914 | Mike Harding". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ^ Lynn Van Matre (1 May 1986): "Deyoung Answers Call For Vets". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "Independence". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Andresen, Lee (1 May 2003). Battle Notes: Music of the Vietnam War. Savage Press. p. 129.
- ^ Cusic, Don (30 July 2008). Discovering Country Music. ABC-CLIO. p. 97.
- ^ Ives, Simon (2003). "Fun Boy Three". In Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 401. ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "The paranoid rhetoric of the Cold War was parodied in much popular music during the 19805, from Frankie Goes to Hollywood's 'Two Tribes' (1981), Nena's '99 Luft Ballons' (1982), Heaven 17's 'Let's All Make a Bomb'..." Jane Milling, Modern British Playwriting: The 1980s: Voices, Documents, New Interpretations, Methuen Drama, 2012. ISBN 9781408129609. 2013 (p.83)
- ^ "The Cruel War (Version 1)". Contemplator.com. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ "69th New York Songs". 69thnewyork.co.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- ^ http://folkstream.com/reviews/anticonscription.html
External links[edit]
- Anti-war Songs a website collecting thousands of antiwar songs from all over the world
- Folk&More: Songbook & Tabs a growing collection of chords, tabs, and lyrics of anti-war songs from Bob Dylan to Bob Marley