List of songs about nuclear war

Songs with a theme of nuclear war have been a feature of popular culture since the early years of the Cold War.


 * "4 Minute Warning" By Radiohead (2007)
 * "137" By Brand New (2017)
 * "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" by Jimi Hendrix
 * "1999" By Prince (1982)
 * "2 Minutes to Midnight" By Iron Maiden (1984)
 * "540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit" by Fear Factory
 * "99 Luftballons" By Nena (1983)
 * "A Blue Wave" By Cleaners From Venus (1981)
 * "Adrian" By Eurythmics (1985)
 * “A Flash in the Night” By Secret Service (band) (1982)
 * "After the Fall" By Klaus Nomi (1982)
 * "After the Holocaust" By Nuclear Assault (1986)
 * "After the War" By Asia (1985)
 * "Aftermath" By Armored Saint (1985)
 * "Aftershock" By Anthrax (1985)
 * "All Fall Down" By B-Movie (1991)
 * "Always the Sun" By The Stranglers (1986)
 * "America" By Kurtis Blow (1986)
 * "American Soviets" By CCCP (1990)
 * "April 2031" By Warrant (1992)
 * "Arise" by Sepultura
 * "Armageddon Days (Are Here Again)" By The The (1989)
 * "As The World Burns" By Bolt Thrower (1992)
 * "As the World Caves In" By Matt Maltese (2017)
 * "Atom and Evil" By Black Sabbath (as Heaven and Hell) (2009)
 * "Atom Bomb" By Glenn Barber (1955)
 * "Atom Drum Bop" By The Three Johns (1986)
 * "Atom Tan" By The Clash (1982)
 * "Atomic" By Blondie (1980)
 * "Atomic Dog" By George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars (1982)
 * "Atomic Playboys" By Steve Stevens (1989)
 * "Back to Zero" By The Rolling Stones (1986)
 * "Beat Street" By Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1984)
 * "Beneath the Remains" By Sepultura (1989)
 * "Between the Wheels" By Rush (1984)
 * "Beyond the Black" By Metal Church (1984)
 * "Bikini Red" By The Screaming Blue Messiahs (1987)
 * "Billy's Line" By Red Box (1986)
 * "Birthright" By Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (1989)
 * "Black Celebration" By Depeche Mode (1986)
 * "Black Planet" By The Sisters of Mercy (1985)
 * "Blackened" By Metallica (1988)
 * "Blossom and Blood" By Midnight Oil (1985)
 * "Blow the House Down" By Siouxsie and the Banshees (1984)
 * "Blowin' Sky High" By Berlin (1988)
 * "Bombers" By David Bowie (1971)
 * "Bomb" by Gang Green
 * "Bomb Iran" By JC & The B-1 Bombers (1980)
 * "The Bomb Song" By Darwin Deez
 * "Bombe the Russians" By Fear (1985)
 * "Boom!" by System of a Down on the album Steal This Album!
 * "Boom Box" By Vitabeats (1985)
 * "Breathing" By Kate Bush (1980)
 * "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns" By Iron Maiden (2006)
 * "Bring Back the Bomb" by GWAR
 * "Brush the Dust from That Old Bible" By Bradley Kincaid (1950)
 * "Burning Down the House" By Talking Heads (1983)
 * "Burning Heart" By Survivor (1985)
 * "Can't Stop Running" By Space Monkey (2002)
 * "The Catalyst" By Linkin Park (2010)
 * "Channel-Z" By The B-52's (1989)
 * "Chemical Bomb" By Aquabats (1999)
 * "Chemical Warfare" By Slayer (1983)
 * "Christmas at Ground Zero" By "Weird Al" Yankovic (1986)
 * "Claude Rains" By The Front Lawn (1989)
 * "Clean, Clean" By Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club / The Buggles (1979)
 * "Cloudburst at Shingle St." By Thomas Dolby (1982)
 * "Come Away Melinda" By Bobbie Gentry (1968)
 * "Countdown to Extinction" by Megadeth (1992)
 * "Countdown to Zero" By Asia (1985)
 * "Crawl Out Through the Fallout" By Sheldon Allman (1960)
 * "Cries of Help" By Discharge (1982)
 * "Cruise" By David Gilmour (1984)
 * "Cruise Missiles" By Fischer-Z (1981)
 * "Cuando Seas Grande" By Miguel Mateos (1993)
 * "Curfew" By The Stranglers (1978)
 * "Current Events" By Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns (1998)
 * "Dancing at the Nuclear Holocaust" By Doug P. Stone (1977)
 * "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" By Ultravox (1984)
 * "Dangerous Moments" By Martin Briley (1985)
