List of songs about the Vietnam War

This is a list of songs concerning, revolving around, or directly referring to the Vietnam War, or to the Vietnam War's after-effects. For a more complete listing see "Vietnam on Record",^[1] and the "Vietnam War Song Project".^[2]

Some popular songs of this variety include:

Contents :

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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0-9

• "19" by Paul Hardcastle
• "1954 Cha Bỏ Quê, 1975 Con Bỏ Nước" by Phạm Duy [about the two large migrations: in 1954 and 1975.]
• "2 + 2 = ?" by The Bob Seger System
• "50,000 Names" by George Jones [about the Vietnam Memorial wall]
• "53rd & 3rd - The Ramones
• "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" by Simon & Garfunkel
• "8th of November" by Big & Rich
• "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson

A

• "The 'A' Team" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
• "Agent Orange" by Grinder
• "Agent Orange" by Sodom
• "Agent Orange Song" by Maan Shah
• "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" by Arlo Guthrie
• "All Along The Watchtower" by Bob Dylan
• "All My Children of the Sun" by Pete Seeger
• "Am I Ever Gonna See My Baby Again" by The Sweet Inspirations
• "American Woman" by The Guess Who
• "America the Brutal" by Six Feet Under
• "An American Draft Dodger in Thunder Bay" by Sam Roberts
• "Artefucked" by Nargaroth

B

• "Bà Mẹ Phù Sa" (all you need is love) Phạm Duy [about a peasant woman who hides a government agent when she sees a Vietcong, and in turn hides the Vietcong when she sees a government platoon coming.]
• "Bài Ca Dành Cho Những Xác Người" (Song for the Corpses) by Trịnh Công Sơn [about the Battle of Huế and the Massacre at Huế]
• "Back in Vietnam" by Lenny Kravitz
• "Back to Vietnam" by Television Personalities
• "Back to the World" by Curtis Mayfield
• "Ballad of a Crystal Man" by Donovan
• "Ballad for a Soldier" by Leon Russell & Marc Benno
• "Ballad of the Green Berets" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
• "Ballad of Vietnam" by Ludvick Rummel
• "Battalions of Fear" by Blind Guardian
• "The Battle Hymn of Lt. Calley" by Terry Nelson
• "The Battle of Vietnam" by Hal Willis
• "Beach Party Vietnam" by The Dead Milkmen
• "The Big Parade" by 10,000 Maniacs
• "Big Time in the Jungle" by Old Crow Medicine Show
• "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Paper Lace
• "Blackmail the Universe" by Megadeth
• "Black Flame" by Renaissance
• "Black Wall" by Dennis DeYoung
• "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan
• "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen [references the Siege of Khe Sanh among other things.]
• "Born on the Fourth of July" by Tom Paxton
• "Broken Heroes" by Saxon
• "The Boy Who's Never Found" by The Katydids
• "Brainwashed" by The Bossmen
• "Bring the Boys Home" by Freda Payne
• "Bring Them Home" by Pete Seeger
• "Brother Did You Weep" by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
• "Brothers Under the Bridge" by Bruce Springsteen
• "Bungle in the Jungle" by Jethro Tull
• "Burnt Alive" by Rocket from the Crypt
• "Burnt Out Souls" by Despair
• "Business Goes on as Usual" by the Chad Mitchell Trio

