List of anti-war songs
An anti-war song is a musical composition that either states anti-war sentiments directly, one which the public and/or critics define as having an anti-war theme, or advocates universal peace.
Some anti-war songs comment on the aspects of war, while others satirize war. Most promote peace, in some form or another, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others sing about the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and the human race in general. Many of these songs are considered protest songs, and some have been embraced by various peace movements and peace activists.
General peace
American Civil War
Main article: American Civil War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "Abraham Lincoln" | Clutch |
| 2013 | "Accidental Racist" | Brad Paisley (featuring L.L. Cool J) |
| 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 |
| 1969 | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | The Band |
| 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
Main article: World War I
Mexican–American War
Main article: Mexican–American War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1845 | "Once to Every Man and Nation" | James R. Lowell |
Spanish Civil War
Main article: Spanish Civil War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "1936" | Sin Dios |
| 1984 | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | Metallica |
| 1998 | "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" | Manic Street Preachers |
| "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
Main article: Spanish–American War
| 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
Main article: American Indian Wars
| 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 |
| 2001 | "Mick Ryan's Lament" | Tim O'Brien and Robert Dunlap |
| 1960 | "Mr. Custer" | Larry Verne |
| 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
Main article: World War II
- "170" – Kaizer's Orchestra (2001)
- "Stalingrad" – Accept (2012)
- "Aces High" - Iron Maiden (1984)
- "Angel of Death" – Slayer (1986)
- "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 1)" – Pink Floyd (1979)
- "At Mail Call Today" – Gene Autry (1945)
- "Attero Dominatus" – Sabaton (2006)
- "Auschwitz" – Francesco Guccini
- "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" – Johnny Cash (1964)
- "The Beaches of St. Valery" – Davy Steele
- "Bloodshed" – Soulfly (2013)
- "Blood on the Risers" – World War II paratrooper song
- "Bring the Boys Back Home" – Pink Floyd (1979)
- "Corporal Clegg" – Pink Floyd (1968)
- "Day of the Lords" – Joy Division (1979)
- "Do the Mussolini (Headkick)" – Cabaret Voltaire (1978)
- "Enola Gay" – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (1980)
- "Goodbye Blue Sky" – Pink Floyd (1979)
- "Hiroshima Mon Amour" – Alcatrazz (1983)
- "In the Flesh" – Pink Floyd (1979)
- "Johnny Come Lately" – Steve Earle (1988)
- "Kenji" – Fort Minor (2005)
- "Laybo" – Rafi Weinstock (1995)
- "Let Me Live" – Angel Dust (2000)
- "The Longest Day" – Iron Maiden (2006)
- "Manhattan Project" – Rush (1986)
- "Mr. Churchill Says" – The Kinks (1969)
- "Nagasaki Nightmare" – Crass (1981)
- "Never Again" – Disturbed (2010)
- "No More War" – Heidi Little (2005)
- "Northwinds" – The Stranglers (1984)
- "Primo Victoria" – Sabaton (2005)
- "Reality Asylum" – Crass (1979)
- "Red Sector A" – Rush (1984)
- "Red Ball Express" – Scott Miller (2003)
- "Roads to Moscow" – Al Stewart (1973)
- "Rotterdam" – Sky Destroyers (2015)
- "Semper Fi" – John Gorka (1991)
- "Soldiers Last Letter" – Ernest Tubb (1944)
- "Stalingrad" – Nightingale (2005)
- "Sullivan" – Caroline's Spine (1993)
- "Tailgunner" – Iron Maiden (1990)
- "Thank You, Mr Churchill" – Peter Frampton (2010)
- "The Rain" – Scott Miller (2000)
- "The War" – Angels and Airwaves (2005)
- "The War" – Lucero (2005)
- " To Hell and Back" – Sabaton (2014)
- "Uprising" – Sabaton (2011)
- "Vera" – Pink Floyd (1979)
- "War is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" – T.G. Sheppard (1982)
- "When the Tigers Broke Free" – Pink Floyd (1982)
- "Etiópia" – Edson Gomes (1999)
Korean War
Main article: Korean War
- "The Door" – George Jones (1974)
- "Freedom" – Rob Lincoln (1991)
- "I Bombed Korea" – Cake (1994)
- "Jutlandia" – Kim Larsen (1979)
