Anti-war song

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An anti-war song is a musical composition perceived (by the public or critics) as having an anti-war theme on its lyrics. Some show the negative aspects of war, while others satirizes war.

Some popular songs that are often perceived as being anti-war are:

Modern Music

• "19" – Paul Hardcastle
• "2 Minutes to Midnight" Iron Maiden
• "99 Luftballons" and "99 Red Balloons" – Nena
• "A Walk in the Light Green" – Redgum
• "Alice's Restaurant" – Arlo Guthrie
• "All the Young Fascists" – Shihad
• "B.Y.O.B." – System of a Down
• "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" – The Temptations
• "Billy Don't Be a Hero" – Paper Lace (also recorded by Bo Donaldson)
• "Bin Laden" – Immortal Technique
• "Bloodsports" – New Model Army
• "Blowin' in the Wind" – Bob Dylan
• "Bomb Iraq" – Raging Grannies
• "Boom!" – System of a Down
• "Born in the USA" – Bruce Springsteen
• "Bullet the Blue Sky" – U2
• "Civil War" – Guns N' Roses
• "Dear Mr. President" – P!nk
• "Dirty Harry" – Gorillaz
• "Do the Evolution" – Pearl Jam
• "The End" – The Doors
• "Eve of Destruction" – P.F. Sloan (also recorded by Barry McGuire and The Turtles)
• "Everybody's Gone to War" – Nerina Pallot
• "Forever Young" – Alphaville
• "Fortunate Son" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Free Four" – Pink Floyd
• "Give Peace a Chance" – John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• "Hammer to Fall" – Queen
• "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" – John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• "Harvest for the World" – The Isley Brothers
• "Heal the World" – Michael Jackson
• "Holiday" – Green Day
• "The Holidays Are Here (And We're Still at War)" – Brett Dennen
• "I Ain't Marching Anymore" – Phil Ochs
• "I Don't Want To Be A Hero" – Johnny Hates Jazz
• "I Should Be Proud" – Martha and the Vandellas
• "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" – Manic Street Preachers
• "Illegal Attacks" – Ian Brown
• "Imagine" – John Lennon
• "Internationale – Eugène Edine Pottier (poem) and Pierre Degeyter (music)
• "In Our Garden" – Naomi Shemer
• "Jesus Walks" – Kanye West
• "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Bob Dylan
• "Masters of War" – Bob Dylan
• "No Bravery" – James Blunt
• "Ohio" – Neil Young
• "One" – Metallica
• "One Tin Soldier" by Original Caste (covered by Coven)
• "Peace on Earth" – U2
• "Prophets of War" – Dream Theater
• "Put Out the Fire" – Queen
• "Ratziti Sheteda" – Uzi Hitman
• "Refuse/Resist" – Sepultura
• "Saraba" – The GazettE
• "Sky Pilot" – Eric Burdon and The Animals
• "Spirit Of The Falklands" – New Model Army
• "Stoned Love" – The Supremes
• "Sullivan" – Caroline's Spine
• "Turn! Turn! Turn!" – The Byrds
• "Two Suns in the Sunset" – Pink Floyd
• "Universal Soldier" – Buffy Sainte-Marie
• "Vietnam" – Jimmy Cliff
• "Waiting on the World to Change" – John Mayer
• "War" – The Temptations (also recorded by Edwin Starr and later by Bruce Springsteen)
• "War" – Bob Marley
• "War?" – System of a Down
• "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath (covered by The Dresden Dolls)(covered by Faith No More)
• "What's Going On?" – Marvin Gaye (also recorded by Cyndi Lauper, Artists Against AIDS Worldwide and Chaka Khan)
• "When the Tigers Broke Free" – Pink Floyd
• "Where is the Love?" – The Black Eyed Peas
• "Wind of Change" – Scorpions
• "Yes Sir, I Will" – Crass
• "Zombie" – The Cranberries
• "wasted life" – Stiff Little Fingers

Traditional Music

Apart from the various genres of modern music, some traditional and contemparary folk songs reflect the futile efforts of war

• "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" – Eric Bogle
• "Christmas 1914" – Mike Harding
• "Fighting for Strangers" – traditional recorded by Steeleye Span
• "Lincolns' Army – The Irish Rovers
• "Lowlands of Holland" – traditional recorded by Martin Carthy
• "Green Fields of France – Eric Bogle and the The Fureys

External link

• Anti-war Songs a website collecting thousands of antiwar songs from all over the world

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