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1 | Band/Artist | Song | Album | Year | Genre | Movement | Country | Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position | Leaning | Lyrics | Video | Notes | Write-Up | id | |||||||||||||
2 | ---- | Song of the Free | ---- | 1860 | Underground Railroad | Anti-Slavery, Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_the_Free#/media/File:Song_of_the_Free_lyrics.jpg | Cannot Find | 00001 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Paul Brousse | The Standard of Revolt | ---- | 1877 | Folk | French Socialism, Anarchism | France | Left | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Standard_of_Revolt | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPfwKyJmvfE | 00002 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | L. L. Zamenhof | La Espero | ---- | 1891 | Poem | Anti-War | Poland | Left | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Espero | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk-0D3D75Ao | The author is the creator of Esperanto. The song is titled "The Hope" and is the anthem of Esperanto. | 00003 | |||||||||||||||
5 | ---- | We Shall Overcome | ---- | 1900 | Gospel | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/american.studies.s98/we.shall.overcome.html | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBtmPiCgToI | Probably first written by Charles Albert Tindley | 00004 | |||||||||||||||
6 | Alfred Bryan and Al Piantadosi | I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier | ---- | 1914 | Vocal, Piano | Anti-War, Pacifism | USA | Left | https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1642/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfl7QBVDmNs | 00005 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Irving Berlin | Stay Down Here Where You Belong | ---- | 1914 | Vocal, Piano | Anti-War, Pacifism | USA | Left | https://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/irving_berlin/stay_down_here_where_you_belong.html | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoGc3O07WPM | 00006 | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Florence Reece | Which Side Are You On? | ---- | 1931 | Folk | Pro-Union, Anti-Capitalism | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Pete-seeger-which-side-are-you-on-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XEnTxlBuGo | 00007 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Gudrun Kabisch and Paul Dessau | Freiheit | ---- | 1936 | Folk | Anti-Fascism | Germany | Left | https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/ernst-busch/die-thalmann-kolonne-3cf897b.html | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1_KbIXHVBE&vl=en | 00008 | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Kurt Weill | Johnny Johnson (musical) | 1936 | Anti-War | Left | Singing about WWI. | 00009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Valeriano Orobón Fernández | A las Barricadas | ---- | 1936 | Folk | Anarchism, Spanish Anarchy, Anti-Fascism | Spain | Left | https://www.marxists.org/subject/art/music/lyrics/es/a-las-barricadas.htm | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAgWC9G8WY | 00010 | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Billie Holiday | Strange Fruit | ---- | 1939 | Jazz | Anti-Lynching, Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Billie-holiday-strange-fruit-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Web007rzSOI | 00011 | ||||||||||||||||
13 | Ewan MacColl | Jamie Foyers | 1939 | Anti-War | Left | 00012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Lead Belly | The Bourgeois Blues | ---- | 1939 | Blues | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Lead-belly-the-bourgeois-blues-1938-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk6Y9uIwiMI | 00013 | ||||||||||||||||
15 | Toby O'Brien | Hitler Has Only Got One Ball | ---- | 1939 | Folk | Anti-Fascism | UK | Left | http://www.songlyrics.com/john-jones/hitler-has-only-got-one-ball-lyrics/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqZg36JBBr8 | 00014 | ||||||||||||||||
16 | Woody Guthrie | Dust Bowl Blues | 1940 | Environmentalism | 00015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | The Almanac Singers | ---- | Songs for John Doe | 1941 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | Left | ---- | ---- | 00016 | ||||||||||||||||
18 | Vasily Lebedev-Kumach | The Sacred War | ---- | 1941 | Folk | Anti-Fascism, Patriotism | Russia | Left | https://genius.com/The-red-army-choir-the-sacred-war-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYIQQiYpYt4 | Try to find english translation | 00017 | |||||||||||||||
19 | World War II Paratrooper Song | Blood on the Risers | 1943 | Anti-War | Left | 00018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Viktor Ullmann | Der Kaiser von Atlantis | 1944 | Anti-War | Left | Singing about WWI. | 00019 | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Gene Autry | At Mail Call Today | 1945 | Anti-War | Left | 00020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Woody Guthrie | This Land Is Your Land | ---- | 1945 | Folk | American Progressivism | USA | Left | https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/36028071/Woody+Guthrie/This+Land+is+Your+Land | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s | Some say this is a pro-Communism or pro-Socialism song. | 00021 | |||||||||||||||