- "Korea Blues" – J.B. Lenoir (1970)
- "Missing In Action" – Ernest Tubb (1952)
- "Roll Call" – Johnny Cash (1967)
- "Rotation Blues" – Elton Britt (1951)
- "Suicide Is Painless" – Johnny Mandel from the film, M*A*S*H (1970)
Vietnam War Era
Main article: Vietnam War
See also: List of songs about the Vietnam War
- "8th of November" – Big and Rich (2006)
- "19" – Paul Hardcastle (1985)
- "2 + 2 = ?" – Bob Seger System (1968)
- "21st Century Schizoid Man" – King Crimson (1969)
- "50,000 Names" – George Jones (2001)
- "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" – Arlo Guthrie (1967)
- "Era Um Garoto Que Como Eu Amava os Beatles e os Rolling Stones" – Os Incríveis (1967)
- "American Woman" – The Guess Who (1970)
- "Back in Vietnam" – Lenny Kravitz (2008)
- "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" – The Temptations (1970)
- "Ballad of Ho Chi Minh" – Ewan MacColl (1958)
- "Ballad of Penny Evans" – Steve Goodman (1971)
- "Beelzebub's Laughter" - Hoyt Axton (1972)
- "The Big Parade" – 10,000 Maniacs (1989)
- "Big Time In The Jungle" – Old Crow Medicine Show (2004)
- "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" – Public Enemy (1989)
- "Born in the USA" – Bruce Springsteen (1984)
- "Born on the Fourth of July" – Tom Paxton (1977)
- "Bring The Boys Home" – Freda Payne (1971)
- "Bring Them Home" – Pete Seeger (1966)
- "Business Goes on as Usual" – Chad Mitchell Trio (1965)
- "Calley" – Dog Faced Hermans (1994)
- "Charlie Don't Surf" – The Clash (1980)
- "Child in Time" – Deep Purple (1970)
- "Commando" – The Ramones (1977)
- "Copperhead Road" – Steve Earle (1988)
- "Daddy Won't Be Home Anymore" – Dolly Parton (1988)
- "Daniel" – Elton John (1973)
- "Dear Uncle Sam" – Loretta Lynn (1965)
- "Draft Morning" – The Byrds (1968)
- "Draft Resister" – Steppenwolf (1970)
- "Disk of Sun" – Ewan MacColl (1969)
- "Duty Called" – Greg Wilson (2000)
- "Eve of Destruction" – Barry McGuire and P.F. Sloan (1965)
- "Fixin to Die Rag" – Country Joe McDonald (1967)
- "For What It's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield (1967)
- "Fortunate Son" – Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)
- "Front Line" - Stevie Wonder (1977)
- "The Grave" – Don McLean (1971)
- "Galveston" – Glen Campbell (1969)
- "Galveston Bay" – Bruce Springsteen (1995)
- "Gimme Shelter" – Rolling Stones (1969)
- "The Girl Next Door" – Country Joe MacDonald (1984)
- "Give Peace a Chance" – The Plastic Ono Band (1969)
- "Godspeed" - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (2009)
- "Goodbye to Vietnam" – Kitty Hawkins (1965)
- "Goodnight Saigon" – Billy Joel (1981)
- "The Great Compromise" – John Prine (1972)
- "Guns, Guns, Guns" – The Guess Who (1972)
- "Hallelujah Day" – Jackson 5 (1973)
- "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" – John Lennon & Yoko Ono/The Plastic Ono Band (1971)
- "Harvest for the World" – The Isley Brothers (1976)
- "I Ain't Marching Anymore" – Phil Ochs (1965)
- "I Am a Lucky One" – Barry Sadler (1966)
- "I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam" – John Lee Hooker (1968)
- "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" – Country Joe and the Fish (1967)
- "I have seen the rain" – Pink
- "I Should Be Proud" – Martha and the Vandellas (1970)
- "I Was Only Nineteen (A Walk in the Light Green)" – Redgum (1983)
- "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" – Grand Funk Railroad (1970)
- "In The Army Now" – Status Quo (1986)
- "Inoculated City" – The Clash (1982)
- "Into The Fire" – Sabaton (2005)
- "It Better End Soon" – Chicago (1970)
- "It's All Happening Now" – Peggy Seeger (1968)
- "Jackknife Johnny" – Alice Cooper (1978)
- "Jimmy Newman" – Tom Paxton (1969)
- "Jimmy's Road" – Willie Nelson (1965)
- "Johnny" – Graeme Allwright (1979)
- "Johnny Come Lately" – Steve Earle (1988)
- "Karen's Song" – Podipto (1970)
- "Kay" – John Wesley Ryles (1968)[2][3]
- "Kent State Massacre" – Jack Warshaw (1970)
- "Khe Sanh" – Cold Chisel (1978)
- "Kill for Peace" – The Fugs (1966)
- "Kill Your Sons" – Lou Reed (1970)
- "Kim's Nightmare" – Miss Saigon Soundtrack (1989)
- "Last Train To Clarksville" – The Monkees (1966)
- "Last Train to Nuremberg" – Pete Seeger (1970)
- "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" – Melanie Safka (1970)
