Protest Songs

These are the best songs about someone expressing discontent or dissatisfaction with the status quo.

RANK	SONG TITLE	ARTIST(S) NAME	YEAR
1	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	1971
2	Give Peace a Chance	John Lennon	1969
3	Blowin' in the Wind	Peter, Paul and Mary	1963
4	What the World Needs Now is Love	Jackie DeShannon	1965
5	Power to the People	John Lennon	1971
6	War	Edwin Starr	1970
7	The Times They are A-Changing	Bob Dylan	1965
8	Ohio	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1970
9	For What It's Worth	Buffalo Springfield	1967
10	Fortunate Son	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1969
11	Revolution	The Beatles	1968
12	Gimme Shelter	The Rolling Stones	1969
13	American Woman	The Guess Who	1970
14	Eve of Destruction	Barry McGuire	1965
15	War Pigs	Black Sabbath	1970
16	Sunday Bloody Sunday	U2	1983
17	Street Fighting Man	The Rolling Stones	1968
18	Blowin' in the Wind	Bob Dylan	1963
19	Ball of Confusion	The Temptations	1970
20	If I Can Dream	Elvis Presley	1968
21	Peace Train	Cat Stevens	1971
22	Turn! Turn! Turn!	The Byrds	1965
23	Us and Them	Pink Floyd	1974
24	Where Have All the Flowers Gone?	The Kingston Trio	1962
25	Zombie	The Cranberries	1994
26	Chicago	Graham Nash	1970
27	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	Bob Dylan	1963
28	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	1971
29	Invisible Sun	The Police	1981
30	Wind in the Water	Crosby, Stills & Nash	1991
31	Boy Blue	Electric Light Orchestra	1974
32	Sky Pilot	The Animals	1968
33	The War Song	Culture Club	1984
34	A Change is Gonna Come	Sam Cooke	1964
35	Beds Are Burning	Midnight Oil	1988
36	Time Has Come Today	The Chambers Brothers	1966
37	One Tin Soldier	Coven	1971
38	Civil War	Guns N' Roses	1993
39	The Unknown Soldier	The Doors	1968
40	Save the Country	The 5th Dimension	1970
41	Dogs of War	Pink Floyd	1987
42	Simple Song of Freedom	Bobby Darin	1972
43	Stop the War Now	Edwin Starr	1970