List of anti-war songs
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.
General peace / anti-war songs
Thirty Years' War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "A Lifetime of War" | Sabaton |
American Civil War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1860s (Probably) | "Paddy's Lamentation" | Unknown |
| 1861 | "The Vacant Chair" | George F. Root |
| 1863 | "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" | Walter Kittredge |
| 1895 | "The Songs We Sang Upon the Old Camp Ground" | H. L. Frisbie |
| 1863 | "Who Will Care for Mother Now?" | Charles Carroll Sawyer |
| 2009 | "Abraham Lincoln" | Clutch |
| 2013 | "Accidental Racist" | Brad Paisley (featuring L.L. Cool J) |
| 1861 | "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight" | Ethel Lynn Beers |
| 1969 | "Arkansas Grass" | Axiom |
| 1995 | "Ben McCullough" | Steve Earle |
| 1974 | "Billy Don't Be a Hero" | Paper Lace |
| 2013 | "Bloodshed" | Soulfly |
| 2011 | "Broken Hymns" | Dropkick Murphys |
| 2003 | "Cross The Green Mountain" | Bob Dylan |
| 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 |
| 2008 | "Lone Pine Hill" | Justin Townes Earle |
| 1865 | "Marching through Georgia (e.g. 1896 version by Gilmore's Band)" | Henry Clay Work |
| 1863 | "Poor Kitty Popcorn" | Henry C. Work |
| 1991 | "Rebel Soldier" | Waylon Jennings |
| 1999 | "Shiloh Town" | Tim Hardin |
| 1998 | "Silent Reign of Heroes" | Molly Hatchet |
| 1968 | "Six White Horses" | Henson Cargill |
| 1986 | "Swan Swan H" | R.E.M. |
| 2004 | "Tears of God" | Josh Turner |
| 1962 | "The Big Battle" | Johnny Cash |
| 1968 | "The Klan" | Richie Havens |
| 2004 | "The Devil to Pay" | Iced Earth |
| 1969 | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | The Band |
| 1978 | "The Southland's Bleeding" | Waylon Jennings |
| 1993 | "Two Soldiers" | Bob Dylan |
| 1997 | "The General" | Dispatch |
World War I
Mexican–American War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1845 | "Once to Every Man and Nation" | James R. Lowell |
Spanish Civil War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | "1936" | Sin Dios |
| 1985 | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | Metallica |
| 1998 | "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" | Manic Street Preachers |
| 1937–1939 | "Jamie Foyers" | Ewan MacColl |
| 1990 | "Lorca's Novena" | The Pogues |
| 2003 | "Skeletons of Quinto" | The Folksmen |
| 1983 | "Sketches of Spain" | The Nits |
| 1979 | "Spanish Bombs" | The Clash |
| 1963 | "Spanish Civil War Song" (or "Spanish Lament") | Phil Ochs |
| 1983 | "Viva la Quinta Brigada" | Christy Moore |
Spanish–American War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | "Galveston" | Glen Campbell |
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 |
| 1980 | "Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo)" | Thin Lizzy |
| 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 |
| 1979 | "Pocahontas" | Neil Young |
| 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
Korean War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | "The Door" | George Jones |
| 1994 | "I Bombed Korea" | Cake |
Vietnam War era
Dominican Republic
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | "The Marines Have Landed on the Shores of Santo Domingo" | Phil Ochs |
The Troubles of Northern Ireland
Anti-draft
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1863 | "Come in out of the draft, or How are you conscript?" | B. Frank Walters and Ednor Rossiter |
| 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 | "B.Y.O.B." | 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 |
| 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
Philippine–American War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | "The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated" | Mark Twain |
Falklands War
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | "Another Man's Cause" | Levellers |
| 1990 | "The Ballad of Robbie Jones" | Levellers |
| 1985 | "Brothers in Arms" | Dire Straits |
| 1985 | "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 |
| 1982 | "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 |
| 1984 | "The Right Side Won" | What Fun! |
Contras, Latin America
| 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 |
| 1983 | "El Salvador" | Cybotron |
| 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
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Bosnia" | The Cranberries |
| 1992 | "Bili cvitak" (White flower) | Jura Stublić |
| 1995 | "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" | Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
| 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" note: The entire album is about the war in Sarajevo. | Savatage |
| 1993 | "Gde si" | Bajaga i Instruktori |