- "Letter From Vietnam" – Barry Sadler (1966)
- "Live Those Songs Again" – Kenny Chesney (2002)
- "Lost in the Flood" – Bruce Springsteen (1973)
- "Love Vigilantes" – New Order (1985)
- "Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation" – Tom Paxton (1965)
- "Machine Gun" – Jimi Hendrix (1970)
- "Mama Bake a Pie (Daddy Kill a Chicken)" – Tom T. Hall (1970)
- "Man in Black" – Johnny Cash (1971)
- "March" – Jackopierce (1992)
- "March to the Witch's Castle" – Funkadelic (1973)
- "Moratorium" – Buffy Sainte-Marie (1971)
- "More Than a Name on a Wall" – The Statler Brothers (1989)
- "My Son John" – Tom Paxton (1966)
- "One More Parade" – Phil Ochs (1964)
- "Orange Crush" – R.E.M. (1988)
- "Old Hippie" – The Bellamy Brothers (1985)
- "On the Path of Glory" – Petula Clark (1967)
- "People, Let's Stop the War" – Grand Funk Railroad (1971)
- "Pull Out The Pin" – Kate Bush (1982)
- "Question" - The Moody Blues (1970)
- "Readjustment Blues" – John Denver (1972)
- "Requiem for the Masses" – The Association (1967)
- "Rooster" – Alice in Chains (1992)
- "Running Gun Blues" – David Bowie (1970)
- "Saigon Bride" – Joan Baez (1967)
- "Salute to the Nurses" – Barry Sadler (1966)
- "Sam Stone" – John Prine (1971)
- "Shut Out the Light" – Bruce Springsteen (1984)
- "Silent Homecoming" – Ringo Starr (1970)
- "Simple Song of Freedom" – Bobby Darin (1968)
- "Singing in Vietnam Talking Blues" – Johnny Cash (1971)
- "Sit Down Young Stranger" – Gordon Lightfoot (1970)
- "Sky Pilot" – Eric Burdon and The Animals (1968)
- "Smiley" – Ronnie Burns (1969)
- "Something to Believe In" – Poison (1990)
- "Song for the Dead" – Randy Newman (1983)
- "Still in Saigon" – the Charlie Daniels Band (1982)
- "Stoned Love" – The Supremes (1970)
- "Straight to Hell" – The Clash (1982)
- "Sunshine" – Jonathan Edwards (1971)
- "Super Bird" – Country Joe and the Fish (1967)
- "Sweet Cherry Wine" – Tommy James and the Shondells (1969)
- "Talkin' Vietnam" – Phil Ochs (1964)
- "Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues" – Tom Paxton (1968)
- "That Old Porch Swing" – Eddy Arnold (2005)
- "The End" – The Doors (1966)
- "The Soldier Has Come Home" – Barry Sadler (1966)
- "The War Drags On" – Donovan (1965)
- "This Ain't Nothing" – Craig Morgan (2010)
- "This Is My Rifle" – Mark Maysey (1999)
- "Three-Five-Zero-Zero" – from the musical, Hair (1968)
- "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" – Donovan (1969)
- "Travelin' Soldier" – Dixie Chicks (2002)
- "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" – Jedi Mind Tricks (2006)
- "Unknown Soldier" – The Doors (1968)
- "Vietcong Blues" – Junior Wells (1966)
- "Vietnam" – Phil Ochs (1962)
- "Vietnam" – Jimmy Cliff (1970)
- "Vietnamerica" – The Stranglers (1981)
- "Vietnam Blues" – Kris Kristofferson (1966)
- "Vietnam Glam" – Indochine (1993)
- "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" – Pete Seeger (1967)
- "Walking on a Thin Line" - Huey Lewis and The News (1983)
- "The Wall" – Bruce Springsteen (2003)
- "War" – Edwin Starr (1970)
- "War Games" – the Monkees (1968)
- "The War Is Over" – Phil Ochs (1968)
- "War Movie" – Jefferson Airplane (1971)
- "War Pigs" – Black Sabbath (1971)
- "Wasted Life" – Stiff Little Fingers (1978)
- "Wasted Words" – the Motions with Robbie van Leeuwen(1969)
- "We Didn't Know" – Tom Paxton (1965)
- "What Did You Learn in School Today?" – Tom Paxton (1964)
- "What's Going On" – Marvin Gaye (1971)
- "Welterusten meneer de president (Sleep Well Mr. President)" – Boudewijn de Groot (1966)
- "Where Are You Now, My Son?" – Joan Baez (1973)
- "White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land" – Phil Ochs (1968)
- "Wild Irish Rose" – George Jones (1998)
- "Wooden Ships" – Crosby, Stills & Nash and Jefferson Airplane (1969)
- ""Woodstock"" – Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)
- "World of Trouble" – Molly Hatchet (1998)
- "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" – John Prine (1971)
Vietnam War Era Kent State Shootings
Main article: Kent State shootings
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Ohio" | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 1971 | "Student Demonstration Time" | The Beach Boys |
Dominican Republic
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | "The Marines Have Landed on the Shores of Santo Domingo" | Phil Ochs |