C

• "Ca Dao Mẹ" (Mother's Lullaby) by Trịnh Công Sơn [about a mother's sacrifices during wartime]
• "Camouflage" by Stan Ridgway
• "Carried by Six" by Internal Void
• "Charlie Boy" by the Lumineers
• "Charlie Don't Surf" by The Clash
• "Child in Time" by Deep Purple
• "Cho Một Người Vừa Nằm Xuống" (For a Person Just Fallen Down) by Trịnh Công Sơn [dedicated to Lưu Kim Cương, a friend of the author who died in battle. Who is a South Vietnamese Air Force pilot.]
• "Christmas in Vietnam" by Johnny and Jon
• "Chuyện hai người lính" (Story about two soldiers) by Phạm Duy [1968, about two soldiers on different front lines who "kill each other because of love of Vietnam"]
• "Clean Cut Kid" by Bob Dylan
• "Coming Home Soldier" by Bobby Vinton
• "Commando" by The Ramones
• "Compared To What" by Gene McDaniels
• "Compulsory Hero" by 1927 [deals with conscription in Australia during the Vietnam War]
• "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle
• "Cops of the World" by Phil Ochs
• "Cowboys on Horses with Wings" by Hoyt Axton
• "Cousin Randy" by Infectious Grooves
• "Cream Puff War" by Grateful Dead

D

• "Daddy Won't Be Home Anymore" by Dolly Parton
• "Đại Bác Ru Đêm" (Cannon's Night Lullaby) by Trịnh Công Sơn [about bombardment in the city]
• "Dancing in the Ashes" by Psychotic Waltz
• "Dân Ta Vẫn Sống" (Our People Still Lives) by Trịnh Công Sơn
• "Daniel" by Elton John [the verse dealing most specifically with the Vietnam War was removed by lyricist Bernie Taupin shortly before being recorded.]
• "Dead Yankee Drawl" by Manic Street Preachers
• "Dear Uncle Sam" by Loretta Lynn
• "Dear Mr. President" by Pink
• "Death" by The Pretty Things
• "Death Sound" by Country Joe and the Fish
• "Deathbed" by Relient K
• "Death Tone" by Manowar
• "Desperation Part IV" by Redemption
• "Did You Ever See Me" by Shrubs
• "Do the Russians Want War?" by Mark Bernes
• "Does Anybody Know I'm Here?" by The Dells
• "Đợi Có Một Ngày" (Wait Until the Day) by Trịnh Công Sơn [expressing the author's desire for peace]
• "Doin' All Right" by The Fugs
• "Đồng Dao Hoà Bình" (Children's Song of Peace) by Trịnh Công Sơn
• "Don't Cry My Love" by The Impressions
• "Don't Cry My Soldier Boy" by Thelma Houston
• "Don't Walk Away" by Shrubs
• "Down On The Base" by Leon Russell & Marc Benno
• "Draft Dodger Rag" by Phil Ochs
• "Draft Morning" by The Byrds
• "Draft Resister" by Steppenwolf
• "Drive On" by Johnny Cash

E

• "El Derecho de Vivir en Paz" by Víctor Jara
• "Edge of Darkness" by Iron Maiden
• "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire [written by P. F. Sloan]
• "Everyday Combat" by Lostprophets

F

• "The "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish
• "Fellows in Vietnam" by Inez and Charlie Foxx
• "Fightin' for the U.S.A." by Jerry Reed
• "The Fightin' Side of Me" by Merle Haggard
• "Fight to be Free" by Nuclear Assault
• "Find the Cost of Freedom" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• "First Blood" by Evile
• "First Vietnamese War" by The Black Angels
• "Forget Me Not" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas^[3]
• "For Fuck's Sake" by The Almighty
• "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Front Line" by Stevie Wonder
• "Future Shock" by Evildead .

"For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield

G

• "Galveston" by Glen Campbell
• "Galveston Bay" by Bruce Springsteen
• "Giải phóng miền Nam" (Liberate the South) by Huỳnh Minh Siêng
• "Gia Tài Của Mẹ" (A Mother's Legacy) by Trịnh Công Sơn
• "Giọt Nước Mắt Cho Quê Hương" (A Teardrop for Homeland) by Trịnh Công Sơn
• "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones ^[4]
• "Give Peace a Chance" by John Lennon (Plastic Ono Band)
• "Going to Vietnam" by Big Amos
• "Goodnight Saigon" by Billy Joel
• "The Great Goodnight" by Magellan
• "The Great Mandala" by Peter, Paul and Mary
• "Greetings" by The Valadiers (also recorded by The Monitors)^[3]
• "Grey October" by Peggy Seeger
• "Gunya Down" by Pro-Pain

