List of songs about child abuse

Many artists have written songs about child abuse, which includes emotional, physical, and sexual abuse.

#

 * "25 Years", by Pantera
 * "13 'N Good", by Boogie Down Productions & KRS-One

A

 * "Aawaz - Speak Up Against Sexual Violence", by Jim Ankan Deka
 * "A Bachelor For Baden Powell", by Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
 * "A Day At The Park", by BionicPIG ft. LeonLush
 * "Adam Raised a Cain", by Bruce Springsteen
 * "Alive", by Pearl Jam
 * "All Day Long", by New Order
 * "Alyssa Lies", by Jason Michael Carroll
 * "Amelia", by The Mission
 * "Anna Lee" by Dream Theater
 * "Angel", by Blue October
 * "Anger Rising", by Jerry Cantrell
 * "Ask Me", by Amy Grant
 * "Apollo", by Hardwell
 * "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation, by Trivium

B

 * "Baby's Romance", by Chris Garneau
 * "Bad Wisdom", by Suzanne Vega
 * "Beaten in Lips", by Beartooth
 * "Because of You", by Kelly Clarkson
 * "Black", by Okkervil River
 * "Black Keyboard", by Xiu Xiu
 * "Bang my Head against the Wall", by Sia
 * "Blind", by Lifehouse
 * "Blown Away", by Carrie Underwood
 * "The Blue Flashing Light", by Travis
 * "Broken Angel", by Boyce Avenue
 * "Broken Girl", by Matthew West
 * "Broken Home", by 5 Seconds of Summer
 * "Brisbane Hotel Sutra", by The Mountain Goats
 * "Break The Chain (One-Billion Rising)", by V-day
 * "Broom People", by The Mountain Goats
 * "Bottle Dreams", by Eyedea
 * "Barbarism Begins at Home", by The Smiths

C

 * "Camisado", by Panic! at the Disco
 * "Candles", by Daughter
 * "Candyman", by Siouxsie and the Banshees
 * "Cannibal", by Marcus Mumford
 * "Castle on a Cloud", from Les Misérables
 * "Child Called 'It'", by Buckcherry
 * "Children Of The Night", by Richard Marx
 * "Concrete Angel", by Martina McBride
 * "Confessions of a Broken Heart", by Lindsay Lohan
 * "Cleanin' Out My Closet", by Eminem
 * "Cleaning Out My Closet", by Angel Haze
 * "Clown", by Korn
 * "Cradle", by Mudvayne
 * "Convex, Concave", by Biffy Clyro
 * "Cousin Kevin", by The Who

D

 * "Dad" by Nomeansno
 * "Daddy", by Korn
 * "Daddy" by Badflower
 * "Daddy didn't love me", by AJJ
 * "Dance Music", by The Mountain Goats
 * "Damaged", by Plumb
 * "Daughter", by Pearl Jam
 * "Day Six: Childhood", by Ayreon
 * "Down with the Sickness", by Disturbed
 * "Drunk Daddy", by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
 * "Diana" by 3 Lb. Thrill
 * "Diary of a Battered Child" by Dystopia
 * "Disarm", by Smashing Pumpkins
 * "Dead Babies", by Alice Cooper
 * "Devil in a Midnight Mass", by Billy Talent
 * "Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me", by Motörhead
 * "Daddy's Girl", by Scorpions
 * "Dear Mr. Jesus", by PowerSource
 * "Dirty Night Clowns", by Chris Garneau
 * "Dyer's Eve", by Metallica

E

 * "Enough's Enough", by Alice Cooper
 * "Eva", by Nightwish
 * "End Of Me", by A Day To Remember
 * "Evidence", by Tara MacLean
 * "Everyone's Gone to the Movies", by Steely Dan
 * "Expose Yourself to Kids", by GG Allin

F

 * "Face Down", by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
 * "Falling Away from Me", by Korn
 * "Family Line", by Conan Gray
 * "Family Portrait", by P!nk
 * "Family Tree", by Megadeth
 * "Father", by LL Cool J
 * "Father", by The Front Bottoms
 * "Fee Fi Fo", by The Cranberries
 * "Fiddle About", by The Who
 * "Fire On Babylon", by Sinéad O'Connor
 * "Five", by Machine Head
 * "For Adrian (Many Years Ago)", by Mark Tulk
 * "For The Love of a Daughter", by Demi Lovato
 * "For You", by Staind

G

 * "Ghost", by Funeral for a Friend
 * "God Gave Us Life", by Half Man Half Biscuit
 * "God Has a Plan for Us All", by Angtoria

H

 * "Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod", by The Mountain Goats
 * "The Day the Aliens Came (Hawaiian Feeling)", by The Mountain Goats
 * "He", by Jars of Clay
 * "Hell Is for Children", by Pat Benatar
 * "Hero", by Superchick
 * "His Daughter", by Molly Kate Kestner
 * "How Could You Leave Us?", by NF
 * "Holy Water", by Big & Rich
 * "Howard's Tale", by Sick Puppies
 * "Homeless", by Marina Kaye
 * "Hopeful", by Bars and Melody
 * "Hope Ur Ok", by Olivia Rodrigo
 * "Harvester of Sorrow", by Metallica
 * "How Could You Leave Us", by NF
 * "Hunger Strike", by Temple of The Dog
 * "The Hush", by Hellyeah
 * “His Daughter” by Molly Kate Kestner
 * "House of Pain" by Faster Pussycat

