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
Year | Song | Artist |
2001 | "10th Man Down" | Nightwish |
1995 | "The Aftermath" | Iron Maiden |
2004 | "All These Things That I've Done" | The Killers |
1991 | "Amani" | Beyond |
2003 | "Amerika the Brutal" | Six Feet Under |
1988 | "Another Part Of Me" | Michael Jackson |
2006 | "Anti-War Dub" | Digital Mystikz |
1978 | "Armalite Rifle" | Gang of Four |
1980 | "Army Dreamers" | Kate Bush |
2005 | "B.Y.O.B." | 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 |
2003 | "Amerika the Brutal" | Six Feet Under |
1992 | "Campo de Batalha" | Edson Gomes |
1981 | "Can You Feel It" | The Jacksons |
2004 | "Captured" | Malevolent Creation |
2012 | "Cease Fire" | Christina Aguilera |
1990 | "Civil War" | Guns N' Roses |
1971 | "Classified 1A" | Cher |
1986 | "The Crest" | The Men They Couldn't Hang |
2005 | "Crying Shame" | Jack Johnson |
1986 | "Damage Inc." | Metallica |
2006 | "Dear Darcy" | Joshua James |
1975 | "Den vita duvan" | Mats Rådberg |
1954 | "Le Déserteur" | Boris Vian |
1986 | "Disposable Heroes" | Metallica |
1987 | "The Dogs of War" | Pink Floyd |
2007 | "Don't Die a Martyr for Me" | Dawnstar |
2012 | "A Dream" | Shadmehr Aghili, Ebi |
1995 | "Earth Song" | Michael Jackson |
2006 | "Europa" | Globus |
1965 | "Eve of Destruction" | Barry McGuire |
1969 | "The Fiddle and the Drum" | Joni Mitchell |
2009 | "The Field of Crying" | The Gazette |
2007 | "Fields of Mars" | Bad Religion |
1978 | "Fight War Not Wars" | Crass |
1995 | "Foggy Dew" | Sinéad O'Connor |
1995 | "Fortunes of War" | Iron Maiden |
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 |
1995 | "Fortunes of War" | Iron Maiden |
1969 | "Galveston" | Glen Campbell |
1980 | "Games Without Frontiers" | Peter Gabriel |
2011 | "Gary Got A Gun" | Sonic Boom Six |
1998 | "The General" | Dispatch |
2004 | "The Ghost of You" | My Chemical Romance |
2009 | "G.I. Blues" | Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine |
1978 | "Gimme Peace" | Tom T. Hall |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 Him)" | Rachel Shapira/Yair Rosenblum |
1982 | "Major General Despair" | Crass |
1977 | "Man of War" | The Jacksons |
1989 | "Mandatory Suicide" | Slayer |
1997 | "March With Me" | Montserrat Caballé and Vangelis |
1967 | "La Marseillaise" | Léo Ferré |
1963 | "Masters of War" | Bob Dylan |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
1985 | "Territories" | Rush |
1964 | "There but for Fortune" | Phil Ochs |
1996 | "They Don't Care About Us" | Michael Jackson |
2009 | "This is War" | Thirty Seconds to Mars |
2009 | "'Til the Last Shot's Fired" | Trace Adkins |
1980 | "Tin Soldiers" | Stiff Little Fingers |
1990 | "Too Many Puppies" | Primus |
1993 | "Too Young to Die" | Jamiroquai |
2010 | "Trigger Happy Hands" | Placebo |
1966 | "Trooper's Lament" | Barry Sadler |
1959 | "Turn! Turn! Turn!" | Pete Seeger |
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 |
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 |
1992 | "Wargasm" | L7 |
2004 | "Warrior" | Steve Earle |
2015 | "Wars for Nothing" | Boggie |
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 |
1984 | "We're Not Gonna Take It" | Twisted Sister |
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 |
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 |
1994 | "Zombie" | The Cranberries |
1968 | "Zor and Zam" | The Monkees |
2008 | "Vinushka" | Dir en Grey |
2014 | Kukoku No Kyouon | Dir en Grey |
American Civil War
World War I
Mexican–American War
Year | Song | Artist |
1845 | "Once to Every Man and Nation" | James R. Lowell |
Spanish Civil War
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
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War era
- "I Can't Write Left Handed" – Bill Withers (1973)
- "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)
- "Black Wall" – Dennis DeYoung (1986)[2]
- "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)
- "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)[3][4]
- "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)
- "The Price of Paradise" - Minutemen (1985)
- "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)
- "Tame The Lion"/"Those Who Die" – Emitt Rhodes
- "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)
- "Viet Nam" - Minutemen (1984)
- "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
Dominican Republic
Year | Song | Artist |
1966 | "The Marines Have Landed on the Shores of Santo Domingo" | Phil Ochs |
The "Troubles" of Northern Ireland
listen: anti-war songs (The Troubles) playlist
Anti-draft
Cold War/nuclear annihilation
Philippine–American War
Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Falklands War
Contras, Latin America
Yugoslav Wars
Gulf War(s), Iraq, 9/11, and the War on Terror
General Middle East
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:
See also
References
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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