H

• "Hallelujah Day" by The Jackson 5
• "Hand of Doom" by Black Sabbath
• "Handsome Johnny" by Richie Havens
• "Hands Off Vietnam!" by Dzhilda Mazheykayte
• "Hanoi Hannah" by Roger McGuinn
• "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" by John Lennon
• "Hát Trên Những Xác Người" (Singing on Corpses) by Trịnh Công Sơn [written following the Tet Offensive]
• "Hallå Där Bonde" (Hello there Farmer) by Knutna Nävar
• "Heart of Darkness" by Grave Digger
• "Hello Vietnam" by Johnnie Wright (also recorded by Dave Dudley)
• "Hello Vietnam (Goodbye My Love)" by Ray Hildebrand
• "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon" by Phil Ochs
• "High" by Richard Marx
• "Home" by Mac Davis. Also recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
• "Ho Chi Minh City" by Shrubs
• "Huế Sài Gòn Hà Nội" (Huế, Saigon, Hanoi) by Trịnh Công Sơn [expresses the author's desire for a peaceful, united Vietnam.]
• "Human Being Lawnmower" by MC5
• "Hungry for Blood" by Virus
• "Huyền Sử Một Người Mang Tên Quốc" (Ballad of a Person named Quốc) by Phạm Duy [about Phạm Phú Quốc, a RVAF pilot who bombed the Independence Palace in Saigon. He was shot down in North Vietnam in a mission to bomb the North.]

I

• "I Ain't Marching Anymore" by Phil Ochs
• "I Believe I'm Gonna Make It" by Joe Tex
• "I Can't See You No More (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)" by Joe Tex
• "I Can't Write Left-Handed" by Bill Withers
• "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish
• "I Don't Wanna Go To Vietnam" by John Lee Hooker
• "I Have Seen the Rain" by James T. Moore (featuring Pink, his daughter)
• "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" by Grand Funk Railroad
• "In the Name of John" (Russian: "Во имя Джона") by unknown Soviet military advisor
• "Inoculated City" by The Clash
• "Into the Fire" by Sabaton
• "I Should Be Proud" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
• "Is This War a Useless War" by Moore & Napier
• "It Better End Soon" by Chicago
• "It's America, Love It or Leave It" by Ernest Tubb
• "It's for God, and Country, and You, Mom (The Ballad of Vietnam)" by Ernest Tubb
• "It's Good News Week" by Hedgehoppers Anonymous
• "I Want to Come Home for Christmas" by Marvin Gaye
• "I Was Only Nineteen (A Walk in the Light Green)" by Redgum
• "Imagine" by John Lennon
• "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes

J

• "Jacknife Johnny" by Alice Cooper
• "Jimmy Mack" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas^[3]
• "Jimmy Newman" by Tom Paxton
• "Jimmy's Road" by Willie Nelson
• "Johnny Come Lately" by Steve Earle
• "Johnny Pissoff Meets the Red Angel" by The Fugs

K

• "Keep a Light in the Window Until I Come Home" by James W. Alexander
• "Keep the Flag Flying" by Johnnie Wright
• "Kentucky Kid" by Yuri Vizbor
• "Khe Sanh" by Cold Chisel
• "Kill for Peace" by The Fugs
• "King Henry" by Pete Seeger
• "Kuiama" by the Electric Light Orchestra

L

• "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees
• "Last Train to Nuremberg" by Pete Seeger
• "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" by Melanie Safka
• "A Letter From My Son" by Melverine Thomas
• "A Letter from Vietnam (To Mother)" by Hank Snow
• "Letters from Vietnam" by B.o.B
• "Little Becky's Christmas Wish" by Becky Lamb
• "Living in the Shadow" by Demon
• "Lonesome Vietnam" by George Riddle
• "Lost in the Flood" by Bruce Springsteen
• "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" by Tom Paxton

