A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs (or...
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A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration, or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval, or dissent towards an idea or...
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Protest songs in the United States are a tradition that dates back to the early 18th century and have persisted and evolved as an aspect of American culture...
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performing folk protest songs; he has released the singles "Cancer" and "The Olympics", as well as "War Isn't Murder", a protest song about the Israel–Hamas...
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Protest Songs is the fourth studio album by English pop band Prefab Sprout. Recorded quickly and self-produced, the album features a minimal production...
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"American Idiot" is a protest song by the American rock band Green Day. The first single released from the album American Idiot, the song received positive...
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connected narrative, description, or protest song. An example is "I've Been Working on the Railroad". Records of work songs are as old as historical records...
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Strange Fruit (category Protest songs)
The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims...
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"Hurricane" is a protest song by Bob Dylan co-written with Jacques Levy and released as a single in November 1975. It was also included on Dylan's 1976...
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first single from its soundtrack album titled as "The Hostel Hudugaru Protest Song" on 5 January 2023. This track was penned by Yogaraj Bhat, composed and...
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Old Man Trump (category Protest songs)
Retrieved July 20, 2019. McCarthy, Ciara (June 30, 2016). "Old Man Trump: Tom Morello gives new life to Woody Guthrie's protest song". The Guardian....
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"Corona" is a protest song by American punk rock band Minutemen. It was included as the seventh song on the second side of their third studio album Double...
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singer Tyler Childers. It is an album centralized on the title track, a protest song against racism. Childers released the album in 2020 with no publicity...
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Ram Ranch (category Protest songs)
cowboys taking place at the titular ranch. The song was originally created by MacDonald as a protest against radio stations based in Nashville, Tennessee...
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"Let's Go Brandon" is a protest song released as a single by American rapper Loza Alexander. It criticizes Joe Biden, president of the United States, and...
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"Man in Black" (or "The Man in Black") is a protest song written and recorded by singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, originally released on his 1971 album of...
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Where Is the Love? (redirect from Where Is the Love (protest song))
"Where Is the Love?" is a song by American hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas. It was released on May 12, 2003, as the lead single from their third album...
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For What It's Worth (redirect from For What It's Worth (Stephen Stills song))
"throbbing, infectious protester circling 'round the current happenings in Cal." "For What It's Worth" quickly became a well-known protest song. However, contrary...
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Hind's Hall (redirect from Hind's Hall (song))
"Hind's Hall" is a protest song by American rapper Macklemore, released as a single on May 6, 2024. Written and produced by Macklemore, it expresses support...
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became a hit in Los Angeles. The following January, they released the protest song "For What It's Worth", which became their only US top 10 hit and a counterculture...
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a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1965. Several artists have recorded it, but the most popular recording was by Barry McGuire. The song references...
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youth-led protests were heard chanting the chorus. Publications such as Rolling Stone, People, and Complex noted the song's importance in the protests calling...
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Donald Trump") is a protest song by YG featuring Nipsey Hussle, and is the second single from YG's second studio album Still Brazy. The song is a criticism...
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Bella ciao (category Year of song unknown)
was based on a folk song of the late 19th century, sung by female workers of the paddy fields in Northern Italy (mondine) in protest against harsh working...
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Declan McKenna (redirect from British Bombs (song))
self-released the song "Brazil", a protest song criticising FIFA and the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil, as his debut single in December 2015. The song reached...
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movement as a protest song. The three-finger salute has been widely adopted by protesters as a protest symbol. In response to the growing protest movement...
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Maggie Out (redirect from Maggie Out protest song)
FDT – hip-hop protest song whose title is an initialism for "Fuck Donald Trump". Serzhik, go away! – Armenian political slogan protesting against Serzh...
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"Sun City" is a 1985 protest song written by Steven Van Zandt, produced by Van Zandt and Arthur Baker and recorded by Artists United Against Apartheid...
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"Zombie" is a protest song by Irish alternative rock band the Cranberries. It was written by the lead singer, Dolores O'Riordan, about the young victims...
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Napalm Sticks to Kids (category Protest songs)
"Napalm Sticks to Kids" is a protest song that has seen life as both a published track and an informal military cadence. It originates from the Vietnam...
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