This list contains songs which were inspired by or contain lyrics referring to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
| Artist/composer | Title | Album | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Adams | "My Blue Manhattan" | [1] | ||
| Lily Allen | "Him" | |||
| Tori Amos | "I Can't See New York" | Scarlet's Walk | 2002 | The song describes the experience of an airplane passenger on September 11, 2011, circling over New York City and unable to see the World Trade Center.[2] |
| Amps for Christ | "AFC Tower Song" | |||
| Automatic Loveletter | "Dream With Me" | |||
| Autopilot Off | "The 12th Day" | |||
| Andrew John Ayres | "Grey Skies In September" | |||
| Beastie Boys | "An Open Letter to NYC" | To the 5 Boroughs | [1] | |
| Beyoncé | "I Was Here" | 4 | 2011 | [3] |
| Black 47 | "Mychal" | |||
| The Black Eyed Peas | "Where Is The Love?" | Elephunk | 2003 | [4] |
| Bloc Party | "Hunting for Witches" | [5] | ||
| Blue Man Group | "Exhibit 13" | |||
| Bon Jovi "Undivided" | ||||
| Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora | "America The Beautiful" | |||
| Box Car Racer | "Elevator" | |||
| Box Car Racer | "Watch The World" | |||
| Camel | "For Today" | |||
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | "Grand Central Station" | |||
| The Charlie Daniels Band | "This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag" | |||
| Cher | "Song For The Lonely" | |||
| Leonard Cohen | "On that Day" | 2006 | [6] | |
| The Cranberries | "New New York" | 2002 | [7] | |
| Sheryl Crow | "God Bless this Mess" | Detours | 2008 | Linked 9-11 with the Gulf War.[6] |
| Sheryl Crow | "Out of Our Heads" | Detours | 2008 | About the courage shown on 9-11; also criticizes Bush as giving a manipulative television address on that day.[8] |
| Sheryl Crow | "Safe and Sound" | |||
| CunninLynguists | "Appreciation" | SouthernUnderground | 2003 | |
| dc Talk | "Let's Roll" | |||
| Bo Diddley | "We Ain't Scared of You" (a.k.a. "My Eagle Is Pissed") | |||
| Ani DiFranco | "Self Evident" | |||
| Disturbed | "Prayer" | [9] | ||
| DJ Sammy | "Heaven" (9/11 Remix) | |||
| Dream Theater | "Sacrificed Sons" | 2005 | Starts with a Sample from 9/11 (Radio & Television) | |
| Eagles | "Hole In The World" | |||
| Linda Eder | "If I Had My Way" & "If I Should Loose My Way" | |||
| Emilie Autumn | "By The Sword" | 2001 | Released as a charity single.[10][11] | |
| The Empire Shall Fall | "Choir of Angels" | |||
| Melissa Etheridge | "Tuesday Morning" | |||
| Evanescence | "My Last Breath" | |||
| Everclear | "The New York Times" | |||
| Lupe Fiasco | "Words I Never Said" | 2011 | ||
| Five for Fighting | "Tuesday" | 2009 | Five for Fighting's "Superman," released in late 2000, also became an unofficial anthem for the first responders in the days following the attacks[12] | |
| Fleetwood Mac | "Illume" | 2003 | ||
| David Francey | "Grim Cathedral" | Skating Rink | 2003 | |
| Sage Francis | "Makeshift Patriot" | single | 2001 | A "knee-jerk reaction" to a visit to Ground Zero five days after 9/11[7] |
| Good Charlotte feat. Mest & Goldfinger | "The Innocent" | |||
| Gorillaz feat. D12 & Terry Hall | "911" | [1] | ||
| Amy Grant | "I Don't Know Why" | |||
| Peter Hammill | "Ghosts of planes" | |||
| Jack Hardy | "Ground Zero" | Vigil | 2002 | Released on a benefit album organized by Suzanne Vega, entirely of original songs about 9/11.[13] |
| Juliana Hatfield | "Hole In The Sky" | About the gap in the Manhattan skyline left by the destruction of the Twin Towers.[7] | ||
| John Hiatt | "When New York Had Her Heart Broke" | |||
| Iced Earth | "When The Eagle Cries" | |||
| Immortal Technique | "Bin Laden" | 2005 | Attributes much of the blame for 9/11 to U.S. foreign policy.[6] | |
| Immortal Technique | "The Cause of Death" | |||