M

• "Magic Dragon" by Sodom
• "Machine Gun" by Band of Gypsys (Jimi Hendrix)
• "March to the Witch's Castle" by Funkadelic
• "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan
• "Medieval" by James
• "Meneer de president" by Boudewijn de Groot
• "Memento Mori" by Patti Smith
• "The Minute Men (Are Turning in Their Graves)" by Stonewall Jackson
• "Monk Time" by The Monks
• "Monster" by Steppenwolf
• "Moratorium" by Buffy Sainte-Marie
• "More Than a Name on a Wall" by The Statler Brothers
• "Một Buổi Sáng Mùa Xuân" (One Spring Morning) by Trịnh Công Sơn [about a child killed by landmine]
• "The Motor City Is Burning" by John Lee Hooker
• "Mother, Where Is My Father" by David Peel & the Lower East Side
• "Mountains" by Manowar ^[5]
• "My Name is Lisa Kalvelage" by Pete Seeger about a mother, a War-bride from Germany, who speaks out against the war
• "My Son John" by Tom Paxton
• "My Uncle" by The Flying Burrito Brothers
• "Mr. Lonely" by Bobby Vinton (#1 - 1964)

N

• "The Nang, the Front, the Bush and the Shit" by El-P
• "Near Thái Nguyên Bridge" by Alexander Gusev
• "Như có Bác Hồ trong ngày vui đại thắng" (If Only Uncle Ho was Here On the Day of Victory) by Phạm Tuyên.
• "Nối Vòng Tay Lớn" (Joining Hands) by Trịnh Công Sơn [expresses the author's wish for peace. This song was played on the radio after the communist forces took over Saigon's radio station during the Fall of Saigon.]
• "No One to Follow" by Anvil
• "A Nurse in the U.S. Army" by Connie Francis

O

• "Oh! Camil (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)" by Graham Nash
• "Ohio" by Neil Young
• "Okie from Muskogee" by Merle Haggard
• "Old Hippie" by The Bellamy Brothers
• "Old Porch Swing" by Eddy Arnold
• "One Tin Soldier" by The Original Caste
• "An Open Letter to My Teenage Son" by Victor Lundberg
• "Open Letter to the President" by Roy C
• "Orange Crush" by R.E.M.
• "Over and Out" by Alkaline Trio

P

• "Peace Train" by Cat Stevens
• "Peace Will Come" by Tom Paxton
• "Peace Will Come (According to Plan)" by Melanie Safka
• "Pencil Marks on the Wall" by Henson Cargill
• "Penny Evans" by Steve Goodman
• "People Get it Together" by Eddie Floyd
• "People, Let's Stop the War" by Grand Funk Railroad
• "Permission to Fire" by Holy Moses
• "Phantom" (Russian: "Фантом") [Russian song by unknown author.]
• "Pieces of a Man" by Gil Scott-Heron
• "Please Mr Kennedy (I Don't Wanna Go)" by Mickey Woods^[3]
• "Please Mr President" by King Solomon
• "Please Settle in Vietnam" by Lightnin' Hopkins
• "Please Uncle Sam (Send Back My Man)" by The Charmels
• "Please Wait For Me (My Darling)" by Masters Of Soul
• "Premature Burial" by Mercenary
• "Pretty Little Vietnamese" by Johnny Wright
• "Price of Paradise" by The Minutemen
• "Private Sorry" by The Pretty Things
• "Private Wilson White" by Marty Robbins
• "Pull Out the Pin" by Kate Bush
• "Purple Heart" by Sabaton

Q

• "Quê hương đau nặng" (Our country in pain) by Trịnh Công Sơn.
• "Question" by The Moody Blues

