The 50 Greatest Political Protest Songs of All Time
1) Strange Fruit - Billie Holliday
2) A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
3) We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger?
4) Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
5) What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
6) Revolution - The Beatles
7) The Times (They Are A Changin') -Bob Dylan
8) Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley
9) Democracy - Leonard Cohen
10) Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye
11) War Pigs - Black Sabbath
12) The Great Nations of Europe - Randy Newman
13) Two Plus Two Is On My Mind - Bob Seger
14) We Don't Get Fooled Again - The Who
15) Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
16) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
17) Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
18) Not Ready To Make Nice - The Dixie Chicks
19) Gimme Shelter -The Rolling Stones
20) Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
21) Why I'll Always Be The Man In Black - Johnny Cash
22) Alabama - Neil Young
23) Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
24) I'd Love To Change The World - Alvin Lee and Ten Years After
25) The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott Heron
26) Don't Wanna Be An American Idiot - Green Day
27) any song by Rage Against The Machine
28) Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
29) Masters of War - Bob Dylan
30) Ball of Confusion -The Temptations
31) Heaven Help Us All - Stevie Wonder
32) Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Peter, Paul and Mary
33) Money - Pink Floyd
34) London Calling - The Clash
35) Le Marsellaise - The National Anthem of France and the French Revolution
36) Shattered - The Rolling Stones
37) Southern Man - Neil Young
38) Whitey On The Moon - Gil Scott Heron
39) Eve of Destruction -Barry MacGuire
40) Village Ghetto Land - Stevie Wonder
41) In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
42) Freedom/Motherless Child - Ritchie Havens
43) Bungalow Bill - The Beatles
44) The Last Resort - The Eagles
45) Allentown - Billy Joel
46) Let's Drop The Big One - Randy Newman
47) Feel Like A Number - Bob Seger
48) Volunteers of America - Jefferson Airplane
49) God Bless The Child - Billie Holliday
50) The Battle Hymn of the Republic - Julia Ward Howe
1) Strange Fruit - Billie Holliday
2) A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
3) We Shall Overcome - Pete Seeger?
4) Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan
5) What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
6) Revolution - The Beatles
7) The Times (They Are A Changin') -Bob Dylan
8) Get Up Stand Up - Bob Marley
9) Democracy - Leonard Cohen
10) Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye
11) War Pigs - Black Sabbath
12) The Great Nations of Europe - Randy Newman
13) Two Plus Two Is On My Mind - Bob Seger
14) We Don't Get Fooled Again - The Who
15) Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
16) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
17) Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
18) Not Ready To Make Nice - The Dixie Chicks
19) Gimme Shelter -The Rolling Stones
20) Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
21) Why I'll Always Be The Man In Black - Johnny Cash
22) Alabama - Neil Young
23) Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
24) I'd Love To Change The World - Alvin Lee and Ten Years After
25) The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott Heron
26) Don't Wanna Be An American Idiot - Green Day
27) any song by Rage Against The Machine
28) Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young
29) Masters of War - Bob Dylan
30) Ball of Confusion -The Temptations
31) Heaven Help Us All - Stevie Wonder
32) Where Have All The Flowers Gone - Peter, Paul and Mary
33) Money - Pink Floyd
34) London Calling - The Clash
35) Le Marsellaise - The National Anthem of France and the French Revolution
36) Shattered - The Rolling Stones
37) Southern Man - Neil Young
38) Whitey On The Moon - Gil Scott Heron
39) Eve of Destruction -Barry MacGuire
40) Village Ghetto Land - Stevie Wonder
41) In The Ghetto - Elvis Presley
42) Freedom/Motherless Child - Ritchie Havens
43) Bungalow Bill - The Beatles
44) The Last Resort - The Eagles
45) Allentown - Billy Joel
46) Let's Drop The Big One - Randy Newman
47) Feel Like A Number - Bob Seger
48) Volunteers of America - Jefferson Airplane
49) God Bless The Child - Billie Holliday
50) The Battle Hymn of the Republic - Julia Ward Howe
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