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", and the "Vietnam War Song Project".
Some popular songs of this variety include:
0–9
- "19" by Paul Hardcastle
- "1954 Cha Bỏ Quê, 1975 Con Bỏ Nước" by Phạm Duy
- "2 + 2 = ?" by The Bob Seger System
- "50,000 Names" by George Jones
- "500 Miles Away From Home" by Bobby Bare
- "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
- "Amerika the Brutal" by Six Feet Under
- "America, Fuck Yeah" by Trey Parker
- "American Woman by Guess Who
- "An American Draft Dodger in Thunder Bay" by Sam Roberts
- "Anh hùng đâu phải cứ mày râu" – Vũ Trọng Hối
- "Anh phi công ơi!" – Xuân Giao
- "Anh Quân Bưu Vui Tính" – Đàm Thanh
- "Anh lái xe đường dây" – Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn
- "Anh vẫn hành quân" – Huy Du
- "Another Christmas Without My Son" by Reverend Oris Mays
- "Artefucked" by Nargaroth
- "Article IV" by Good Riddance
B
- "Bà Mẹ Phù Sa" Phạm Duy
- "Bài Ca Dành Cho Những Xác Người" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Bác Đang Cùng Chúng Cháu Hành Quân" – Huy Thục
- "Bài ca bên cánh võng" – Nguyên Nhung
- "Bài ca chiến sĩ hải quân" – Văn Cao
- "Bài ca Đường 9" – Huy Du
- "Bài ca Hà Nội" – Vũ Thanh
- "Bài ca hy vọng" – Văn Ký
- "Bài Ca Người Chiến Sĩ Hải Quân" – Thanh Trúc
- "Bài Ca Người Săn Máy Bay" – Văn Lưu
- "Bài ca người nữ tự vệ Sài Gòn" – Phạm Minh Tuấn
- "Bước chân trên dãy Trường Sơn" – Vũ Trọng Hối
- "Bài ca không quên" – Phạm Minh Tuấn
- "Back in Vietnam" by Lenny Kravitz
- "Back to Vietnam" by Television Personalities
- "Back to the World" by Curtis Mayfield
- "Badge of Courage" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
- "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
- "Bamiba" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
- "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
- "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
- "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
- "Burning Bridges" by Pink Floyd
- "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" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Câu hò bên bến Hiền Lương" – music: Hoàng Hiệp, lyric: Hoàng Hiệp – Đằng Giao
- "Chào Anh Giải Phóng Quân" – Hoàng Vân
- "Chào Anh Giải Phóng Quân, Chào Mùa Xuân Đại Thắng" – Hoàng Vân Trình
- "Chú Giải phóng quân cháu xin tặng chú một bài ca" – Vũ Thanh
- "Chúng ta đã đứng dậy" – Tôn Thất Lập
- "Chiếc gậy Trường Sơn" – Phạm Tuyên
- "Chiến sĩ Rađa trên chốt biên thùy" – Thuận Yến
- "Chim hòa bình" –
- "Chú bộ đội" – Hoàng Hà
- "Chưa hết giặc ta chưa về" – Huy Du
- "Cô Gái Mở Đường"-Xuân Giao
- "Cô Gái Pa – Kô" – Huy Thục
- "Cô gái Sài Gòn đi tải đạn" – Lư Nhất Vũ
- "Cô Gái vót chông" – Hoàng Hiệp
- "Cho Một Người Vừa Nằm Xuống" – Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Cambodia" by Kim Wilde
- "Camouflage" by Stan Ridgway
- "Carried by Six" by Internal Void
- "Charlie Boy" by the Lumineers
- "Charlie Don't Surf" by The Clash
- "Charlie Freak" by Steely Dan
- "Child in Time" by Deep Purple
- "Cho Một Người Vừa Nằm Xuống" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Christmas in Vietnam" by Johnny and Jon
- "Chuyện hai người lính" by Phạm Duy
- "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
- "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 The Grateful Dead
- "Cruel War" by Peter, Paul and Mary
- "Cry for Freedom" by The Starfires
- "Cùng anh tiến quân trên đường dài" – Huy Du và Xuân Sách
- "Cùng hành quân giữa mùa xuân" – Hoàng Hà
D
- "Daddy Won't Be Home Anymore" by Dolly Parton
- "Dậy mà đi" – Nhạc: Nguyễn Xuân Tân, thơ: Tố Hữu
- "Đất nước trọn niềm vui" – Hoàng Hà
- "Đại Bác Ru Đêm" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Dancing in the Ashes" by Psychotic Waltz
- "Dân Ta Vẫn Sống" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Daniel" by Elton John
- "Đêm Trường Sơn" – Huy Du
- "Đêm Trường Sơn nhớ Bác" – Trần Chung
- "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
- "Did You Hear What They Said?" by Gil Scott-Heron
- "Do the Russians Want War?" by Mark Bernes
- "Does Anybody Know I'm Here?" by The Dells
- "Đồng Đội ơi" by Nguyễn Giang and Trương Vĩnh Tuấn
- "Đợi Có Một Ngày" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Doin' All Right" by The Fugs
- "Đồng Dao Hoà Bình" 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
- "Door jou" by Gerard Cox
