List of songs about nuclear war
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Songs with a theme of nuclear war have been a feature of popular culture since the early years of the Cold War.[1]
| Song name | Artists and albums | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Minute Warning | Radiohead | 2007 | |
| 137 | Brand New | 2017 | |
| 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) | Jimi Hendrix | 1968 | |
| 1999 | Prince | 1982 | |
| 2 Minutes to Midnight | Iron Maiden | 1984 | |
| 540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit | Fear Factory | 2005 | |
| 30000 Megatons | Pond | 2016 | |
| 99 Luftballons | Nena | 1983 | [2] |
| A Blue Wave | Cleaners From Venus | 1981 | |
| Adrian | Eurythmics | 1985 | |
| A Flash in the Night | Secret Service | 1982 | |
| After the Fall | Klaus Nomi | 1982 | |
| After the Flood | Van Der Graaf Generator | 1970 | |
| After the Holocaust | Nuclear Assault | 1986 | |
| After the War | Asia | 1985 | |
| Aftermath | Armored Saint | 1985 | |
| Aftershock | Anthrax | 1985 | |
| All Fall Down | B-Movie | 1991 | |
| Always the Sun | The Stranglers | 1986 | |
| America | Kurtis Blow | 1986 | |
| American Soviets | CCCP | 1990 | |
| Poem for a Nuclear Romance | Anne Clark | 1983 | |
| Apocalypso | Mental as Anything | 1986 | |
| Apocalypso | The Lords of the New Church | 1982 | |
| April 2031 | Warrant | 1992 | |
| Arise | Sepultura | 1991 | |
| Armageddon Days (Are Here Again) | The The | 1989 | |
| As the End Draws Near | Manufacture Feat. Sarah McLachlan | 1988 | |
| As the World Burns | Bolt Thrower | 1992 | |
| As the World Caves In | Matt Maltese | 2017 | |
| Atom and Evil | Heaven and Hell | 2009 | |
| Atom Bomb | Fluke | 1996 | |
| Atom Bomb | Glenn Barber | 1955 | |
| Atom Bomb Baby | The Five Stars | 1957 | |
| Atom Drum Bop | The Three Johns | 1986 | |
| Atom Tan | The Clash | 1982 | |
| Atomic | Blondie | 1980 | |
| Atomic Dog | George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars | 1982 | |
| Atomic Playboys | Steve Stevens | 1989 | |
| Back to Zero | The Rolling Stones | 1986 | |
| Beat Street | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 1984 | |
| Beneath the Remains | Sepultura | 1989 | |
| Between the Wheels | Rush | 1984 | |
| Beyond the Black | Metal Church | 1984 | |
| Bikini Red | The Screaming Blue Messiahs | 1987 | |
| Billy's Line | Red Box | 1986 | |
| Birthright | Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe | 1989 | |
| Black Celebration | Depeche Mode | 1986 | |
| Black Planet | The Sisters of Mercy | 1985 | |
| Blackened | Metallica | 1988 | |
| Blossom and Blood | Midnight Oil | 1985 | |
| Blow the House Down | Siouxsie and the Banshees | 1984 | |
| Blowin' Sky High | Berlin | 1988 | |
| Bombers | David Bowie | 1971 | |
| Another Bomb | Gang Green | 1987 | |
| The Bomb Song | Darwin Deez | 2010 | |
| Bombe the Russians | Fear | 1985 | |
| Boom! | System of a Down, on the album Steal This Album! | 2002 | |
| Boom Box | Vitabeats | 1985 | |
| Breathing | Kate Bush | 1980 | |
| Brighter Than A Thousand Suns | Iron Maiden | 2006 | |
| Bring Back the Bomb | Gwar | 2004 | |
| Brush the Dust from That Old Bible | Bradley Kincaid | 1950 | |
| Burning Heart | Survivor | 1985 | |
| Can't Stop Running | Space Monkey | 2002 | |
| The Catalyst | Linkin Park | 2010 | |
| Channel-Z | The B-52's | 1989 | |
| Chemical Bomb | Aquabats | 1999 | |
| Chemical Warfare | Slayer | 1983 | |
| Children Of The Grave | Black Sabbath | 1971 | |
| Christmas at Ground Zero | "Weird Al" Yankovic | 1986 | |
| Claude Rains | The Front Lawn | 1989 | |
| Clean, Clean | Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club / The Buggles | 1979 | |