The "Troubles" of Northern Ireland
Main article: The Troubles
- "78 RPM" – Stiff Little Fingers (1978)
- "Alternative Ulster" – Stiff Little Fingers (1978)
- "La Ballade Nord-Irlandaise" – Renaud (1991)
- "Belfast Child" – Simple Minds (1989)
- "Belfast" – Elton John (1995)
- "Bloody Sunday" – Stiff Little Fingers (1979)
- "Corridor Of Cells" – Test Dept (1986)
- "Damned to Be Free" – Bad Religion (1982)
- "Drunken Lullabies" – Flogging Molly (2002)
- "Each Dollar A Bullet" – Stiff Little Fingers (1991)
- "Easter" – Marillion (1989)
- "Ether" – Gang of Four (1979)
- "Fly the Flag" – Stiff Little Fingers (1980)
- "Fuck Religion" – The Exploited (1990)
- "Get Your Dead Hand Off My Shoulder" – Therapy? (2012)
- "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" – Paul McCartney and Wings (1972)
- "Heal This Land" – Maire Brennan (1998)
- "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" – Megadeth (1990)
- "If They Come in the Morning" aka "No Time for Love" – Jack Warshaw (1976)
- "The Island" – Paul Brady
- "My Youngest Son Came Home Today" – Eric Bogle (1993)
- "No More of That" – Stiff Little Fingers (1979)
- "Oliver's Army" – Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1979)
- "Out in the Fields" – Gary Moore and Phil Lynott (1985)
- "Paper Sun (Def Leppard song) – Def Leppard (1999)
- "Peace on Earth" – U2 (2000)
- "Scaling The Derry Wall" – The Exploited (1987)
- "Soldier" – Harvey Andrews (1972)
- "State of Emergency" – Stiff Little Fingers (1979)
- "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" – The Pogues (1988)
- "Sunday Bloody Sunday" – U2 (1983)
- "Troops Out" - The Passage (1981)
- "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" – Fun Boy Three (1983)[4]
- "This is Not Your Country" – Morrissey (1997)
- "Through the Barricades" - Spandau Ballet (1986)
- "The Troubles" – U2 (2014)
- "Ulster" – Sham 69 (1977)
- "Wasted Life" – Stiff Little Fingers (1978)
- "White Noise" – Stiff Little Fingers (1979)
- "Zombie" – The Cranberries (1994)
listen: anti-war songs (The Troubles) playlist
Anti-draft
Main article: Draft evasion
- "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" – Arlo Guthrie (1967)
- "All I Want" – The Offspring (1997)
- "Any King's Shilling" – Elvis Costello (1989)
- "Bad Company" – Bad Company" (1974)
- "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" – Public Enemy (1989)
- "B.Y.O.B." – System of a Down (2005)
- "The Call Up" – The Clash (1980)
- "Draft Dodger Rag" – Phil Ochs (1965)
- "Draft Morning" – The Byrds (1967)
- "Draft Resister" – Steppenwolf (1969)
- "Fuck a War" – Geto Boys (1991)
- "G.I. Blues" – Elvis Presley (1960)
- "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" – Frank Zappa (1981)
- "Kill the President" – The Offspring (1989)
- "Know Your Enemy" – Angry Mic (2008)
- "Legion of Stoopid" – Machinae Supremacy (2004)
- "My Uncle" – The Flying Burrito Brothers (1969)
- "One Man Rock and Roll Band" – Roy Harper (1971)
- "Phone Call from Leavenworth" – Chris Whitley (1991)
- "Refuse/Resist" – Sepultura (1994)
- "Sgt Baker" – Primus (1991)
- "Square Dance" – Eminem (2002)
- "Take it Back" – Cream
- "They Were All Out of Step But Jim" – Irving Berlin (1918)
- "This Is The Army, Mr. Jones" – Irving Berlin (1942)
- "War Party" – Eddy Grant (1982)
- "War/No More War" – Heidi Little/LIGHT/Dreams of Grandeur (2005–2010)
- "When Ya Get Drafted" – Dead Kennedys (1980)
Cold War/Nuclear Annihilation
Main article: Cold War
- "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)
- "1999" – Prince (1982)
- "2 Minutes to Midnight" – Iron Maiden (1984)
- "20 Tons of TNT" – Flanders and Swann
- "99 Luftballons" and "99 Red Balloons" – Nena (1983)
- "The American" – Simple Minds (1991)
- "Atomic Garden" – Bad Religion (1992)
- "Balls to the Wall" – Accept (1983)
- "Battalions of Fear" – Blind Guardian (1988)
- "Be Not Always" – The Jacksons (1984)
- "Big Joe Blues" – Pete Seeger (2007)
- "Blackened" – Metallica (1988)
- "Black Planet" – The Sisters of Mercy (1985)
- "Brighter than a Thousand Suns" – Iron Maiden (2006)
- "Breathing" – Kate Bush (1980)
- "Burning in the Skies" – Linkin Park (2010)
- "Children of the Grave" – Black Sabbath (1971)
- "Cold War" – Funker Vogt (2000)
- "Come Away Melinda" – Harry Belafonte
