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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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