| Cloudburst at Shingle St. | Thomas Dolby | 1982 | |
| Come Away Melinda | Bobbie Gentry | 1968 | |
| Countdown to Extinction | Megadeth | 1992 | |
| Countdown to Zero | Asia | 1985 | |
| Crawl Out Through the Fallout | Sheldon Allman | 1960 | |
| Cries of Help | Discharge | 1982 | |
| Cruise | David Gilmour | 1984 | |
| Cruise Missiles | Fischer-Z | 1981 | |
| Cuando Seas Grande | Miguel Mateos | 1993 | |
| Curfew | The Stranglers | 1978 | |
| Current Events | Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns | 1998 | |
| Dancing With Tears in My Eyes | Ultravox | 1984 | |
| Dangerous Moments | Martin Briley | 1985 | |
| Dawn Patrol | Megadeth | 1990 | |
| The Day After | The Men They Couldn't Hang | 1985 | |
| The Dead Next Door | Billy Idol | 1983 | |
| De Bom | Doe Maar | 1983 | |
| De Bom Valt Nooit | Herman van Veen | 1984 | |
| Def.Con.One | Pop Will Eat Itself | 1992 | |
| Destruction Preventer | Sonata Arctica | 1999 | |
| Dig a Hole in the Ground | Fred Small | 2011 | |
| Distant Early Warning | Rush | 1984 | |
| Domino | Genesis | 1986 | |
| Don't Crash | Front 242 | 1987 | |
| Do the Evolution | Pearl Jam | 1998 | [3] |
| Do You Believe in the Westworld? | Theatre of Hate | 1982 | |
| Down from the Sky | Trivium | 2008 | |
| Downer | Nirvana | 1988 | |
| Dream Home in New Zealand | The Beat | 1981 | |
| Dream Told | Minutemen | 1983 | |
| Earth Crusher | Mr. Lif | 2002 | |
| Eighth Day | Hazel O'Connor | 1980 | |
| Einstein A Go Go | Landscape | 1981 | |
| Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman) | Counting Crows | 1994 | |
| Electric Funeral | Black Sabbath | 1970 | |
| End of the World | Gary Moore | 1981 | |
| The End | Discharge | 1981 | |
| Enola Gay | OMD | 1980 | |
| Epitaph | King Crimson | 1969 | |
| Euroshima | John Waite | 1984 | |
| Eve of Destruction | Barry McGuire | 1965 | |
| Everybody Have Fun Tonight | Wang Chung | 1986 | |
| Everybody Wants to Rule the World | Tears for Fears | 1985 | |
| Everyday Is Like Sunday | Morrissey | 1988 | |
| Fabulous Disaster | Exodus | 1989 | |
| Fact And Fiction | Twelfth Night | 1982 | |
| Fallout | Data | 1980 | |
| Famous Last Words | Tears for Fears | 1989 | |
| Fight Fire with Fire | Metallica | 1984 | |
| The Final Bloodbath | Discharge | 1982 | |
| Final Day | Young Marble Giants | 1980 | |
| Fire in the Sky | Saxon | 1981 | |
| Fireside Favourite | Fad Gadget | 1980 | |
| Firestorm | Leslie Fish | 1989 | |
| Five Years | David Bowie | 1972 | |
| Flame of the West | Big Country | 1984 | |
| Flyingdale Flyer | Jethro Tull | 1980 | |
| Forever Young | Alphaville | 1984 | |
| Four Minute Warning | Mark Owen | 2003 | |
| Four Minutes | Culture Shock | 1989 | |
| Four Minutes | Roger Waters | 1987 | |
| Folded Flags | Roger Waters | 1986 | |
| French Letters | Herbs | 1987 | |
| The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades | Timbuk3 | 1986 | |
| Games Without Frontiers | Peter Gabriel | 1980 | |
| Glad It's All Over | Captain Sensible | 1994 | |
| Grandpa Atomic | New Bomb Turks | 1994 | |
| The Great Atomic Power | The Louvin Brothers | 1962 | |
| Ground B Sound | Death Piggy | 1999 | |
| Ground Zero Brooklyn | Carnivore | 1987 | |
| The Gunner's Dream- Paranoid Eyes | Pink Floyd | 1983 | |
| Guns in the Sky | INXS | 1987 | |
| Hallowed Ground | Violent Femmes | 1984 | |
| Hammer to Fall | Queen | 1984 | |
| Happy Birthday | "Weird Al" Yankovic | 1983 | |
| Harrisburg | Midnight Oil | 1985 | |
| Heat | Leslie Spit Treeo | 1990 | |
| Heatwave | Fay Ray | 1982 | |
| A Hell On Earth | Discharge | 1982 | |
| He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now | Deacon Blue | 1987 | |
| Help Save the Youth of America | Billy Bragg | 1986 | |