- "Crazy Train" - Ozzy Osbourne (1980)
- "Curfew" – The Stranglers (1978)
- "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" – Ultravox (1984)
- "Destruction Preventer" – Sonata Arctica (1999)
- "Do the Russians Want War?" – Mark Bernes (1961)
- "Down from the Sky" – Trivium (2008)
- "Dumb All Over" – Frank Zappa (1981)
- "Eagle Fly Free" – Helloween (1988)
- "East at Easter" – Simple Minds (1983)
- "Electric Funeral" – Black Sabbath (1970)
- "Eve of Destruction" – P.F. Sloan (also recorded by Barry McGuire and The Turtles) (1965)
- "Fuel the Hate" – Soulfly (2005)
- "Fight Fire with Fire" – Metallica (1984)
- "Final Day" – Young Marble Giants (1980)
- "Fire in the Sky" – Saxon (1981)
- "Future Legend"/"Diamond Dogs" – David Bowie (1974)
- "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" – Timbuk3 (1986)
- "Hammer to Fall" - Queen (1984)
- "Heatwave" – Fay Ray (1982)
- "Hiroshima" – Wishful Thinking (1971)
- "I Come and Stand at Every Door" (based on a poem by Nazım Hikmet) – Pete Seeger (1962); The Byrds (1966)
- "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" - Bruce Cockburn (1985)
- "It only takes two to tango" – The Stranglers (1981)
- "It's a Mistake" – Men at Work (1983)
- "John Wayne" – Zuma II (1986)
- "Kuiama" – Electric Light Orchestra (1973)
- "Killer of Giants" – Ozzy Osbourne (1986)
- "Killing Fields" – Scanner (1988)
- "Land of Confusion" – Genesis (1986)
- "Leningrad" – Billy Joel (1989)
- "Let Us Begin" – John Denver with Alexander Gradsky (1986)
- "Manhattan Project" – Rush (1985)
- "Minutes to Midnight" – Midnight Oil (1984)
- "Mother" – Pink Floyd (1979)
- "Moya" – Southern Death Cult (1983)
- "A Mushroom Cloud" – Sammy Salvo
- "Mutually Assured Destruction" – Gillan (1981)
- "New Year's Day" – U2 (1983)
- "No Nuclear War" – Peter Tosh (1987)
- "No One Would Riot For Less – Bright Eyes (2007)
- "Nuclear Winter" – Funker Vogt (2000)
- "Overkill" - Men At Work (1983)
- "Paint Your Windows White" – Alien Stash Tin (2011)
- "Part IV (The Index Fossil)" – Bad Religion (1988)
- "People are People" – Depeche Mode (1984)
- "Pre-War America" – The Beatnigs (1988)
- "My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen) – George McKelvey
- "Radio K.A.O.S." – Roger Waters (1987)
- "Red Skies" – The Fixx (1982)
- "Rival Leaders" – The Exploited (1983)
- "Russians" – Sting (1985)
- "Rust in Peace" – Megadeth (1990)
- "Seconds" – U2 (1983)
- "Set the World Afire" – Megadeth (1988)
- "Seven Minutes to Midnight" – Wah! Heat (1980)
- "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)" – Tom Lehrer
- "Showdown at Big Sky" – Robbie Robertson (1987)
- "Standing in the Dark" – Platinum Blonde (1983)
- "Stop the World" – The Clash (1980)
- "Strike Zone" – Loverboy (1983)
- "The Sun is Burning" – Ian Campbell Folk Group (also covered by Luke Kelly and Simon and Garfunkel) (1963)
- "Surfin' USSR" – Ray Stevens (1988)
- "Survival of the Fittest" – Slave Raider (1986)
- "Thank God For the Bomb" – Ozzy Osbourne (1986)
- "They've Got a Bomb" – Crass (1979)
- "Thirteen Women and Only One Man in Town" – Bill Haley and the Comets
- "Time After Time" – Electric Light Orchestra (1983)
- "Two Suns in the Sunset" – Pink Floyd (1983)
- "US Forces" – Midnight Oil (1982)
- "When Two Worlds Collide" – Simple Minds (1981)
- "Who's Next?" – Tom Lehrer
- "Why Did I Fall For That?" – The Who (1982)
- "Воля и Разум" ("Will and Reason") – Aria (1986)
- "Wind of Change" – Scorpions (1990)
Philippine–American War
Main article: Philippine–American War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | "The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated" | Mark Twain |
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Main article: Turkish invasion of Cyprus
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | "Panagia Mou, Panagia Mou" | Mariza Koch and Michael Fotiades |
Falklands War
Main article: Falklands War
- "Blue Monday (New Order song)" (1983)
- "Another Man's Cause" – The Levellers (band) (1992)
- ""Brothers in Arms"" – Dire Straits (1985)
- "Como Estais Amigos" – Iron Maiden (1998)
- "Falklands" – Steve Dahl and Teenage Radiation (1979)
- "Get Your Filthy Hands off My Desert" – Pink Floyd (1983)
- "Forgotten Sons" – Marillion (1983)- It's about Northern Ireland "Troubles"!!!