R

• "Rachel’s Coming Home" (aka "Rachel") by Russell Morris
• "Rapture" by Impaled Nazarene
• "Raymond" by Brett Eldredge
• "The Rebel" by Carl Hauck
• "Readjustment Blues" by Bill Danoff, sung by John Denver
• "Red" by Barefoot Truth
• "Reflected Prayer" by Shrubs
• "Reflections of My Life" by The Marmalade
• "Remember" by Biohazard
• "Remember the Heroes" by Sammy Hagar
• "Requiem for the Masses" by The Association
• "Return to Vietnam" by Master
• "Revolution" by The Beatles
• "Revolution 1" by The Beatles
• "Ricochet" by Bionic Jive
• "Riding With Private Malone" by David Ball
• "The Road of Life from Hanoi" by unknown Soviet military transportation officer
• "Rooster" by Alice in Chains
• "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
• "Running Gun Blues" by David Bowie

S

• "Saigon" by John Prine
• "Saigon Bride" by Joan Baez
• "Saigon Ơi Vĩnh Biệt" (Saigon, Goodbye) by Nam Lộc [an anthem for Vietnamese refugees having to flee their homeland after the Fall of Saigon.]
• "Sam Stone" by John Prine
• "Sandman" by America
• "Save the Country" by The Fifth Dimension
• "Sean Flynn" by The Clash
• "Search and Destroy" by The Stooges
• "The Seductive Nature of Female Sexuality" by Buried Inside
• "Shapes of Things" by The Yardbirds
• "Shell Shock" by Manowar
• "Shut Out the Lights" by Bruce Springsteen [deals with Post-traumatic stress disorder of a returning veteran]
• "Simple Song of Freedom" by Bobby Darin
• "Singin' in Vietnam Talkin' Blues" by Johnny Cash
• "Sit Down Young Stranger" by Gordon Lightfoot
• "Skies on Fire" by AC/DC
• "Sky Pilot", written by Eric Burdon, recorded by The Animals
• "Slaughter" by Billy Preston
• "Smiley" by Ronnie Burns
• "Soldier" by Neil Young
• "Soldier Boy" by The Shirelles^[3]
• "Soldier of Misfortune" by Ogre
• "Soldier's Goodbye" by William Bell
• "Soldier's Plea" by Marvin Gaye^[3]
• "A Soldier's Prayer, 1967" by Archie Bell & the Drells
• "Some Gave All" by Billy Ray Cyrus
• "Someday at Christmas" by Stevie Wonder
• "Something to Believe In" by Poison
• "Son of the Freeway" by Gravestone
• "Song About the Vietnamese Friend" by Edmund Iodkovsky & Vano Muradeli
• "South Carolina" by Gil Scott-Heron
• "Spiral of Violence" by Whiplash
• "Spitting" by Rocket from the Crypt
• "Standing on the Corner" by Watson & The Sherlocks
• "Still in Saigon" by the Charlie Daniels Band
• "Stop the War" by Edwin Starr
• "Stop the War in Vietnam" by Laurel Aitken
• "Straight to Hell" by The Clash [deals with the abandonment of Vietnamese children fathered by American soldiers]
• "Student Demonstration Time" by The Beach Boys
• "Summer Side of Life" by Gordon Lightfoot
• "Sunshine" by Jonathan Edwards
• "Surf Nicaragua" by Sacred Reich
• "Surrender" by Cheap Trick