| 1991 | "Isabelle" | Greg Johnson |
| 1993 | "Krivi smo mi" | Đorđe Balašević |
| 1995 | "Kad sve ovo bude juče" | Dino Merlin |
| 1995 | "Miss Sarajevo" | Passengers |
| 1997 | "Lucky" | Radiohead |
| 1995 | "Neću III svetski" | Babe |
| 1991 | "Nebo, nebo plavo je" | Obojeni Program |
| 2006 | "No Bravery" | James Blunt |
| 1993 | "Ovo je Balkan" | Bajaga i Instruktori |
| 1995 | "Peppers and Tomatoes" | Ralph McTell |
| 1996 | "Regruteska" | Đorđe Balašević |
| 2000 | "Sevdalinka" | Đorđe Balašević |
| 1992 | "Slušaj 'vamo" | Rimtutituki |
| 1991 | "Stop the War in Croatia" | Tomislav Ivčić |
| 1995 | "Vrbana Bridge" | Jill Sobule |
| 2006 | "We Burn" | Sabaton |
Gulf War(s), Iraq, 9/11, and the War on Terror
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | "Bloodtrails" | Sodom |
| 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 |
| 2008 | "Down From The Sky" | Trivium |
| 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 |
| 2003 | "Aftermath" | Strapping Young Lad |
| 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 |
| 2010 | "The American Scream" | Alkaline Trio |
| 2007 | "Amerikhastan" | Megadeth |
| 2009 | "Another Bag of Bones" | Kevin Devine |
| 2004 | "Apocalypse Please" | Muse |
| 2008 | "Audience of One" | Rise Against |
| 2019 | "Arabesque" | Coldplay |
| 1992 | "Atomic Garden" | Bad Religion |
| 1993 | "Autopista de Basora" | Siniestro Total |
| 2007 | "Back Home" | Blue Scholars |
| 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 | "B.Y.O.B." | 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 |
| 2006 | "Dangerous Game" | Bill Madden |
| 2007 | "Dark Side of the Sun" | Tori Amos |
| 2004 | "Day After Tomorrow" | Tom Waits |
| 2007 | "Dead Man Walking" | Bloodsimple |
| 2004 | "Dear America" | N.EX.T (featuring Psy) |
| 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 |
| 2002 | "Don't Bomb When You're the Bomb" | Blur |
| 2007 | "Don't Make Me a Target" | Spoon |
| 2007 | "Dress Blues" | Jason Isbell |
| 2008 | "The Drums of War" | Jackson Browne |
| 1999 | "Easily" | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 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) |
| 2003 | "Good Song" | Blur |
| 2009 | "Ground Zero" | Chris Cornell |
| 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 |
| 1992 | "Hero" | Ministry |
| 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 |
| 2006 | "If This Is Goodbye" | Mark Knopfler with Emmylou Harris |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2011 | "Let's Be Real" | Soulja Boy |
| 2003 | "Let's Get Free" | Sheryl Crow |
| 2006 | "Let's Impeach the President" | Neil Young |
| 2002 | "Let's Roll" | 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 |
| 2001 | "Makeshift Patriot" | Sage Francis |
| 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 |
| 2003 | "New Killer Star" | David Bowie |
| 1999 | "No End in Sight" | Toto |
| 2002 | "No Human No Fly" | April Hole |
| 2006 | "No More" | Bob Seger |
| 2005 | "No Sure Way" | Loudon Wainwright III |
| 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 |
| 2007 | "S-O-R-R-Y" | The Proclaimers[15] |
| 2002 | "Square Dance" | Eminem |
| 2007 | "Stand Up" | Flobots |
| 2002 | "Still Waiting" | Sum 41 |
| 2003 | "Stop the War (Gotta Give It Up)" | John Tabacco |
| 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 |
| 2009 | "This Is War" | Thirty Seconds to Mars |
| 2006 | "Trot Out the Dead" | Hammers of Misfortune |
| 2004 | "To Kill the Child" | Roger Waters |
| 1990 | "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 |
| 2004 | "Unknown Soldier" | The Casualties |
| 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 |
| 2007 | "War" | Emigrate |
| 2013 | "Waves" | Portugal, The Man |
| 2005 | "Zerstören" | Rammstein |
| 2004 | "Amerika" | Rammstein |
| 2003 | "This Is War" | Smile Empty Soul |
| 2005 | "God's Army" | Smile Empty Soul |
| 2016 | "A Match Made In Heaven" | Architects |
General Middle East
| Year | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Sweet Bird Of Truth" | The The |
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 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.[16]
- "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.
- "Join the British Army" – Irish rebel song, recorded by Ewan MacColl and The Dubliners.
- "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 enters the British Army and returns seven years later having lost his legs to a cannonball while fighting against Napoleon presumably at the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (fought between 3 and 5 May 1811). 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
See also
References
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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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