23 | Woody Guthrie | Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) | ---- | 1948 | Folk | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Woody-guthrie-deportee-plane-crash-at-los-gatos-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu-duTWccyI | 00022 | ||||||||||||||||
24 | Lance Sergeant Harry Pynn | D-Day Dodgers | 1949 | Anti-War | Left | 00023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Bill Haley and the Comets | Thirteen Women and Only One Man in Town | 1954 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Nancy Jacobs & Her Sisters | Meadowlands | ---- | 1956 | Jazz | Anti-Apartheid, Anti-Racism | South Africa | Left | https://genius.com/Nancy-jacobs-and-her-sisters-meadowlands-mielieland-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igRqneRLfIY | 00025 | ||||||||||||||||
27 | Pete Seeger | Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream | Love Songs for Friends & Foes | 1956 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Pete-seeger-last-night-i-had-the-strangest-dream-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xukU0yslbk8 | Written by Ed McCurdy and covered by numerous musicians | 00026 | |||||||||||||||
28 | Oscar Brand | Talking Atom | 1957 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00027 | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Perry Como | Prayer for Peace | The Lord's Prayer | 1958 | Pop | Anti-War | USA | Left | 00028 | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | Charles Mingus | Fables of Faubus | Mingus Ah Um | 1959 | Jazz | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Charles-mingus-fables-of-faubus-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtLiwC1hcrI | 00029 | ||||||||||||||||
31 | Johnny Horton | Johnny Reb | Battle of New Orleans | 1959 | Country | Anti-War | USA | 54 | Mixed | Singing about the US Civil War. Anti-War elements but also mourns the Confederates. | 00030 | ||||||||||||||||
32 | Pete Seeger | Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) | ---- | 1959 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | 1 | Left | https://genius.com/Pete-seeger-turn-turn-turn-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbPl91kTFro | Mostly known as being sung by the Byrds. | 00031 | ||||||||||||||
33 | Tom Lehrer | We Will All Go Together When We Go | An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer | 1959 | Piano | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Tom-lehrer-we-will-all-go-together-when-we-go-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs | Satire | 00032 | |||||||||||||||
34 | Johnny Horton | Comanche (The Brave Horse) | 1960 | Anti-War | Left | 00033 | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Larry Verne | Mr. Custer | 1960 | Anti-War | 1 | Left | 00034 | ||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Kyu Sakamoto | Ue o Muite Arukō | Sukiyaki and Other Japanese Hits | 1961 | Pop | Anti-War, Against American Bases in Japan | Japan | 1 | Left | 00035 | |||||||||||||||||
37 | Mark Bernes | Do the Russians Want War? | 1961 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00036 | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Sammy Salvo | A Mushroom Cloud | 1961 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00037 | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Arkady Ostrovsky and Lev Oshanin | May There Always Be Sunshine | ---- | 1962 | Children's Music | Anti-War | Soviet Russia | Left | Cannot Find | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr6gLQ6CmYY | 00038 | ||||||||||||||||
40 | Bob Dylan | John Brown | ---- | 1962 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | Left | 00039 | ||||||||||||||||||
41 | Bob Dylan | Let Me Die In My Footsteps | ---- | 1962 | Folk | Anti-Nuclear War | USA | Left | 00040 | ||||||||||||||||||
42 | Bob Dylan | A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall | 1962 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00041 | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Bob Dylan | Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues | 1962 | Environmentalism | 00042 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Bonnie Dobson | (Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew | Bonnie Dobson at Folk City | 1962 | Folk | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Canada | Left | 00043 | ||||||||||||||||||
45 | Georges Brassens | La Guerre de 14–18 | Cannot Find. | 1962 | Folk | Anti-War | France | Left | 00044 | ||||||||||||||||||
46 | Harry Simeone | Do You Hear What I Hear? | ---- | 1962 | Christmas Music | Anti-War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Anti-Nuclear War | USA | Left | 00045 | ||||||||||||||||||
47 | Johnny Cash | The Big Battle | America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song | 1962 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | Left | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAI-STOGki0 | Singing about the US Civil War. | 00046 | ||||||||||||||||