T

• "Take Good Care" by Tony Mason
• "Take the Star Out of the Window" by John Prine
• "Talking Vietnam" by Phil Ochs
• "Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues" by Tom Paxton
• "Ta Phải Thấy Mặt Trời" (We Must See the Sun) by Trịnh Công Sơn
• "That Black Wall" by Danny Barnes
• "The Wall" by Tim Murphy
• "The Wall" by Bruce Springsteen
• "Theme for an American Hero" by Chip Taylor
• "There Won't Be Any Snow (Christmas in the Jungle)" by Derrik Roberts
• "This is Radio Clash" by The Clash
• "Three-Five-Zero-Zero" from the musical Hair
• "Through the Ages" by Bolt Thrower
• "Tình Ca Người Mất Trí" (Love Song of Someone Who Lost Their Mind) by Trịnh Công Sơn [about women with lovers who are soldiers]
• "This Ain't Nothing" by Craig Morgan
• "This Cowboy's Hat" by Lee Kernaghan [talks about his uncle dying in 1969 in Vietnam]
• "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" by Donovan
• "Travelin' Soldier" by Bruce Robison (popularized by the Dixie Chicks)
• "Trường Sơn Đông - Trường Sơn Tây" by Hoàng Hiệp [from a poem by Phạm Tiến Duật, about PAVN soldiers on the Ho Chi Minh trail.]

U

• "Uncle Sam" by Jimmy Hughes
• "Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story" by Jedi Mind Tricks
• "Universal Soldier" by Buffy Sainte-Marie; also recorded by Donovan
• "Unknown Soldier" by The Doors
• "Unnatural Selection" by Ayreon
• "Us and Them" by Pink Floyd

V

• "Vaya con Dios-Fellow in Vietnam" by Inez and Charlie Foxx
• "Verbal Razors" by Exodus
• "Viet Nam Blues" by Dave Dudley
• "Vietnam" by Phil Ochs
• "Vietnam" by J. B. Lenoir
• "Vietnam" by The Satellites
• "Vietnam" by Jimmy Cliff
• "Vietnam" by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
• "Vietnam Blues" by J. B. Lenoir
• "Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh" by Ái Vân and The Blue Guitars
• "Vietnam Talkin' Blues" by Johnny Cash
• "Vietnam Vets" by Circle One
• "Vietnamerica" by The Stranglers
• "Vietnamese Baby" by New York Dolls
• "Vietnow" by Rage Against The Machine
• "Violence and Bloodshed" by Manowar
• "Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane

W

• "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" by Pete Seeger
• "Wait For Me" by Brothers of Soul
• "Walking on a Thin Line" by Huey Lewis and the News
• "Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine
• "Wandering the swamps of Vietnam" by unknown Soviet military advisor
• "War" by Edwin Starr (also recorded by The Temptations and performed by Bruce Springsteen)
• "War Games" by The Monkees
• "The War Drags On" written and recorded by Mick Softley; also recorded by Donovan
• "The War Is Over" by Phil Ochs.
• "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath [written about the politicians who were responsible for the war.]
• "War Song" by Neil Young
• "War Sucks" by The Red Krayola
• "Watergate Blues" by Gil Scott-Heron
• "We Just Did What We Were Told" by Don Forbes
• "Welcome the Boys Back Home" by Bill Moss & the Celestials
• "Welcome to the Real World" by Sweet Savage
• "Welcome Wagon" by Nasty Savage
• "Welterusten Meneer de President" by Boudewijn de Groot
• "What Are You Fighting For" by Phil Ochs
• "What We're Fighting For" by Dave Dudley
• "What's Going On?" by Marvin Gaye
• "When the Hunter Becomes Hunted" by Tank
• "When You're only nine" by The Toe River Valley Boys ^[6]
• "Where Are You Now, My Son?" by Joan Baez
• "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" by Pete Seeger
• "White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land" by Phil Ochs
• "The Willing Conscript" by Tom Paxton
• "Wild Irish Rose" by George Jones [about a homeless, alcoholic Vietnam veteran]^[7]
• "Wish You Were Here, Buddy" by Pat Boone
• "Working for the Yankee Dollar" by The Skids

"We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" by ((The Animals))

X

• "Xmas in February" by Lou Reed

Y

• "Yellow River" by Christie
• "Youngstown" by Bruce Springsteen
• "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" by John Prine
• "Your Heart Belongs To Me" by The Supremes^[3] & The Velvelettes

See also

• List of anti-war songs
• Songs and poetry of Soviet servicemen deployed to Vietnam
• Vietnam War

References