List of political punk songs

This is a list of notable punk rock songs that express political views.

Songs

• "God Save the Queen", Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols (1977)^[1][2][3]
• "Know Your Product", Eternally Yours, the Saints (1977)^[1]
• "Rip Off", Sham 69 (1978)^[1]
• "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight", All Mod Cons, the Jam (1978)^[1]
• "Tommy Gun", Give 'Em Enough Rope, the Clash (1978)^[1]
• "Do They Owe Us a Living?", The Feeding of the 5000, Crass (1978)^[1]
• "California über alles", Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Dead Kennedys (1978)^[1]
• "Religion", Public Image: First Issue, Public Image Ltd (1978)^[1]
• "Babylon's Burning", the Ruts (1979)^[1]
• "Johnny Was", Inflammable Material, Stiff Little Fingers (1979)^[1]
• "Typical Girls", Cut, the Slits (1979)^[1]
• "London Calling", London Calling, the Clash (1979)^[4]
• "Holiday in Cambodia", Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Dead Kennedys (1980)^[4]
• "Wardance", Killing Joke, Killing Joke (1980)^[1]
• "Decontrol", Discharge (1980)^[1]
• "White Minority", Black Flag (1981)^[3]
• "World War III", Bad Religion, Bad Religion (1981)^[2]
• "Generals", Strawberries, the Damned (1982)^[1]
• "Banned in DC", Rock for Light, Bad Brains (1983)^[1]
• "American Jesus", Recipe for Hate, Bad Religion (1983)^[4]
• "Suggestion", Fugazi, Fugazi (1988)^[1]
• "Youth Against Fascism", Dirty, Sonic Youth (1992)^[1]
• "Americanism", Teenage Politics, MxPx (1995)^[2]
• "A People's History of the World", Less Talk, More Rock, Propagandhi (1996)^[2]
• "American Idiot", American Idiot, Green Day (2004)^[1][2]
• "State of the Union", Siren Song of the Counter Culture, Rise Against (2004)^[2][3]
• "Confessions of an Economic Hitman", For Blood and Empire, Anti-Flag (2006)^[2]
• "We Called It America", Coaster, NOFX (2009)^[2]
• "Music for Changing Parties", The Next Four Years, United Nations (2014)^[2]
• "Racists", American Fall, Anti-Flag (2017)^[1]
• "Living On The 110", Prophets of Rage, Prophets of Rage (2017)^[1]

See also

• Anarcho-punk
• Animal rights and punk subculture
• List of anti-war songs
• Punk ideologies