| Hercules | Midnight Oil | 1992 | |
| Here Comes President Kill Again | XTC | 1989 | |
| Heresy | Rush | 1991 | |
| Hiroshima | Gary Moore | 1983 | |
| Hiroshima | Sandra (originally by Wishful Thinking) | 1990 | |
| Hiroshima | Utopia | 1977 | |
| Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette | Jim Page | 1976 | |
| Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette | Moving Hearts | 1981 | |
| Hiroshima, Mon Amour | Ultravox | 1977 | |
| House at Pooneil Corners | Jefferson Airplane | 1968 | |
| Human Error | Subhumans | 1981 | |
| I.C.B.M. | Amebix | 1987 | |
| I Come and Stand at Every Door | The Byrds | 1966 | |
| I Don't Wanna Die | 4 Skins | 1982 | |
| I Found That Essence Rare | Gang of Four | 1979 | |
| Ignorance | Sacred Reich | 1987 | |
| I Melt with You | Modern English | 1982 | |
| In the Hole | Armored Saint | 1985 | |
| Invasion | Skrewdriver | 1984 | |
| I Remember the Sun | XTC | 1984 | |
| Is There Something I Should Know? | Duran Duran | 1981 | |
| It's a Mistake | Men At Work | 1983 | |
| I've Known No War | The Who | 1982 | |
| I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me | Nik Kershaw | 1984 | |
| Janitor | Suburban Lawns | 1980 | |
| Just Another Day | Oingo Boingo | 1985 | |
| Jesus Hits Like the Atomic Bomb | Lowell Blanchard and the Vally Trio[1]: 117 | 1998 | |
| Juggernaut | Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush | 1982 | |
| Kill for Peace | The Fugs | 1966 | |
| Kill the Poor | Dead Kennedys | 1978 | |
| Killer of Giants | Ozzy Osbourne | 1986 | |
| Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round | Dead Kennedys | 1982 | |
| King of the World | Steely Dan | 1973 | |
| La Java des bombes atomiques | Boris Vian | 1955 | |
| La Paix sur terre | Jean Ferrat | 1991 | |
| Land of Confusion | Genesis | 1986 | |
| Last Domino | Genesis | 1986 | |
| Last in the House of Flames | UK Decay | 1981 | |
| Lawyers in Love | Jackson Browne | 1983 | |
| Leave in Silence | Depeche Mode | 1982 | |
| Leningrad | Billy Joel | 1989 | |
| Let Me Die In My Footsteps | Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
| Let's All Make A Bomb | Heaven 17 | 1981 | |
| Let's Have A War | Fear | 1982 | |
| Let's Talk About it | Dweezil Zappa | 1986 | |
| Life During Wartime | Talking Heads | 1979 | |
| Listen | Tears For Fears | 1985 | |
| Live Fast, Die Young | Circle Jerks | 1980 | |
| Living Through Another Cuba | XTC | 1980 | |
| Lock and Key | Rush | 1987 | |
| London Calling | The Clash | 1979 | |
| Love Missile F1-11 | Sigue Sigue Sputnik | 1986 | |
| Lovers in a Dangerous Time | Bruce Cockburn | 1984 | |
| M.A.D. | Hadouken!, lyrics and title refer to nuclear war; the whole album's and lyrics refer to atomic war | 2009 | |
| Man at C&A | The Specials | 1980 | |
| Manhattan Project | Rush | 1985 | |
| Maralinga | Urban Guerrillas | 1983 | |
| Massive Retaliation | Sigue Sigue Sputnik | 1986 | |
| Mediate | INXS | 1987 | |
| Merry Minuet | Kingston Trio | 1959 | |
| Missiles | The Sound | 1980 | |
| Morning Dew | Bonnie Dobson; also recorded by Jeff Beck, Blackfoot, Einstürzende Neubauten, Tim Rose, and The Grateful Dead | 1962 | |
| Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) | Gillan | 1986 | |
| Nagasaki Nightmare | Crass | 1981 | |
| New Frontier | Donald Fagen | 1982 | |
| No Nuclear War | Peter Tosh | 1987 | |
| North Korea Polka | "Weird Al" Yankovic | 2017 | |
| North Winds Blowing | The Stranglers | 1985 | |
| Nuclear | Mike Oldfield | 2014 | |
| Nuclear Attack | Gary Moore | 1981 | |
| Nuclear Attack | Sabaton | 2006 | |
| Nuclear Cop | Redgum | 1980 | |
| Nuclear Sunrise | Hand of Fire | 2017 | |
| Nuclear War | The Sun Ra Arkestra | 1982 | [4] |
