The Northern Ireland Troubles in Popular Culture - Songs

Songs

See also: Irish rebel music
  • "Armalite Rifle" by Gang of Four
  • "Alternative Ulster" by Stiff Little Fingers
  • "Armagh" by Au Pairs
  • "Belfast" by Boney M
  • "Belfast" by Orbital
  • "Belfast" by Elton John
  • "Belfast Child" by Simple Minds
  • "Belfast (Penguins and Cats)" by Katie Melua
  • "Belfast to Boston (God's Rifle)" by James Taylor
  • "Big Decision" by That Petrol Emotion
  • "Broken Land" by The Adventures
  • "Crimson Days" by Silent Running
  • "Don't forget about us" by Paul J Miles (2008)
  • "Drunken Lullabies" by Flogging Molly
  • "Each Dollar a Bullet" by Stiff Little Fingers
  • "Ether" by Gang Of Four
  • "Fly the Flag" by Stiff Little Fingers
  • "Forgotten Sons" by Marillion
  • "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Paul McCartney
  • "Go on Home British Soldiers by Tommy Skelly
  • "God Kicks", "Potato Junkie" and "Church of Noise" by Therapy?
  • "Hang the IRA" by Skullhead
  • "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" by Megadeth
  • "The House of Orange" by Stan Rogers on From Fresh Water
  • "Invisible Sun" by The Police
  • "It's Going To Happen" by The Undertones
  • "It's Only Tuesday" by Eric Bogle
  • "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'Round" by Dead Kennedys
  • "Last Night Another Soldier", "Brighton Bomb" and "Soldier" by The Angelic Upstarts
  • "Letter from Louise" by The Saw Doctors
  • "My Little ArmaLite" by Unknown
  • "Northern Industrial Town" by Billy Bragg
  • "Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
  • "Out in the Fields" by Gary Moore and Phil Lynott
  • "Pie Jesu" by Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • "What's Left of the Flag" by Flogging Molly
  • "Sean O'Farrell" by The Celibate Rifles
  • "Shankill Butchers" by The Decemberists
  • "Smash the IRA" by Skrewdriver
  • "So Many People" by Hubert Kah
  • "Soldier" by Harvey Andrews
  • "Some Time in New York City" and The Luck of the Irish by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
  • "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" by The Pogues
  • "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Please", "Peace on Earth" and "North and South of The River" by U2
  • "Sunrise" by The Divine Comedy
  • "Ten Men Dead" by Blaggers ITA
  • "That's Just the Way It Is" by Phil Collins
  • "The Greening of Belfast" by Michael Card
  • "The Island" by Paul Brady
  • "The Men Behind the Wire" by Barleycorn
  • "The More I See (The Less I Believe)" by Fun Boy Three
  • "There Were Roses" by Tommy Sands
  • "The Town I Loved So Well" by Phil Coulter
  • "The Troubles" by The Roches
  • "The Troubles" by XTC
  • "Theme from Harry's Game" by Clannad
  • "This Is a Rebel Song" by SinĂ©ad O'Connor
  • "Through the barricades" by Spandau Ballet
  • "Ulster" by Sham 69
  • "White Noise" by Stiff Little Fingers
  • "Zombie" by The Cranberries

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