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Social commentary songs listed below are in no particular order, other than some of the top listed songs are regarded by many historians as important themes reflecting or addressing society. These are songs that in some way include content about society, politics or world views. The themes of these songs go beyond personal relationships and offer musical messages about humanity. Find more social themes at Tangent Sunset. John Lennon - Imagine Pink Floyd - Money Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA U2 - Pride In The Name of Love Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind Beatles - Revolution Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Eagles - Hotel California Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil Dire Straits - Money For Nothin' Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone Don McLean - American Pie Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now Pete Seeger - Where Have All The Flowers Gone Pink Floyd - Time Don Henley - Boys of Summer Grateful Dead - Touch of Grey Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun Sting - All This Time Cake - Rock and Roll Lifestyle Beatles - All You Need Is Love Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son Edwin Starr - War Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours Kansas - Dust In The Wind Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence Police - Invisible Sun Eagles - The Last Resort Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World John Cougar Mellencamp - Small Town Pearl Jam - Not For You Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction O'Jays - Love Train John Cougar Mellencamp - Pink Houses Supertramp - The Logical Song U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Beatles - Nowhere Man Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A Changin' Don Henley - End of the Innocence Beatles - Taxman Counting Crows - Mr. Jones John Lennon - Instant Karma R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Tears For Fears - Shout Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease Dion - Abraham, Martin and John Grateful Dead - Throwing Stones Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man Doors - Riders On The Storm Jesus Jones - Right Here, Right Now Bob Seger - Night Moves Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto Sonny & Cher - The Beat Goes On Janis Ian - Society's Child Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine Temptations - Ball of Confusion Rascals - People Got To Be Free Paul Revere & The Raiders - Kicks Guess Who - Share The Land Doors - People Are Strange Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 Beatles - A Day In The Life Ringo Starr - No No Song Rolling Stones - Shattered Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle Coven - One Tin Soldier R.E.M. - Ignoreland Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way Beatles - Within You, Without You World Party - Ship of Fools Janis Ian - At Seventeen Tears For Fears - Mad World Bob Dylan - Everything Is Broken Jethro Tull - Farm On The Freeway Moody Blues - Question Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin Crosby, Stills & Nash - Wasted On The Way R.E.M. - Radio Song Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps Animals - It's My Life Supremes - Love Child Scott McKenzie - San Francisco Crosby, Stills & Nash - Teach Your Children Chicago - Harry Truman Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World Billy Joel - Only The Good Die Young Crosby, Stills & Nash - Ohio USA For Africa - We Are The World Dire Straits - One World Cat Stevens - Peace Train Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle Beatles - In My Life The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again R.E.M. - World Leader Pretend David Bowie - Fame Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll To Me Suzanne Vega - Luka Police - One World Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit Three Dog Night - Joy To The World Moody Blues - Ride My See Saw Simon & Garfunkel - My Little Town Neil Young - Hey, Hey, My, My Bob Marley - Redemption Song Beatles - She's Leaving Home Rush - Tom Sawyer Pretenders - Middle of the Road Huey Lewis & The News - Walkin' On A Thin Line Rush - Spirit Of Radio INXS - Devil Inside Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans U2- Bullet The Blue Sky Depeche Mode - People Are People INXS - Kick Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane R.E.M. - Stand Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground Depeche Mode - A Question of Lust David Bowie - Modern Love Elvis Costello - What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding Talking Heads - Life During Wartime Ice T - Colors Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians - What I Am Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Men At Work - It's A Mistake Raiders - Indian Reservation Pretenders - My City Was Gone John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - Give Peace A Chance The Clash - London Calling Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul Stevie Wonder - Livin' For The City Dire Straits - Industrial Disease INXS - Calling All Nations Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. Sublime - What I Got Everlast - What It's Like R.E.M. - Drive Mark Knopfler - What It Is Billy Joel - My Life Pearl Jam - Jeremy Nirvana - Come As You Are Rage Against the Machine - Killing In The Name Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright Bruce Springsteen - 57 Channels XTC - Dear God Rush - Big Money John Mellencamp - Peaceful World Neil Young - This Note's For You Tracy Chapman - Bang, Bang, Bang Joe Walsh - Space Age Whiz Kids Paul Hardcastle - 19 Bob Dylan - Masters Of War Ice T - I'm Your Pusher Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days Frozen Ghost - Should I See Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music War - Why Can't We Be Friends Julian Lennon - Saltwater Live - 10,000 Years (Peace Is Now) Don Henley - All She Wants To Do Is Dance Ice T - High Rollers Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues Tori Amos - God Electric Flag - Another Country Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin' Midnight Oil - Forgotten Years The Clash - This Is Radio Clash Police - Bombs Away Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Moody Blues - Isn't Life Strange Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over Bob Marley - Get Up, Stand Up R.E.M. - Pop Song '89 Youngbloods - Get Together Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Grey Cell Green Sting - History Will Teach Us Nothing Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy Genesis - Land Of Confusion INXS - Mediate Metallica - One Sting - Russians Midnight Oil - The Power and the Passion Mike + The Mechanics - The Living Years Police - Spirits In The Material World Rage Against The Machine - Testify Pink Floyd - Us And Them Live - White, Discussion Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together Crosby, Stills & Nash - Woodstock Dead Kennedys - Kinky Sex Makes The World Go Round Cranberries - Zombie Natalie Merchant - Carnival Morrissey - We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful Toad The Wet Sprocket - Hold Her Down Consolidated - Music Has No Meaning Police - Walking In Your Footsteps Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television Jesus Jones - Welcome Back Victoria XTC - Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead 4 Non Blondes - What's Up Porno For Pyros - Pets Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith In You Tori Amos - Silent All These Years Henry Rollins - Liar Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot More Social Commentary Songs 10,000 YEARS (PEACE IS NOW) - Live 19 - Paul Hardcastle 1945 - Social Distortion 1983 - Jimi Hendrix 21ST CENTURY SCHIZOID MAN - King Crimson 99 LUFTBALLOONS/99 RED BALLOONS - Nena A CALL TO ARMS - Mike + The Mechanics A HARD RAIN'S GONNA FALL - Bob Dylan AIN'T MARCHING ANYMORE - Phil Ochs ALIVE - P.O.D. ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE - Don Henley ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - Beatles AMERICANS/SOVIETS - C.C.C.P. ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (Parts I, II, III) - Pink Floyd ANOTHER COUNTRY - Electric Flag ANOTHER ONE IN THE DARK - Wallflowers ATTACK OF THE PEACEKEEPERS - Jello Biafra with D.O.A. ARMY - Ben Folds Five ARMY DREAMERS - Kate Bush BAD MOON RISING - Creedence Clearwater Revival BALL OF CONFUSION - Love And Rockets BALL OF CONFUSION - Temptations BATTLEFLAG - Lo Fidelity Allstars BEDS ARE BURNING - Midnight Oil BETWEEN THE WARS - Billy Bragg THE BIG MONEY - Rush BILLY DON'T BE A HERO - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods BLACK STEEL - Public Enemy BLACK STEEL - Tricky BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - Bob Dylan BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - Neil Young BOLD AS LOVE - Jimi Hendrix BOMBS AWAY - Police BOMBTRACK - Rage Against The Machine BOOM - System Of A Down BORN IN THE USA - Bruce Springsteen BORN TO BE WILD - Steppenwolf BORN TO BE WILD - INXS BRING THE BOYS BACK HOME - Pink Floyd BROTHERS IN ARMS - Dire Straits BUFFALO SOLDIER - Bob Marley & The Wailers BULLET IN YOUR HEAD - Rage Against The Machine BULLET THE BLUE SKY - U2 BULLS ON PARADE - Rage Against The Machine CALLING ALL NATIONS - INXS THE CALL UP - The Clash CALM LIKE A BOMB - Rage Against The Machine CITIES IN DUST - Siouxsie & The Banshees THE CLAMPDOWN - The Clash COLD WAR - Devo COMFORTABLY NUMB - Pink Floyd COPS OF THE WORLD - Phil Ochs CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION - Concrete Blonde CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION - Tommy James & The Shondells DANGER ZONE - Kenny Loggins DEAR GOD - XTC DIALOGUE - Chicago DISARM - Smashing Pumpkins DOGS OF WAR - Pink Floyd DON'T BOMB WHEN YOU'RE THE BOMB - Blur DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER - Crowded House DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER - Sixpence None The Richer DON'T LEAVE ME NOW - Pink Floyd DOWN RODEO - Rage Against The Machine DR. JEEP - Sisters Of Mercy EMPTY SPACES - Pink Floyd END OF THE INNOCENCE - Don Henley EPITAPH - King Crimson EVE OF DESTRUCTION - Barry McGuire EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD - Tears For Fears EVERY DAY IS LIKE SUNDAY - Morrissey FERNANDO - Abba FIVE TO ONE - Doors FIXIN' TO DIE RAG - Country Joe & The Fish FLOWERS OF GUATEMALA - R.E.M. FOREVER YOUNG - Alphaville FORTUNATE SON - Creedence Clearwater Revival FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART - Sting FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH - Buffalo Springfield FREEDOM FIGHTER - Creed GAMES WITHOUT FRONTIERS - Peter Gabriel GENERALS AND MAJORS - XTC GET TOGETHER - Youngbloods GET UP, STAND UP - Bob Marley & THe Wailers GIMME SHELTER - Rolling Stones GIVE ME LOVE (GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH) - George Harrison GIVE PEACE A CHANCE - John Lennon GLORY DAYS - Bruce Springsteen GOING UNDER - Devo GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD - Pink Floyd GUERRILLA RADIO - Rage Against The Machine GUNS IN THE SKY - INXS GUNS OF BRIXTON - The Clash HALLOWED GROUND - Violent Femmes HAMMER TO FALL - Queen HAPPIEST DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Pink Floyd HEAVEN IS FALLING - Bad Religion HEY YOU - Pink Floyd HIGHER GROUND - Red Hot Chili Peppers HIGHER GROUND - Stevie Wonder HATE AND WAR - The Clash HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER - Neil Diamond HE AIN'T HEAVY...HE'S MY BROTHER - Hollies HISTORY WILL TEACH US NOTHING - Sting HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA - Dead Kennedys HUMAN NATURE - Gary Clail I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER - John Lennon I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOLDIER - Mad Season I DON'T WANT TO GET DRAFTED - Frank Zappa IMAGINE - Blues Traveler IMAGINE - John Lennon IMAGINE - Neil Young IMMIGRANT SONG - Led Zeppelin IN A WORLD GONE MAD - Beastie Boys INDIAN RESERVATION - Raiders IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING - King Crimson IN THE FLESH - Pink Floyd INVISIBLE SUN - Police IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE - Pink Floyd IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW - Duran Duran I TALK TO THE WIND - King Crimson IT DON'T COME EASY - Ringo Starr IT'S A MISTAKE - Men At Work IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE) - R.E.M. IVAN MEETS G.I. JOE - The Clash JOIN THE ARMY - Suicidal Tendancies JOY TO THE WORLD - Three Dog Night JUST ONE FIX - Ministry KICK - INXS KILLING AN ARAB - The Cure KILLING IN THE NAME - Rage Against The Machine KINKY SEX MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND - Dead Kennedys LAND OF CONFUSION - Genesis THE LAST FAREWELL - Roger Whittaker LET'S GO ALL THE WAY - Sly Fox LIE ON LIE - Chalk Farm LIFE DURING WARTIME - Talking Heads LIVING THROUGH ANOTHER CUBA - XTC LONDON CALLING - The Clash LOVE TRAIN - O'Jays LUCKY MAN - Emerson, Lake & Palmer MANHATTAN PROJECT - Rush MAN OF PEACE - Bob Dylan THE MAN'S TOO STRONG - Dire Straits MARCH OF THE PIGS - Nine Inch Nails MASTERS OF WAR - Bob Dylan MASTERS OF WAR - Eddie Vedder MEDIATE - INXS MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - Pretenders MIND GAMES - John Lennon MISSING THE WAR - Ben Folds Five MILITARY MADNESS - Crosby, Stills & Nash MOTHER - Pink Floyd MURDER BY NUMBERS - Police N.W.O. - Ministry THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - The Band THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - Joan Baez NOBODY HOME - Pink Floyd NO SHELTER - Rage Against The Machine NUCLEAR WAR - Yo La Tengo OHIO - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young OLD MAN AND ME - Hootie & The Blowfish OLIVER'S ARMY - Elvis Costello ONE - Creed ONE - Metallica ONE - U2 ONE MAN ARMY - Our Lady Peace ONE OF MY TURNS - Pink Floyd ONE OF OUR SUBMARINES (IS MISSING) - Thomas Dolby ONE TIN SOLDIER - Coven ONE WORLD - Dire Straits ONE WORLD (NOT THREE) - Police ORANGE CRUSH - R.E.M. PATRIOT'S DAY - Wrenfields PEACE - Los Lobos PEACE AND LOVE - Neil Young PEACE BROTHER PEACE - Bill Medley PEACE IN OUR TIME - Elvis Costello PEACE IN OUR TIME - Eddie Money PEACE IN THE VALLEY - Elvis Presley PEACE IS JUST A WORD - Eurythmics PEACEKEEPER - Fleetwood Mac PEACE LIKE A RIVER - Paul Simon PEACE SELLS BUT WHO'S BUYING? - Megadeth PEACE SIGN - War PEACE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD - Maxi Priest PEACE TRAIN - Cat Stevens PEACE WILL COME - Melanie PEACEFUL WORLD - John Mellencamp PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE - Depeche Mode PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE - Rascals PLANET EARTH - Duran Duran POST COLD WAR POLITICS - Fishbone POWER AND THE PASSION - Midnight Oil PUT DOWN THAT WEAPON - Midnight Oil QUESTION - Moody Blues QUICK FIX - Ministry featuring William Burroughs RADIO FREE EUROPE - R.E.M. REDEMPTION SONG - Bob Marley & The Wailers RED RAIN - Peter Gabriel RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET - Midnight Oil RED SECTOR - Rush RED SKIES - The Fixx REVOLUTION - Beatles RIDE ACROSS THE RIVER - Dire Straits RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW - Jesus Jones RIPPLE - Grateful Dead RIPPLE - Jane's Addiction ROCKIN' IN THE FREE WORLD - Neil Young ROCK THE CASBAH - The Clash ROOSTER - Alice In Chains RUMOURS OF WAR - Billy Bragg RUN LIKE HELL - Pink Floyd RUNNING GUN BLUES - David Bowie RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE - Creedence Clearwater Revival RUSSIANS - Sting SAN FRANCISCO - Scott McKenzie SEVEN NATION ARMY - White Stripes SHAPES OF THINGS - Yardbirds SHORT MEMORY - Midnight Oil SHOUT - Tears For Fears SILENT RUNNING - Mike + The Mechanics SITUATION - Yaz SKY PILOT - Eric Burden & The Animals SLEEP NOW IN THE FIRE - Rage Against The Machine SMOKE TWO JOINTS - Bob Marley & The Wailers SMOKE TWO JOINTS - Sublime SOLDIER BLUE - The Cult SO MANY PEOPLE - Hubert Kah SORROW - Bad Religion SOUND OF SILENCE - Simon & Garfunkel SOVIET SNOW - Shona Laing SPIRITS IN THE MATERIAL WORLD - Police STILL IN SAIGON - Charlie Daniels Band STREET FIGHTING MAN - Rolling Stones SUICIDE IS PAINLESS (THEME FROM M*A*S*H) - Manic Street Preachers SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY - U2 SUPPOSE THEY GAVE A WAR AND NO ONE CAME - West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band SURRENDER - U2 SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL - Natalie Merchant SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL - Rolling Stones TALKING WORLD WAR III BLUES - Bob Dylan TERMS OF PSYCHIC WARFARE - Husker Du TESTIFY - Rage Against The Machine THE THIN ICE - Pink Floyd THEY DANCE ALONE - Sting THIS IS RADIO CLASH - The Clash THROWING STONES - Grateful Dead TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN' - Bob Dylan TOM SAWYER - Rush TOO MUCH MONKEY BUSINESS - Chuck Berry TRAVELIN' SOLDIER - Dixie Chicks TRAVELIN' SOLDIER - Bruce Robison TURN, TURN, TURN - Byrds TWO SOLDIERS - Bob Dylan TWO TRIBES - Frankie Goes To Hollywood UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT - Rolling Stones UNDERNEATH THE RADAR - Underworld UNKNOWN SOLDIER - Doors UNIVERSAL SOLDIER - Donovan US AND THEM - Pink Floyd U.S. FORCES - Midnight Oil WAITING FOR THE WORMS - Pink Floyd THE WAITRESS - Tori Amos WALKIN' ON A THIN LINE - Huey Lewis & The News WAR - Bob Marley & The Wailers (not the same as Edwin Starr song) WAR - Bruce Springsteen WAR - Edwin Starr WAR AND PEACE - Vic Damone WAR CHILD - Jethro Tull WAR GAMES - Crosby, Stills & Nash WAR IS COMING, WAR IS COMING - War WAR OF MAN - Neil Young WAR PIGS - Black Sabbath WAR SONG - Culture Club (not the same as Young/Nash song) WAR SONG - Neil Young And Graham Nash WAR WAR WAR - Country Joe & The Fish WAR WITHIN A BREATH - Rage Against The Machine WATERLOO - Abba WE ALL FALL DOWN - Ultravox WE CAN BE TOGETHER - Jefferson Airplane WE CAN WORK IT OUT - Beatles WE WANT PEACE - Lenny Kravitz WHAT I GOT - Sublime WHAT'S GOIN' ON - Marvin Gaye WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING - Elvis Costello WHEN THE WIND BLOWS - David Bowie WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE - Pete Seeger WHITE, DISCUSSION - Live WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Sade WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER - Timmy Thomas WILD WILD WEST - Escape Club WIND OF CHANGE - Scorpions WINTER OF THE LONG HOT SUMMER - Disposable Heroes OF Hiphoprisy WITHIN YOU, WITHOUT YOU - Beatles WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN - The Who WOODEN SHIPS - Crosby, Stills & Nash WOODEN SHIPS - Jefferson Airplane WOODSTOCK - Crosby, Stills & Nash WOODSTOCK - Joni Mitchell WORLD DESTRUCTION - Afrikaa Bambata & Johnny Lydon WORLD LEADER PRETEND - R.E.M. WORLD WAR III - TSOL WORLD WAR NONE - Frank Sinatra YOUNG LUST - Pink Floyd ZOMBIE - Cranberries |
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