| Nuclear War | New Politics | 2010 | |
| Nuclear War | Yo La Tengo | 2001 | |
| Oblivion | Dirty Rotten Imbeciles | 1987 | |
| Old Man Atom | Sons of the Pioneers | 1950 | |
| On the Beach | The Comsat Angels | 1980 | |
| One of the Living | Tina Turner, on the Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome | 1985 | |
| Paranoid Chant | Minutemen | 1980 | |
| Party at Ground Zero | Fishbone | 1985 | |
| Pink World | Planet P Project | 1984 | |
| Planet Earth | Duran Duran | 1981 | |
| Political Science | Randy Newman | 1972 | |
| Pride of Man | Hamilton Camp | 1964 | |
| Pronto viviremos en la Luna | Víctor Manuel | 1984 | |
| Protect and Survive | Runrig | 1987 | |
| Put Down That Weapon | Midnight Oil | 1987 | |
| Quite Unusual | Front 242 | 1987 | |
| Radiation Sickness | Nuclear Assault | 1986 | |
| Radioactive Toy | Porcupine Tree | 1992 | |
| Red Rain | Peter Gabriel | 1986 | |
| Red Shadows | T.S.O.L. | 1984 | |
| Red Skies | The Fixx | 1982 | |
| Red Skies over Paradise | Fischer-Z | 1981 | |
| Ronnie Talk to Russia | Prince | 1981 | |
| Russians | Sting | 1985 | |
| Rust in Peace... Polaris | Megadeth | 1990 | |
| S.D.I. | Loudness | 1987 | |
| Seconds | U2 | 1982 | |
| Set the World Afire | Megadeth | 1988 | |
| Shattered | Pantera | 1990 | |
| Skeletons of Society | Slayer | 1990 | |
| Sign o' the Times | Prince | 1987 | |
| So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish | A Perfect Circle | 2018 | |
| So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) | Tom Lehrer | 1965 | |
| Soviet Snow | Shona Laing | 1987 | |
| The Stage | Avenged Sevenfold | 2016 | |
| Stagnation | Genesis | 1970 | |
| Stop the World | The Clash | 1980 | |
| Strike Zone | Loverboy | 1983 | |
| The Sun Is Burning | Ian Campbell | 1963 | |
| Summer of ‘81 | Mondo Rock | 1981 | |
| Sunrise | Icehouse | 1987 | |
| Survive | Nuclear Assault | 1988 | |
| Survivor's Song | Julia Ecklar | 1986 | |
| Talkin' World War III Blues | Bob Dylan | 1963 | |
| The Apple Tree | Difford & Tilbrook | 1984 | |
| The Temptation of Adam | Josh Ritter | 2007 | |
| Thank Christ for The Bomb | Groundhogs | 1970 | |
| Thank God for The Bomb | Ozzy Osbourne | 1986 | |
| The Sun Is Burning | Simon & Garfunkel | 1964 | |
| This World Over | XTC | 1984 | |
| Time After Time | Electric Light Orchestra | 1983 | |
| Time Will Crawl | David Bowie | 1987 | |
| Total Eclipse | Klaus Nomi | 1981 | |
| Town to Town | Microdisney | 1987 | |
| Tropicana | Gruppo Italiano | 2002 | |
| Twilight Gods | Helloween | 1987 | |
| Two Minute Warning | Depeche Mode | 1983 | |
| Two Suns In the Sunset | Pink Floyd | 1983 | |
| Two Tribes | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 1984 | |
| Vamos a la Playa | Righeira | 1983 | |
| Vaporized | X-15 | 1981 | |
| Victims of the Future | Gary Moore | 1983 | |
| Walk the Dinosaur | Was (Not Was) | 1987 | |
| Walking in Your Footsteps | The Police | 1983 | |
| The Wanderer | U2 and Johnny Cash | 1993 | |
| Warhead | Tarot | 1997 | |
| Warhead | UK Subs | 1980 | |
| We Don't Want No Nuclear War | Peter Tosh | 1987 | |
| We Will All Go Together When We Go | Tom Lehrer | 1959 | |
| We Will Become Silhouettes | The Postal Service | 2005 | |
| What Have They Done | Squeeze | 1986 | |
| When the Wind Blows | David Bowie | 1986 | |
| White Train | Bananarama | 1986 | |
| Will The Sun Rise? | Dokken | 1985 | |
| Wind of Change | Scorpions | 1991 | |
| Wooden Ships | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 1969 | |
| World Destruction | Time Zone | 1984 | |
| World War III | D.O.A. | 1979 | |
| World Wars III & IV | Carnivore | 1985 | |
| Wernher von Braun | Tom Lehrer | 1965 | |
| Who's Next? | Tom Lehrer | 1965 |