- "How Does It Feel (To Be The Mother Of A Thousand Dead)?" – Crass (1982)
- "I Love a Man in Uniform" – Gang of Four (1982)
- "Is That What You Fought the War For?" – Stiff Little Fingers (1982)
- "Island of No Return" – Billy Bragg (1984)
- "Let's Start a War – The Exploited (1983)
- "Mentioned In Dispatches" – Television Personalities (1985)
- "No Bombardeen Buenos Aires" – Charly García (1982)
- "The Post War Dream" – Pink Floyd (1983)
- "Qué Es Dios?" – Las Pastillas Del Abuelo (2008)
- "Sheep Farming in the Falklands" – Crass (1982)
- "Shipbuilding" – Elvis Costello and the Attractions (1983)
- "Southampton Dock" – Pink Floyd (1983)
- "Spirit of the Falklands" – New Model Army (1982)
- "Eddie" - Latin Quarter (1985)
- "Tango Atlantico" – Joe Jackson (1986)
- "Where the Rose is Sown/ Come Back to Me" – Big Country (1984)
- "Yes Sir, I Will" – Crass (1983)
- "Wha Dat" – Yellowman (1984)
Contras, Latin America
Main article: Contras
- "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" – Don Henley (1984)
- "Bleed for Me" – Dead Kennedys (1982)
- "Bullet the Blue Sky" – U2 (1987)
- "El Salvador" – Noel Stookey and Jim Wallis (1983)
- "El Salvador" – White Lion (1985)
- "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" – Bruce Cockburn (1984)
- "Lives in the Balance" – Jackson Browne (1985)
- "Nicaragua" – Bruce Cockburn (1984)
- "No Más!" – John McCutcheon (1984)
- "Student Visas" – Corb Lund (2007)
- "Untitled Song For Latin America" – The Minutemen (1984)
- "Washington Bullets" – The Clash (1980)
- "Wish I Was in El Salvador" – Jello Biafra with D.O.A. (1989)
- "Young Willie" – Garnet Rogers (1992)
Yugoslav Wars
Main article: Yugoslav Wars
- "Crv" – Angel's Breath (1994)
- "Čovek sa mesecom u očima" – Đorđe Balašević (1993)
- "Dok gori nebo nad Novim Sadom" – Đorđe Balašević (2000)
- "Dead Winter Dead" - Savatage (1995) The entire album is about the war in Sarajevo.
- "Gde si" – Bajaga i Instruktori (1993)
- "Krivi smo mi" – Đorđe Balašević (1993)
- "Kad sve ovo bude juče" – Dino Merlin (1995)
- "Miss Sarajevo" – Passengers (1995)
- "Neću III svetski" – Babe (1995)
- "Nebo, nebo plavo je" – Obojeni Program (1991)
- "Ovo je Balkan" – Bajaga i Instruktori (1993)
- "Regruteska" – Đorđe Balašević (1993)
- "Sevdalinka" – Đorđe Balašević (2000)
- "Samo da rata ne bude – Đorđe Balašević (1993)
- "Stop the War in Croatia" – Tomislav Ivčić (1991)
Gulf War(s), Iraq, 9/11, and the War on Terror
- "11th Hour" – Lamb of God (2002)
- "20 Dollar Nose Bleed" – Fall Out Boy (2008)
- "21 Guns" – Green Day (2009)
- "911 For Peace" – Anti-Flag (2002)
- "A Song to Stifle Imperial Progress" – The Used 2014
- "A Farewell to Arms" – Machine Head 2007
- "Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare)" – Saul Williams (2004)
- "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" – Iron Maiden (1992)
- "All the Young Fascists" – Shihad (2005)
- "America (Just Say No)" – Alien Stash Tin (2003) – Also covered by Betty Swallaux (2011)
- "America First" – Merle Haggard (2005)
- "American Blood" – Reckless Kelly (2008)
- "American Life" – Madonna (2003)
- "American Idiot" – Green Day (2004)
- "American Jesus" – Bad Religion (1993)
- "Another Bag of Bones" – Kevin Devine (2009)
- "Apocalypse Please" – Muse (2004)
- "Audience Of One" – Rise Against (2008)
- "Atomic Garden" – Bad Religion (1992)
- "Autopista de Basora" – Siniestro Total (1993)
- "Baghdad" – The Offspring (1991)
- "Beneath The Remains" – Sepultura (1989)
- "Bin Laden" – Immortal Technique (2005)
- "Black Rain" – Ozzy Osbourne (2007)
- "Blessed are the Landmines" – Brave Saint Saturn (2008)
- "Bloodsports" – New Model Army (2007)
- "B.O.B" – Outkast (2000)
- "Boom!" – System of a Down (2002)
- "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" – Roger Waters (1992)
- "Bush" – David Banner (2003)
- "The Bushes and The President" – Dawn Called Malice (2003)
- "B.Y.O.B." – System of a Down (2005)
- "Camilo" – [State Radio] (2005)
- "Can't Happen Here" – Atreyu (2008)
- "Caped Crusader" – Jello Biafra with the Melvins (2004)