 * "Dawn Patrol" By Megadeth (1990)
 * "The Day After" By The Men They Couldn't Hang (1985)
 * "The Dead Next Door" By Billy Idol (1983)
 * "De Bom" By Doe Maar (1983)
 * "De Bom Valt Nooit" By Herman van Veen (1984)
 * "Def.Con.One" By Pop Will Eat Itself (1992)
 * "Destruction Preventer" by Sonata Arctica
 * "D-Day" By Bus Boys (2001)
 * "Dig a Hole in the Ground" By Fred Small (2011)
 * "Disaster Area" By All Out Attack (2006)
 * "Distant Early Warning" By Rush (1984)
 * "Does Anybody Care" By Alex Hirsch (2022)
 * "Domino" By Genesis (1986)
 * "Don't Crash" By Front 242 (1987)
 * "Do the Evolution" By Pearl Jam (1998)
 * "Do You Believe in the Westworld?" By Theatre of Hate (1982)
 * "Down from the Sky" By Trivium (2008)
 * "Downer" by Nirvana
 * "Dream Home in New Zealand" By The Beat (1981)
 * "Dream Told by Moto" By Minutemen (1983)
 * "Earth Crusher" By Mr. Lif (2002)
 * "Eighth Day" By Hazel O'Connor (1980)
 * "Einstein A Go Go" By Landscape (1981)
 * "Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)" By Counting Crows (1994)
 * "Electric Funeral" By Black Sabbath (1970)
 * "End of the World" By Gary Moore (1981)
 * "The End" By Discharge (1981)
 * "Enola Gay" By OMD (1980)
 * "Euroshima" By John Waite (1984)
 * "Eve of Destruction" By Barry McGuire (1965)
 * "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" By Wang Chung (1986)
 * "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" By Tears for Fears (1985)
 * "Everyday Is Like Sunday" By Morrissey (1988)
 * "Fabulous Disaster" By Exodus (1989)
 * "Fact And Fiction" By Twelfth Night (1982)
 * "Fallout" By Data (1980)
 * "Fallout Shelter" By Peter Scott Peters (1961)
 * "Famous Last Words" By Tears for Fears (1989)
 * "Fight Fire with Fire" By Metallica (1984)
 * "The Final Bloodbath" By Discharge (1982)
 * "The Final Countdown" By Europe (1986)
 * "Final Day" By Young Marble Giants (1980)
 * "Fire in the Sky" By Saxon (1981)
 * "Fireside Favourite" By Fad Gadget (1980)
 * "Firestorm" By Leslie Fish (1989)
 * "Five Years" By David Bowie (1972)
 * "Flame of the West" By Big Country (1984)
 * "Flyingdale Flyer" By Jethro Tull (1980)
 * "Forever Young" By Alphaville (1984)
 * "Four Minute Warning" By Mark Owen (2003)
 * "Four Minutes" By Culture Shock (1989)
 * "Four Minutes" By Roger Waters (1987)
 * "Folded Flags" By Roger Waters (1987)
 * "French Letters" By Herbs (1987)
 * "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" By Timbuk3 (1986)
 * "Games Without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel (1980)
 * "Glad It's All Over" By Captain Sensible (1994)
 * "Grandpa Atomic" By New Bomb Turks (1994)
 * "The Great Atomic Power" By The Louvin Brothers (1962)
 * "Ground B Sound" By Death Piggy (1999)
 * "Ground Zero Brooklyn" By Carnivore (band) (1987)
 * "The Gunner's Dream- Paranoid Eyes" By Pink Floyd (1983)
 * "Guns in the Sky" By INXS (1987)
 * "Hallowed Ground" By Violent Femmes (1984)
 * "Hammer to Fall" By Queen (1984)
 * "Happy Birthday" By "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)
 * "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" By Bob Dylan (1963)
 * "Harrisburg" By Midnight Oil (1985)
 * "Heat" By Leslie Spit Treeo (1990)
 * "Heatwave" By Fay Ray (1982)
 * "A Hell On Earth" By Discharge (1982)
 * "He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now" By Deacon Blue (1987)
 * "Help Save the Youth of America" By Billy Bragg (1986)
 * "Hercules" By Midnight Oil (1992)
 * "Here Comes President Kill Again" By XTC (1989)
 * "Heresy" By Rush (1991)
 * "History (remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki)" By John McGuinness (1984) John McGuinness & Vince Lewis band (2018)
 * "Hiroshima" By Gary Moore (1983)
 * "Hiroshima" By Sandra (1990)
 * "Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette" By Jim Page (1976)
 * "Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette" By Moving Hearts (1981)