- "Down On The Base" by Leon Russell & Marc Benno
- "Đường chúng ta đi" – Huy Du và Xuân Sách
- "Đường Trường Sơn xe anh qua" – Văn Dung
- "Draft Dodger Rag" by Phil Ochs
- "Draft Morning" by The Byrds
- "Draft Resister" by Steppenwolf
- "Drive On" by Johnny Cash
E
- "Echoes" by Pink Floyd
- "El Derecho de Vivir en Paz" by Víctor Jara
- "Edge of Darkness" by Iron Maiden
- "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire
- "Everyday Combat" by Lostprophets
- "Em Bé Giải Phóng Quân" – Thanh Trúc
- ":pt:Era Um Garoto Que Como Eu Amava os Beatles e os Rolling Stones|Era Um Garoto Que Como Eu Amava os Beatles e os Rolling Stones" by :pt:Os Incríveis |Os Incríveis
F
- "Fear of Napalm" by Terrorizer
- "Fellows in Vietnam" by Inez and Charlie Foxx
- "The Fiddle and the Drum" by Joni Mitchell
- "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
- "Flowers of Evil" by Mountain
- "Forget Me Not" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
- "For Fuck's Sake" by The Almighty
- "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield
- "Front Line" by Stevie Wonder
- "Future Shock" by Evildead
G
- "Galveston" by Glen Campbell
- "Galveston Bay" by Bruce Springsteen
- "Giải phóng miền Nam" by Huỳnh Minh Siêng
- "Gặp nhau trên đỉnh Trường Sơn" – Hoàng Hà
- "Garet Trooper" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
- "Gia Tài Của Mẹ" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Giọt Nước Mắt Cho Quê Hương" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
- "Give Peace a Chance" by John Lennon
- "Godspeed" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- "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
- "Grey October" by Peggy Seeger
- "Gunya Down" by Pro-Pain
H
- "Hà Nội – Điện Biên Phủ" – Phạm Tuyên
- "Hành khúc không quân Việt Nam" – Văn Cao
- "Hàng em mang tới chiến hào" – Lư Nhất Vũ
- "Hành Khúc Giải Phóng" – Long Hưng và Lưu Nguyễn
- "Hành khúc ngày và đêm" – Phan Huỳnh Điểu
- "Hát cho dân tôi nghe" Tôn Thất Lập
- "Hát mãi khúc quân hành" – Diệp Minh Tuyền
- "Hát trên đường tranh đấu" –
- "Hát trong tù" –
- "Hãy giữ gìn lấy Việt Nam" – Văn Chung
- "Hãy ca dạy lên" –
- "Hò kéo pháo" – Hoàng Vân
- "Hoan hô chú bộ đội" – Nguyễn Thanh Tùng
- "Huế Sài Gòn Hà Nội" – Trịnh Công Sơn
- "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 " by John Lennon
- "Hát Trên Những Xác Người" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Hallå Där Bonde" by Knutna Nävar
- "He Wore the Green Beret" by Nancy Ames
- "Heart of Darkness" by Grave Digger
- "Hello Vietnam" by Johnnie Wright
- "Hello Vietnam " 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
- "Home from the War" by Lugh Damen
- "Ho Chi Minh City" by Shrubs
- "Huế Sài Gòn Hà Nội" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "Human Being Lawnmower" by MC5
- "Hungry for Blood" by Virus
- "Huyền Sử Một Người Mang Tên Quốc" by Phạm Duy
I
- "I Ain't Marching Anymore" by Phil Ochs
- "I Believe I'm Gonna Make It" 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'd Love to Change the World" by Ten Years After
- "I'm Your Captain " by Grand Funk Railroad
- "I Should Be Proud" by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
- "I Want to Come Home for Christmas" by Marvin Gaye
- "I Was Only Nineteen " by Redgum
- "Imagine" by John Lennon
- "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes
- "Into the Fire" by Sabaton
K
- "Khe Sanh" by Cold Chisel
- "The Knife" by Genesis
- "Kuiama" by the Electric Light Orchestra
L
- "Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees
- "Long Live Our Love" by The Shangri-Las
- "Love Vigilantes" by New Order
- "Luang Prabang", by Dave Van Ronk
- "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation", by Tom Paxton
M
- "Machine Gun" by Band of Gypsys
- "Madre" by Silvio Rodriguez
- "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan
- "More Than a Name on a Wall" by The Statler Brothers
- "Mountains" by Manowar
- "Mr. Lonely" by Bobby Vinton
- "Một ngày vietnam"
N
- "Năm Anh Em Trên Một Chiếc Xe Tăng" – Doãn Nho
- "Ngày Mai Chúng Mình Ra Trận" – Nhạc: Hoài Tố Hạnh, lời: Trần Đăng Khoa
- "Người mẹ Bàn Cờ" – Nhạc: Trần Long Ẩn, thơ: Nguyễn Kim Ngân
- "Người mẹ miền Nam tay không thắng giặc" – Thuận Yến
- "Napalm in the Morning" by Sodom
- "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" by Phạm Tuyên.