48 | The Kingston Trio | Some Fool Made a Soldier of Me | 1962 | Anti-War | Left | 00047 | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Marlene Dietrich | Sag mir, wo die Blumen sind | ---- | 1962 | Pop | Anti-War | Germany | Left | 00048 | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | Phil Ochs | Vietnam | 1962 | Anti-War, Anti-Vietnam War | Left | 00049 | |||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Bob Dylan | Masters of War | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | Folk | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | USA | Left | 00050 | ||||||||||||||||||
52 | Bob Dylan | Blowin' in the Wind | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | Left | http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/blowin-wind/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G58XWF6B3AA | 00051 | ||||||||||||||||
53 | Bob Dylan | Oxford Town | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | Folk | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/oxford-town/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4PsXncNV8 | 00052 | ||||||||||||||||
54 | Bob Dylan | Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 1963 | Folk | Anti-Fascism, Anti-Racism | USA | Left | http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/talkin-john-birch-paranoid-blues/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AylFqdxRMwE | 00053 | ||||||||||||||||
55 | Bob Dylan | The Times They Are a-Changin' | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1963 | Folk | General Protest | USA | Left | https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/times-they-are-changin/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90WD_ats6eE | 00054 | ||||||||||||||||
56 | Harry Belafonte | Come Away Melinda | 1963 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00055 | |||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Ian Campbell Folk Group (also covered by Luke Kelly and Simon and Garfunkel) | The Sun is Burning | 1963 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00056 | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Joan Littlewood | Oh, What a Lovely War! (musical) | 1963 | Anti-War | Left | Singing about WWI. | 00057 | ||||||||||||||||||||
59 | The Kingston Trio | Coal Tattoo | 1963 | Environmentalism | 00058 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Phil Ochs | There but for Fortune | New Folks Volume 2 | 1963 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | Left | 00059 | ||||||||||||||||||
61 | Phil Ochs | Spanish Civil War Song (or "Spanish Lament") | 1963 | Anti-War | Left | 00060 | |||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Shel Silverstein | In the Hills of Shiloh | Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies | 1963 | Poem | Anti-War | USA | Left | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBXfWpz-pY | Singing about the US Civil War. | 00061 | ||||||||||||||||
63 | Joan Baez | There but for Fortune | Joan Baez/5 | 1964 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | 50 | Left | Cover of the song with the same name by Phil Ochs | 00062 | ||||||||||||||||
64 | Bob Dylan | Only a Pawn in Their Game | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | Folk | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/only-pawn-their-game/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY2lQV3ADfc | 00063 | ||||||||||||||||
65 | Bob Dylan | The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 1964 | Folk | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/lonesome-death-hattie-carroll/ | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmbwU3J-2kk | 00064 | ||||||||||||||||
66 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Universal Soldier | It's My Way! | 1964 | Folk | Anti-War | Canada | Left | 00065 | ||||||||||||||||||
67 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Now That The Buffalo's Gone | 1964 | Anti-War | Left | 00066 | |||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Donovan | Universal Soldier | The Universal Soldier | 1964 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | 53 | Left | https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/407656/Donovan/Universal+Soldier | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xzdoS77nfQ | Originally written and recorded by Buffy Sainte-Marie | 00067 | ||||||||||||||
69 | George McKelvey | My Radiation Baby (My Teenage Fallout Queen) | 1964 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00068 | |||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Hamilton Camp | Pride of Man | ---- | 1964 | Folk | Anti-Nuclear War | USA | Left | https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/5274369/Hamilton+Camp/Pride+of+Man | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROfmXgZ2GMQ | Very spiritual/religious | 00069 | |||||||||||||||
71 | Johnny Cash | Apache Tears | 1964 | Anti-War | Left | 00070 | |||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Johnny Cash | The Ballad of Ira Hayes | 1964 | Anti-War | Left | 00071 | |||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Nina Simone | Go Limp | Nina Simone in Concert | 1964 | Soul | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Nina-simone-go-limp-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWpq4uHjG5s | 00072 | ||||||||||||||||
74 | Nina Simone | Mississippi Goddam | Nina Simone in Concert | 1964 | Soul | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Nina-simone-mississippi-goddam-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ25-U3jNWM | 00073 | ||||||||||||||||