I

 * "I am One of Them", by Aly & AJ
 * "I Threw Glass In My Friend's Eyes and Now I'm On Probation", by Destroy Boys
 * "I Have a Right" by Sonata Arctica
 * "Innocence", by Seventh Day Slumber
 * "In Harm's Way", by Metal Church
 * "In Your Care", by Tasmin Archer
 * "In the Night", by The Weeknd
 * "Insane", by Eminem
 * "I'm OK", by Christina Aguilera
 * "In a Darkened Room", by Skid Row
 * "I'm a Boy", by The Who
 * "I Left My Heart in Papworth General", by Half Man Half Biscuit
 * "Independence Day", by Martina McBride

J

 * "Janie's Got a Gun", by Aerosmith
 * "Jordan, Minnesota", by Big Black
 * "Just Like You", by Three Days Grace

K

 * "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?", by The Offspring
 * "K.Y.A." by Flotsam and Jetsam

L

 * "La La La", by Naughty Boy
 * "Leave the Light On", by Beth Hart
 * "The Little Girl", by John Michael Montgomery
 * "Little House", by The Fray
 * "Little Toy Guns", by Carrie Underwood
 * "Lion's Teeth", by The Mountain Goats
 * "Luka", by Suzanne Vega
 * "Let You Down", by NF
 * "Little Susie", by Michael Jackson

M

 * "Magdalena", by Frank Zappa and the Mothers
 * "Mansion", by NF
 * "Me and a Gun" by Tori Amos
 * "Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa/Keepin' the Faith", by De La Soul
 * "Missed Me", by The Dresden Dolls
 * "My Mom", by Eminem
 * "Me and Little Andy", by Dolly Parton
 * "Mommy", by Mushroomhead
 * "Mr. Tinkertrain", by Ozzy Osbourne
 * "Must Have Been the Wind", by Alec Benjamin

N

 * "Never Again", by Nickelback
 * "Never Too Late", by Three Days Grace
 * "No Place Like Home", by Mesh
 * "No Son of Mine", by Genesis
 * "Nowhere To Stand", by k.d. lang
 * "Numb", by Linkin Park
 * No Power Over Me (Steve Siler)

O

 * "Open Wounds", by Skillet
 * "Oh Father", by Madonna
 * "Oh, Mother", by Christina Aguilera
 * "Ohio", by Jacob Whitesides
 * "One Last Breath", by Creed

P

 * "Pale Green Things", by The Mountain Goats
 * "Papa", by Prince
 * "Perfect" by Alanis Morissette
 * "Peruvian Skies" by Dream Theater
 * "Petals", by Mariah Carey
 * "Planet of the Apes", by Earthling
 * "Points of Authority", by Linkin Park
 * "Polly", by Nirvana
 * "Predictable", by Good Charlotte
 * "Pretty", by Korn
 * "Prison Sex", by Tool
 * "Pushit", by Tool
 * "Pure as a lamb" by Baby Bugs

Q

 * "A Question of Time", by Depeche Mode
 * "A Quick One, While He's Away", by The Who

R

 * "Razor Blade", by Blue October
 * "Red Football" by Sinéad O'Connor
 * "Remember Everything", by Five Finger Death Punch
 * "Rest in Pieces", by Saliva
 * "Runaway Love", by Ludacris
 * "Runaway Train", by Soul Asylum

S

 * "Saturday", by Hedley
 * "Sandy Fishnets", by Evelyn Evelyn
 * "Seven", by Taylor Swift
 * "Seventeen", by MARINA
 * "Shine", by Cold
 * "Show Me the Way", by Styx
 * "Sleep", by Stabbing Westward
 * "Sleep Like a Baby Tonight", by U2
 * "Slide", by The Dresden Dolls
 * "Steven", by Jake Miller
 * "Suggestion", by Fugazi
 * "Superheroes", by The Script
 * "Suffer Little Children", by The Smiths

T

 * "Tell Me There's a Heaven", by Chris Rea
 * "The Ballad of Dwight Fry", by Alice Cooper
 * "The Childcatcher", by Patrick Wolf
 * "The Dark I Know Well", by Spring Awakening Cast
 * "The Dreadful Hours", by My Dying Bride
 * "The Evangelist", by Spawn of Possession
 * "The Family Jewels", by MARINA
 * "The monster", by Insane Clown Posse
 * "Three Points on a Compass", by Martin Rossiter
 * “This Life Is Mine”, by Jeff Williams
 * "This Year", by The Mountain Goats
 * "Tier", by Rammstein
 * "A Trophy Father's Trophy Son", by Sleeping With Sirens
 * "Too Beautiful", by He Is We
 * "The Father Who Must Be Killed", by Morrissey
 * "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle", by The Smiths
 * "The Other Side", by Smile Empty Soul
 * "Two Beds and a Coffee Machine", by Savage Garden

U

 * "Uncle Jack", by Mötley Crüe
 * "Uncle Salty", by Aerosmith
 * "Universal Child", by Annie Lennox

W

 * "Wash Away Those Years", by Creed
 * "What About", by Janet Jackson
 * "What's It Gonna Take", by Ronnie McDowell
 * "What's the Matter Here", by 10,000 Maniacs
 * "When Did This Storm Begin", by Shiny Toy Guns
 * "Wonderful", by Everclear
 * "Warrior", by Demi Lovato
 * "Well Fancy That", by Fun Boy Three
 * "Welcome to my Life", by Simple Plan
 * "When she cries" by Britt Nicole

Y

 * "Years Ago", by Alice Cooper
 * "You", by Everclear
 * "You Knocked the Love (Right Outta My Heart)", by Millie Jackson
 * “Yvette”, by Jason Isbell