- "Capital G" – Nine Inch Nails (2007)
- "Captain Sterling's Little Problem" – The Coup (2007)
- "Cheney's Toy" – James McMurtry (2008)
- "Cinnamon Girl" – Prince (2004)
- "Civilian Ways" – Rancid (2009)
- "Clenching the Fists of Dissent" – Machine Head (2007)
- "Condi, Condi" – Steve Earle (2004)
- "Confrontation" – OTEP (2008)
- "Counting Bodies Like Sheep to the Rhythm of the War Drums – A Perfect Circle (2004)
- "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" – Richard Thompson (2007)
- "Dark Side of the Sun" – Tori Amos (2007)
- "Day After Tomorrow" – Tom Waits (2004)
- "Dead Man Walking" – Bloodsimple (2007)
- "Dear Mr. President" – Pink (2007)
- "Deja Vu (All Over Again)" – John Fogerty (2004)
- "Desert Angel" – Stevie Nicks (1991)
- "Devils & Dust" – Bruce Springsteen (2005)
- "Dirty Bombs" – Body Count (2006)
- "Dirty Harry" – Gorillaz (2005)
- "Don't Make Me a Target" – Spoon (2007)
- "Dress Blues" – Jason Isbell (2007)
- "The Drums of War" – Jackson Browne (2008)
- "Everybody's Gone to War" – Nerina Pallot (2006)
- "The Empire Strikes First" – Bad Religion (2004)
- "Empty Walls" – Serj Tankian (2007)
- "Exit Strategy" – Valient Thorr (2006)
- "For the Greater Good of God" – Iron Maiden (2006)
- The Rising (album) – Bruce Springsteen (2002)
- "Fall Dog Bombs the Moon" – David Bowie (2003)
- "Fallujah" – Terry Sutton Conspiracy (2011)
- "Far from Home" – Five Finger Death Punch (2009)
- "Fertile Cresent" – Bad Religion (1991)
- "Final Straw" – R.E.M. (2004)
- "Final Transmission" – Street Dogs (2006)
- "Follow The Leader" – Pete Kronowitt (1993)
- "Franco Un-American" – NOFX (2003)
- "Friends in the Armed Forces" – Thursday (2008)
- "Frontlines" – Soulfly (2005)
- "Fuck a War" – Geto Boys (1991)
- "The General" – Dispatch (1998)
- "George W. Told The Nation" – Tom Paxton (2007)
- "The Getaway" – Voivod (2006)
- "God is not with You !" – Ira dei (2008) Belgium
- "Gulf War Song" – Moxy Früvous (1994)
- "Gunslinger" – Avenged Sevenfold (2007)
- "Hammerhead" – The Offspring (2008)
- "The Hand That Feeds" – Nine Inch Nails (2005)
- "Hard-On for War" – Mudhoney (2006)
- "Harrowdown Hill" – Thom Yorke (2006)
- "Hands Held High" – Linkin Park (2007)
- "Heaven is Falling" – Bad Religion (1992)
- "Hero of War" – Rise Against (2008)
- "Hey Ma" – James (2008)
- "Highwire" – Rolling Stones (1991)
- "Holiday" – Green Day (2004)
- "Holy War" – Matthew Sweet (1991)
- "Home to Houston" – Steve Earle (2004)
- "The Holidays Are Here (And We're Still at War)" – Brett Dennen (2006)
- "How Much Do You Suck?" – The Jeevas (2003)
- "How Much Longer" – Paul Leary (1991)
- "I Can't Take It No More" – John Fogerty (2007)
- "I Saw Him Laying There" – Dawn Called Malice (2003)
- "Illegal Attacks" – Ian Brown (2007)
- "In a World Gone Mad" – Beastie Boys (2003)
- "Jacob's Ladder" – Chumbawumba (2002)
- "Jerusalem" – Steve Earle (2002)
- "Jesus Walks" – Kanye West (2004)
- "John Walker's Blues" – Steve Earle (2002)
- "Job Well Done" – Rob Lincoln (1991)
- "Kimdir O" – Barış Akarsu
- "Leaving Beirut" – Roger Waters (2004)
- "Left Right" - The Chemical Brothers
- "Let Them Eat War" – Bad Religion (2004)
- "Let's Get Free" – Sheryl Crow (2003)
- "Let's Impeach the President" – Neil Young (2006)
- "Letter from a Soldier" – Andy T. (2012)
- "Letter from Iraq" – Bouncing Souls (2006)
- "Letters from Home" – John Michael Montgomery (2004)
- "Lift the Veil, Kiss the Tank" – The Blood Brothers (2006)
- "Light Up Ya Lighter" – Michael Franti (2006)
- "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" – Kevin Devine (2008)
- "Mama" – Godsmack (2006)
- "The Man Who Would Be King" – Dio (2004)
- "Medals of Gold" – Robert Lawrence (2009)
- "Midnight Oil" – Dawn Called Malice (2003)
- "The Mob Goes Wild" - Clutch (2004)
- "Mosh" – Eminem (2004)
- "Fuck a War" - Geto Boys (1991)
- "My Girlfriend is a Lefty" – Dawn Called Malice (2003)
- "No End In Sight" – Toto (1999)
- "No Human No Fly" – April Hole (2002)
- "No More" – Bob Seger (2006)
- "No Time Flat" – Kevin Devine (2005)