| Alan Jackson | "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" | [14] | ||
| Michael Jackson | "What More Can I Give" | 2001 | Performed at an October 2011 benefit concert. Originally intended as a benefit single, but it was never released commercially.[13] | |
| Jackyl | "Open Invitation (I Hate You Bin Laden)" | |||
| James | "Hey Ma" | Addresses the price paid for revenge[7] | ||
| Jay-Z and Alicia Keys | "Empire State of Mind" | |||
| Lucy Kaplansky | "Land of the Living" | The Red Thread | 2004 | |
| Toby Keith | "Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)" | [15] | ||
| Killswitch Engage | "Life to Lifeless" | |||
| Living Colour | "Flying" | Collideøscope | 2003 | From the perspective of a man who gets the nerve to ask out a woman in the World Trade Center moments before the first plane hits, and the couple then jump from the burning building to their deaths.[16] |
| Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris | "If This Is Goodbye" | 2006 | Inspired by Ian McEwan's piece in The Guardian[17]. | |
| Talib Kweli | "The Proud" | Quality | 2002 | A 9-11-oriented tribute.[8] |
| James LaBrie | "Smashed" | |||
| Christine Lavin | "Firehouse" | Vigil | 2002 | Released on a benefit album organized by Suzanne Vega, entirely of original songs about 9/11.[13] |
| The Low Anthem | "Boeing 737" | |||
| John Mayer | "Covered in Rain" | 2003 | ||
| Paul McCartney | "Freedom" | [18] | ||
| Misia feat. Erykah Badu | "Akai Inochi" (Red Destiny) | |||
| Ministry | "Lieslieslies" | 2006 | [7] | |
| Moby | "Harbour" | 2002 | [1] | |
| My Chemical Romance | "Skylines and Turnstiles" | |||
| No Use for a Name | "Insecurity Alert" | |||
| Petey Pablo | "Raise Up (USA Flag Remix)" | |||
| Paris | "What Would You Do?" | Sonic Jihad | 2003 | About 9-11 conspiracy theories.[6] |
| Tom Paxton | "The Bravest" | |||
| Renaud and Axelle Red | "Manhattan-Kaboul" | "Deals with the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York"[19] | ||
| Rush | "Peaceable Kingdom" | |||
| Scarling. | "Alexander The Burn Victim" | |||
| Slayer | "Jihad" | [8] | ||
| Sleater-Kinney | "Far Away" | One Beat | 2002 | The song contrast's President George W. Bush's actions on September 11, when he was flown away to a secure location, with those of the emergency responders at the World Trade Center.[2] |
| Will Smith feat. Mary J. Blige | "Tell Me Why" | 2005 | [8] | |
| Bruce Springsteen | "Empty Sky" | |||
| Bruce Springsteen | "Into the Fire" | |||
| Bruce Springsteen | "The Rising" | The Rising | "A religious-tinged reflection on the events of the day that focuses on a firefighter at Ground Zero."[1][20] | |
| Bruce Springsteen | "You're Missing" | |||
| Sworn Enemy | "Sworn Enemy" | |||
| Tactical Sekt | "American Me" | |||
| Tesla | "Heaven Nine Eleven" | Into the Now | ||
| Testament | "The Evil Has Landed" | |||
| Thrice | "Broken Lungs" | |||
| Thriving Ivory | "Angels on the Moon" | |||
| John Vanderslice | "Exodus Damage" | 2005 | [7] | |
| Suzanne Vega | "Anniversary" | 2007 | ||
| Velvet Revolver | "Messages" | |||
| Scott Walker | "Jesse" | |||
| The Weepies | "Safe as Houses" | |||
| Wheatus | "Hometown" | |||
| Within Temptation | "Stand My Ground" | |||
| Darryl Worley | "Have You Forgotten?" | Have You Forgotten? | 2003 | The song is about the horror of the attacks, with lyrics including "Have you forgotten when those towers fell? / We had neighbors still inside going through a living hell."[2] |
| Wu-Tang Clan | "Rules" | [7] | ||
| Yellowcard | "Believe" | The song is about rescue workers, and integrates news reports.[8] | ||
| Neil Young | "Let's Roll" | |||
| Demi Lovato | "Skyscraper" | 2011 | ||
| Taylor Swift | "Didn't They?" |
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