75 | Pete Seeger | To My Old Brown Earth | 1964 | Environmentalism | USA | 00074 | |||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Phil Ochs | One More Parade | 1964 | Anti-War, Anti-Vietnam War | Left | 00075 | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Sam Cooke | A Change Is Gonna Come | Ain't That Good News | 1964 | Soul | Anti-Racism | USA | 31 | Left | https://genius.com/Sam-cooke-a-change-is-gonna-come-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBlaMOmKV4 | This is one of the massive civil rights era songs | 00076 | ||||||||||||||
78 | The Young World Singers | Ringo for President | ---- | 1964 | Rock | Anti-War | Australia | Left | Cannot Find. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIgWj3y4aaU | 00077 | ||||||||||||||||
79 | Tom Paxton | What Did You Learn in School Today? | 1964 | Anti-War, Anti-Vietnam War | Left | 00078 | |||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Barry McGuire | Eve of Destruction | Eve of Destruction | 1965 | Folk | Anti-War, Anti-Racism | USA | 1 | Left | https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/21007961/Barry+McGuire/Eve+of+Destruction | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I | 00079 | |||||||||||||||
81 | Bob Dylan | Maggie's Farm | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | Folk | Anti-Capitalism | USA | Left | https://www.lyrics.com/track/814030/Bob+Dylan/Maggie%27s+Farm | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgphPFNiVZw | 00080 | ||||||||||||||||
82 | Chad Mitchell Trio | Business Goes on as Usual | 1965 | Anti-War, Anti-Vietnam War | Left | 00081 | |||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Donovan | The War Drags On | 1965 | Anti-War, Anti-Vietnam War | Left | 00082 | |||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Dudley Randall | The Ballad of Birmingham | ---- | 1965 | Poem | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46562/ballad-of-birmingham | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXpOI8WSiB0 | About the 1963 bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama | 00083 | |||||||||||||||
85 | Hedgehoppers Anonymous | It's Good News Week | ---- | 1965 | Pop | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | UK | 48 | Left | https://genius.com/Hedgehoppers-anonymous-its-good-news-week-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AglW6QpmPp8 | 00084 | |||||||||||||||
86 | Jackie DeShannon | What the World Needs Now Is Love | This Is Jackie DeShannon | 1965 | Pop | Anti-Pop | USA | 7 | Left | 00085 | |||||||||||||||||
87 | Kitty Hawkins | Goodbye to Vietnam | 1965 | Anti-War, Anti-Vietnam War | Left | 00086 | |||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Loretta Lynn | Dear Uncle Sam | 1965 | Anti-War, Anti-Vietnam War | Left | 00087 | |||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Malvina Reynolds | What Have They Done to the Rain | 1965 | Environmentalism | 00088 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Nina Simone | Four Women | Wild Is the Wind | 1965 | Jazz | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Nina-simone-four-women-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgoRc3GoXo8 | 00089 | ||||||||||||||||
91 | P.F. Sloan | Eve of Destruction | 1965 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00090 | |||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Pete Seeger | Where Have All the Flowers Gone? | ---- | 1965 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | Left | 00091 | ||||||||||||||||||
93 | Phil Ochs | I Ain't Marching Any More | I Ain't Marching Any More | 1965 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Phil-ochs-i-aint-marching-anymore-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv1KEF8Uw2k | 00092 | ||||||||||||||||
94 | Phil Ochs | Draft Dodger Rag | I Ain't Marching Anymore | 1965 | Folk | Anti-War | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Phil-ochs-draft-dodger-rag-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFFOUkipI4U | 00093 | ||||||||||||||||
95 | Phil Ochs | Here's to the State of Mississippi | I Ain't Marching Anymore | 1965 | Folk | Anti-Racism | USA | Left | https://genius.com/Phil-ochs-heres-to-the-state-of-mississippi-lyrics | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7fgB0m_y2I | 00094 | ||||||||||||||||
96 | Simon and Garfunkel | The Sound of Silence | Sounds of Silence | 1965 | Folk | Counterculture | USA | 1 | Left | https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/35028580/Simon+%26+Garfunkel/The+Sound+of+Silence | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7McpVPlidc | 00095 | |||||||||||||||
97 | Tom Lehrer | MLF Lullaby | 1965 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00096 | |||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Tom Lehrer | So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) | 1965 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00097 | |||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Tom Lehrer | Who's Next? | 1965 | Anti-War, Anti-Nuclear War | Left | 00098 | |||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Tom Paxton | Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation | 1965 | Anti-War, Anti-Vietnam War | Left | 00099 |