 * "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" By Ultravox (1977)
 * "House at Pooneil Corners" By Jefferson Airplane (1968)
 * "Human Error" By Subhumans (1981)
 * "I.C.B.M." By Amebix (1987)
 * "I Come and Stand at Every Door" By The Byrds (1966)
 * "I Don't Wanna Die" By 4 Skins (1982)
 * "I Found That Essence Rare" By Gang of Four (1979)
 * "Ignorance" By Sacred Reich (1987)
 * "I Melt with You" By Modern English (1982)
 * "In the Hole" By Armored Saint (1985)
 * "Invasion" By Skrewdriver (1984)
 * "I Remember the Sun" By XTC (1984)
 * "Is There Something I Should Know?" By Duran Duran (1981)
 * "It's a Mistake" By Men At Work (1983)
 * "I've Known No War" By The Who (1982)
 * "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" By Nik Kershaw (1984)
 * "Janitor" By Suburban Lawns (1980)
 * "Just Another Day" By Oingo Boingo (1985)
 * "Jesus Hits Like the Atomic Bomb" By Lowell Blanchard and the Vally Trio (1998)
 * "Juggernaut" By Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush (1982)
 * "Kill for Peace" By The Fugs (1966)
 * "Kill the Poor" By Dead Kennedys (1978)
 * "Killer of Giants" By Ozzy Osbourne (1986)
 * "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round" By Dead Kennedys (1982)
 * "King of the World" By Steely Dan (1973)
 * "Land of Confusion" By Genesis (1986)
 * "Last Domino" By Genesis (1986)
 * "Last in the House of Flames" By UK Decay (1981)
 * "Lawyers in Love" By Jackson Browne (1983)
 * "Leave in Silence" By Depeche Mode (1982)
 * "Leningrad" By Billy Joel (1989)
 * "Let Me Die In My Footsteps" By Bob Dylan (1963)
 * "Let's All Make A Bomb" By Heaven 17 (1981)
 * "Let's Have A War" By Fear (1982)
 * "Let's Talk About it" By Dweezil Zappa (1986)
 * "Life During Wartime" By Talking Heads (1979)
 * "Listen" By Tears For Fears (1985)
 * "Live Fast, Die Young" By Circle Jerks (1980)
 * "Living Through Another Cuba" By XTC (1980)
 * "Lock and Key" By Rush (1987)
 * "London Calling" by The Clash
 * "Love Missile F1-11" By Sigue Sigue Sputnik (1986)
 * "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" By Bruce Cockburn (1984)
 * "M.A.D." by Hadouken!; lyrics and title refer to nuclear war; the whole album's and lyrics refer to atomic war
 * "Man at C&A" By The Specials (1980)
 * "Manhattan Project" By Rush (1985)
 * "Maralinga" By Urban Guerrillas (1983)
 * "Massive Retaliation" By Sigue Sigue Sputnik (1986)
 * "Mediate" By INXS (1987)
 * "Merry Minuet" By Kingston Trio (1959)
 * "Missiles" By The Sound (1980)
 * "Morning Dew" by Bonnie Dobson; also recorded by Jeff Beck, Blackfoot, Einstürzende Neubauten, Tim Rose, and The Grateful Dead
 * "Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)" By Gillan (1986)
 * "Nagasaki Nightmare" By Crass (1981)
 * "New Frontier" By Donald Fagen (1982)
 * "New Mexico" By Oppenheimer Analysis (1982)
 * "No Nuclear War " By Peter Tosh (1987)
 * "North Winds Blowing" By The Stranglers (1985)
 * "Nuclear" By Mike Oldfield
 * "Nuclear Attack" By Gary Moore (1981)
 * "Nuclear Attack" By Sabaton (2006)
 * "Nuclear Cop" By Redgum (1980)
 * "Nuclear Sunrise" By Hand of Fire (2017)
 * "Nuclear War" By Sun Ra Arkestra (1982)
 * "Nuclear War" By New Politics (2010)
 * "Nuclear War" By Yo La Tengo (2001)
 * "Oblivion" By Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (1987)
 * "Old Man Atom" By Sons Of The Pioneers (1950)
 * "On the Beach" By The Comsat Angels (1980)
 * "One of the Living" by Tina Turner, from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
 * "Oppenheimer" By Leni Oppenheimer (2019)
 * "Paranoid Chant" By Minutemen (1980)
 * "Party at Ground Zero" By Fishbone (1985)
 * Pink World by Planet P Project
 * "Planet Earth" By Duran Duran (1981)
 * "Political Science" By Randy Newman (1972)
 * "Pride of Man" by Hamilton Camp (1964)
 * "Pronto viviremos en la Luna" (Soon we will be living at the Moon), by Spanish singer-songwriter Víctor Manuel.
