The MD guide to the top 40 protest songs of all time. In order.

Number 40:

Crass: Big A Little A

Number 39

John Coltrane: Alabama

Number 38

Redskins: Kick Over the Statues

Number 37

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five: The Message

Number 36

Peter Gabriel: Biko

Number 35

Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

Number 34

Edwin Starr - War

Number 33

I Ain't Marching Anymore -Phil Ochs

Number 32

Easterhouse: Get Back to Russia

Number 31

Paul McCartney & Wings - Give Ireland Back To The Irish

Number 30

The Specials - Ghost Town

Number 29

The Last Poets - When The Revolution Comes

Number 28

Marc Ribot - Bella Ciao (feat. Tom Waits)

Number 27

SAULT - Wildfires

Number 26

The Specials - Free Nelson Mandela

Number 25

Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up

Number 24

Sam Cooke - A Change is Gonna Come

Number 23

Clash - White Riot

Number 22

Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam

Number 21

Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Number 20

Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy-Television The Drug of the Nation

Number 19

Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam

Number 18

Pete Seeger - Which Side Are You On?

Number 17

Nina Simone - To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Number 16

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Fi Peach

Number 15

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In the Name

Number 14

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - People Get Ready

Number 13

Stevie Wonder - Living for the City

Number 12

Kirsty MacColl - Free World

Number 11

NWA - Fuck the Police

Number 10

Bob Dylan - Masters of War

Number 9

Neil Young - Southern Man

Number 8

Prince - Sign O' the Times

Number 7

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Fortunate Son

Number 6

Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land

Number 5

Robert Wyatt - Shipbuilding

Number 4

Ohio- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Number 3

Bob Dylan - The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol

Number 2

Billie Holiday-Strange Fruit

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Marvin Gaye - What's Going On