- "No War" – Esham (2003)
- "Not a Bad Man" – Patty Griffin (2013)
- "Not In My Name" – Saul Williams (2003)
- "Now You've Got Something to Die For" – Lamb of God (2004)
- "On The Backs of Angels" – Dream Theater (2011)
- "On With the Song" – Mary Chapin Carpenter (2007)
- "Open Invitation (I Hate You bin Laden)" – Jackyl (2001)
- "Osama Yo' Mama" – Ray Stevens (2002)
- "Out Of Time" – Blur (2003)
- "Overburdened" – Disturbed (2005)
- "People Of The Lie" – KMFDM (2009)
- "Planet of the Rice" – Dawn Called Malice (2003)
- "Please Freeze Me" – Dawn Called Malice (2003)
- "Politik" - Coldplay (2003)
- "Prophets of War" – Dream Theater (2007)
- "Redemption Day" – Sheryl Crow (1996)
- "Rhinoceros" – Sky Destroyers (2015)
- "Rich Man's War" – Steve Earle (2004)
- "Rumors of War" – High on Fire (2007)
- "Sacrificed Sons" – Dream Theater (2005)
- "Sacred Lie" – Disturbed (2005)
- "Saraba" – The Gazette (2004)
- "Shock and Awe" – Neil Young (2006)
- "Skylines and Turnstiles" – My Chemical Romance (2002)
- "Slap Leather" – James Taylor (1991)
- "Square Dance" – Eminem (2002)
- "Stand Up" – Flobots (2007)
- "Still Waiting" – Sum 41 (2002)
- "Succexy" – Metric (2005)
- "A Taste of Money" – Dawn Called Malice (2003)* "The Evil Has Landed" – Testament (2005)
- "Tehran" – The Offspring (1989)
- "Take a Bow" - Muse (2006)
- "This Is War" – Smile Empty Soul (2003)
- "This Is War" – Thirty Seconds to Mars (2009)
- "Trot Out the Dead" – Hammers of Misfortune (2006)
- "To Kill the Child" – Roger Waters (2004)
- "Too Many Puppies" – Primus (1991)
- "Too Much Rope" – Roger Waters (1992)
- "Turkey Shoot" – Killdozer (1994)
- "Twenty" – Robert Cray (2005)
- "Two Weeks From Twenty" – Yellowcard (2006)
- "Victory Stinks" – Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine (2011)
- "Violent & Young" – Iglu & Hartly (2008)
- "Walk On" – Hilltop Hoods (2003)
- "War on War" – Wilco (2002)
- "Wargasm" – L7 (1992)
- "Warzone" – Pagoda (2012)
- "War Is a Wonderful Thing" – Real West (2005)
- "What are we fighting for" – Live (2003)
- "What More Can I Give" – Michael Jackson & Various Artists (2001)
- "When the President Talks to God" – Bright Eyes (2005)
- "Where is the Love" – The Black Eyed Peas (Featuring Justin Timberlake) (2004)
- "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" – Alan Jackson (2001)
- "Where'd You Go" - Fort Minor (2006)
- "White People For Peace" – Against Me! (2007)
- "White Flag Warrior" – Flobots ft. Tim McIlrath (2010)
- "Wipe that Smile Off Your Face" – Our Lady Peace (2005)
- "Words I Never Said" – Lupe Fiasco (2011)
- "World Wide Suicide" – Pearl Jam (2006)
- "Waiting on the World to Change" – John Mayer (2006)
- "Worker Bees" – Billy Talent (2006)
- "WWIII" – KMFDM (2003)
- "Yellowcake" – Ministry (2006)
- "Yellow Ledbetter" – Pearl Jam (1992)
- "Yo George" – Tori Amos (2007)
- "You Shoulda Killed Me Last Year" – Ice-T (1991)
- "Your Silence" – Suicide Machines (2003)
General Middle East
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | "Rock the Casbah" | The Clash |
Traditional music
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 other people.
- "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 probably to an older English song.[5]
- "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
- "Paddy's Lamentation" – an Irish song dating back to the US Civil War.[6]
- "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
See also
References
- ↑ Harding, Mike. "Christmas 1914 | Mike Harding". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ Andresen, Lee (May 1, 2003). Battle Notes: Music of the Vietnam War. Savage Press. p. 129.
- ↑ Cusic, Don (July 30, 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 Cruel War (Version 1)". Contemplator.com. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
- ↑ "69th New York Songs". 69thnewyork.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-24.
External links
- 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
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