 * "Protect and Survive" By Runrig (1987)
 * "Put Down That Weapon" by Midnight Oil
 * "Quite Unusual" By Front 242 (1987)
 * "Radiation Sickness" By Nuclear Assault (1986)
 * "Red Rain" By Peter Gabriel (1986)
 * "Red Shadows" By T.S.O.L. (1984)
 * "Red Skies" By The Fixx (1982)
 * "Red Skies over Paradise By Fischer-Z (1981)
 * "Ride the Wind" By Crazy Planet (1988)
 * "Ronnie Talk to Russia" by Prince (1981)
 * "Russians" By Sting (1985)
 * "Rust in Peace... Polaris" By Megadeth (1990)
 * "S.D.I." By Loudness (1987)
 * "Seconds" By U2 (1982)
 * "Set the World Afire" By Megadeth (1988)
 * "Shattered" by Pantera
 * "Skeletons of Society" by Slayer
 * "Sign o' the Times" By Prince (1987)
 * "So Afraid of the Russians" By Made for TV (1983)
 * "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" By A Perfect Circle (2018)
 * "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)" By Tom Lehrer (circa 1965)
 * "Soviet Snow" By Shona Laing (1987)
 * "The Stage" By Avenged Sevenfold (2016)
 * "Stagnation" By Genesis (1970)
 * "Stop the World" By The Clash (1980)
 * "Strike Zone" By Loverboy (1983)
 * "Strontium 90" By Fred & Betty Dallas with Ron Fielder (1959)
 * "The Sun Is Burning" By Ian Campbell (1963)
 * "Summer of ‘81" By Mondo Rock (1981)
 * "Sunrise" By Icehouse (1987)
 * "Survive" by Nuclear Assault
 * "Survivor's Song" By Julia Ecklar (1986)
 * "Talkin' World War III Blues" by Bob Dylan
 * "The Apple Tree" by Difford & Tilbrook (1984)
 * "The Temptation of Adam" by Josh Ritter (2007)
 * "Thank Christ for The Bomb" By Groundhogs (1970)
 * "Thank God for The Bomb" By Ozzy Osbourne (1986)
 * "The Sun Is Burning" By Simon & Garfunkel (1964)
 * "This World Over" by XTC (1984)
 * "Time After Time" By Electric Light Orchestra (1983)
 * "Time Will Crawl" By David Bowie (1987)
 * "Total Eclipse" By Klaus Nomi (1981)
 * "Town to Town" by Microdisney (1987)
 * "Tropicana" By Gruppo Italiano (2002)
 * "Twilight Gods" By Helloween (1987)
 * "Two Minute Warning" By Depeche Mode (1983)
 * "Two Suns In the Sunset" By Pink Floyd (1983)
 * "Two Tribes" By Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1984)
 * "Vamos a la Playa" by Righeira (1983)
 * "Vaporized" by X-15 (1981)
 * "Victims of the Future" By Gary Moore (1983)
 * "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was (Not Was) (1987)
 * "The Wanderer" By U2 and Johnny Cash (1993)
 * "Warhead" by Tarot
 * "Warhead" By UK Subs (1980)
 * "We Don't Want No Nuclear War" By Peter Tosh (1987)
 * "We Will All Go Together When We Go" By Tom Lehrer (1959)
 * "We Will Become Silhouettes" By The Postal Service (2005)
 * "What Have They Done" By Squeeze (1986)
 * "When the Wind Blows" By David Bowie (1986)
 * "When They Drop the Atomic Bomb" By Jackie Doll and the Pickled Peppers (1951)
 * "White Train" by Bananarama (1986)
 * "Will The Sun Rise?" by Dokken
 * "Wind of Change" By Scorpions (1991)
 * "Wooden Ships" By Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
 * "World Destruction" By Time Zone (1984)
 * "World War III" recorded by D.O.A.
 * "World Wars III & IV" By Carnivore (band) (1985)