Top 58 protest music songs for audition and karaoke
This is a song chart of the top 58 protest music songs, based on the votes of 49184 Singing Carrots users. We count a 'vote' when a user adds one of our 75,000 songs to their repertoire (favorites list). For each song, we show a vocal range (in parentheses). If you click on a song name, you will be able to see the song key, and a list of useful links to the karaoke version, music sheet, and lyrics. If you click on a singer's name, it will take you to the singer's page where you can see all songs by that singer, sorted by popularity and range.
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58 Woody Guthrie - So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh (B2-C4)
57 Woody Guthrie - Jesus Christ (C#3-C#4)
56 Woody Guthrie - Do Re Mi (B2-F#5)
55 Willie Nelson - He Was a Friend of Mine (A2-B3)
54 The Peace Choir - Give Peace a Chance (A4-G5)
53 The Doors - The Unknown Soldier (A2-A4)
52 Simon & Garfunkel - Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (C3-C4)
51 Simon & Garfunkel - America (A#2-F4)
50 Shaina Taub - Huddled Masses (Ab3-Db5)
49 Roberta Flack - Compared To What (F3-Db5)
48 Redgum - I Was Only Nineteen (G4-F#5)
46 Peter Tosh - Legalize It (D3-D4)
45 Oliver Anthony Music - Rich Men North of Richmond (Bb3-G5)
44 Neil Young - The Restless Consumer (A2-G4)
43 Neil Young - Shock and Awe (B2-E4)
42 Neil Young - Roger and Out (G2-E4)
41 Neil Young - Lookin' for a Leader (D3-E4)
40 Neil Young - Living With War (C3-C5)
39 Neil Young - Let's Impeach the President (D3-B4)
38 Neil Young - Flags of Freedom (C3-D4)
37 Neil Young - Familes (D3-A4)
36 Neil Young - After the Garden (F3-G4)
35 John Lennon - The Luck of the Irish (G3-B4)
34 John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) (F#3-D5)
33 John Lennon - Give Peace a Chance (G3-F4)
32 Joe McDonald - I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag (D3-F#5)
31 Joe Harris - Glory to Hong Kong (G3-D5)
30 Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome (C4-D5)
29 James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here (G3-G4)
28 - If I Had a Rocket Launcher (B3-E5)
27 Hozier feat. Mavis Staples - Nina Cried Power (C3-A#4)
26 Hair - Three-Five-Zero-Zero (B3-G5)
25 Elton John - Give Peace a Chance (G2-F3)
24 Edwin Starr - War (C3-C4)
23 - Donna, Donna (D4-C5)
22 Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio (C4-A#4)
21 Crosby Stills & Nash - Long Time Gone (E3-B4)
20 Crosby & Nash - Immigration Man (D3-A4)
19 Coven - One Tin Soldier (G3-D5)
18 Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (C3-G#4)
17 Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (E4-E5)
16 Bob Marley & the Wailers - Trench Town Rock (D#3-G4)
15 Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up (G3-G#4)
14 Bob Dylan - Masters of War (D#3-F4)
12 Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind (B2-A3)
11 Bob Dylan - Ballad of Hollis Brown (C#3-C#4)
10 Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (E3-E4)
9 Bobby Darin - Simple Song of Freedom (C3-B3)
8 Berge - Kein Grund für Krieg (G#2-C4)
7 Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (C#3-D4)
6 Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant (D3-E4)
5 AJR - Burn the House Down (C3-A4)
4 John Legend - Glory (G3-E5)
3 Dion - Abraham, Martin and John (C3-F4)
2 - All My Trials (C4-C5)
1 Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (F#3-A4)