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Another Brick in the Wall
1979 song by Pink Floyd
I Want It All
song by Queen (1989)
Taxman
"Taxman" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. Written by the group's lead guitarist, George Harrison, with some lyrical assistance from John Lennon, it protests against the higher level of progressive tax imposed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Harold Wilson, which saw the Beatles paying over 90 per cent of their earnings to the Treasury. The song was selected as the album's opening track and contributed to Harrison's emergence as a songwriter beside the dominant Lennon–McCartney partnership. It was the group's first topical song and
Get Back
original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney
God Save the Queen
original song by Sex Pistols
Hammer to Fall
single
My Generation
original song written and composed by Pete Townshend
Have a Cigar
1975 song by British band Pink Floyd
Another Day in Paradise
song by Phil Collins
Run to the Hills
1982 single by English metal band Iron Maiden
War Pigs
1970 song by Black Sabbath
Anarchy in the U.K.
Sex Pistols' debut single
London Calling
1979 single by the Clash
The Miracle
single from Queen's 1989 album
2 Minutes to Midnight
1984 single by Iron Maiden
Uprising
2009 single by Muse
hotdogs
Pink Floyd sang
I'm Only Sleeping
original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney; first recorded by The Beatles
Welcome to the Machine
song by Pink Floyd
Is This the World We Created…?
original song written and composed by Freddie Mercury and Brian May; first recorded by Queen
Breaking the Law
original song written and composed by K. K. Downing, Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford
On the Turning Away
song performed by Pink Floyd
I'm So Tired
original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney
Not Now John
original song written and composed by Roger Waters; first recorded and released by Pink Floyd
Crazy Train
original song written and composed by Bob Daisley, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads; first recorded by Ozzy Osbourne
Free Four
1972 single by British band Pink Floyd
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
song by Pink Floyd
Sheep
song by English band Pink Floyd
Swan Song – From the Motion Picture "Alita: Battle Angel"
2019 soundtrack single by Dua Lipa
Land of Confusion
1986 single by Genesis (and cover single by Disturbed)
Power to the People
1971 single by John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band
Lost for Words
song performed by Pink Floyd
Hey, Hey, Rise Up!
2022 single by Pink Floyd
Street Fighting Man
original song written and composed by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Rock the Casbah
song by English punk rock band The Clash
Woman Is the Nigger of the World
1972 song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Jesus He Knows Me
original song written, composed, and recorded by Genesis
What Do You Want from Me
Pink Floyd song
Biko
song by the English singer-songwriter and rock musician Peter Gabriel (1980).
Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye
English popular traditional song
Gimme Some Truth
original song written, composed, and performed by John Lennon
It's My Life
1984 single by Talk Talk
The Fletcher Memorial Home
Pink Floyd song
Give Ireland Back to the Irish
1972 single by Wings
Where's the Revolution
2017 single by Depeche Mode
Holidays in the Sun
1977 single by Sex Pistols
Gimme Hope Jo'anna
song written and composed by Eddy Grant, originally recorded by Eddy Grant and released in 1988
Motorcycle Emptiness
1992 single by Manic Street Preachers
Nelson Mandela
original song written and composed by Jerry Dammers and Rhoda Dakar; first recorded by The Special AKA
They Dance Alone
1988 single by Sting
Highwire
1991 single by The Rolling Stones
Is It Any Wonder?
2006 single by Keane
Something in the Air
1969 single by Thunderclap Newman
I Believe in Father Christmas
song composed by Greg Lake, lyrics by Peter Sinfield, interpolating "Troika" from "Lieutenant Kijé" by Sergei Prokofiev
If That Were Me
single by Melanie C
This Is England
1985 single by the Clash
Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert
song by Pink Floyd
Too Young to Die
1993 single by Jamiroquai
When You Gonna Learn
1992 single by Jamiroquai
Born Free
song by recording artist M.I.A.