- "Nối Vòng Tay Lớn" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "No One to Follow" by Anvil
- "A Nurse in the U.S. Army" by Connie Francis
- "Napalm Sticks to Kids" by unknown US servicemen, first recording by First of the Ninth Chorus
- "Những Bông Hoa Trên Tuyến Lửa" – Đỗ Trung Quân
- "Những ngày hội đấu tranh" –
O
- "Ohio" by Neil Young
- "Okie from Muskogee" by Merle Haggard
- "Old Hippie" by The Bellamy Brothers
- "One Tin Soldier" by The Original Caste
- "Orange Crush" by R.E.M.
P
- "Paint It Black" by Rolling Stones
- "Peace Train" by Cat Stevens
- "Pencil Marks on the Wall" by Henson Cargill
- "Postcards from Saigon" by James Blundell
Q
- "Question" by The Moody Blues
R
- "Rachel’s Coming Home" 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
- "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" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
- "Saigon Bride" by Joan Baez
- "Saigon Ơi Vĩnh Biệt" by Nam Lộc
- "Saigon Shrunken Panorama" by The Mountain Goats
- "Sài Gòn Quật Khởi" – Hồ Bắc
- "Sẵn sàng bắn" – Tô Hải
- "Salute to the Nurses" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
- "Sam Stone" by John Prine
- "Sandman" by America
- "Save the Country" by Laura Nyro, also recorded by The Fifth Dimension
- "Sean Flynn" by The Clash
- "Search and Destroy" by The Stooges
- "Sergeant Death" by Fate
- "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
- "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 Stephen Stills
- "Sợi nhớ sợi thương" – Phan Huỳnh Điểu
- "Sức mạnh nhân dân" –
- "Soldier" by Neil Young
- "Soldier Boy" by The Shirelles
- "The Soldier Has Come Home" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
- "Soldier of Misfortune" by Ogre
- "Soldier's Goodbye" by William Bell
- "Soldier's Plea" by Marvin Gaye
- "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 Now" by Edwin Starr
- "Stop the War in Vietnam" by Laurel Aitken
- "Straight to Hell" by The Clash
- "Student Demonstration Time" by The Beach Boys
- "Summer Side of Life" by Gordon Lightfoot
- "Sunshine" by Jonathan Edwards
- "Suppose They Give a War and No One Comes" by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
- "Surf Nicaragua" by Sacred Reich
- "Surrender" by Cheap Trick
- "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones
T
- "Ta là chiến sĩ Giải Phóng quân" – Văn Lưu và Triều Dâng
- "Ta đã thấy gì trong đêm nay" – Trịnh Công Sơn
- "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
- "Tame the Lion" by Emitt Rhodes
- "Ta Phải Thấy Mặt Trời" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "That Black Wall" by Danny Barnes
- "Tên lửa ta đáng rất hay" – Huy Thục
- "The Willing Conscript" by Tom Paxton
- "Theme for an American Hero" by Chip Taylor
- "Theme for an Imaginary Western" by Jack Bruce
- "There Won't Be Any Snow " by Derrik Roberts
- "There's a Wall in Washington" by Iris DeMent
- "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" by Trịnh Công Sơn
- "This Ain't Nothing" by Craig Morgan
- "This Cowboy's Hat" by Lee Kernaghan
- "Tiến bước dưới quân kỳ" – Doãn Nho
- "Tiến lên chiến sĩ đồng bào" – Huy Thục
- "Tiến Về Sài Gòn" – Lưu Hữu Phước
- "Tiếng nói Hà Nội" – Nhạc: Văn An; Lời: Cảnh Trà
- "Tiếng Đàn Ta Lư" – Huy Thục
- "Tin tưởng ca"
- "Tình ca" – Hoàng Hiệp
- "Tình nghĩa Bắc Nam" –
- "Tiếng hát những đêm không ngủ" – Phạm Tuyên
- "Tiếng Hát Người Nữ Du Kích Củ Chi" – Lưu Cầu
- "Tiểu đoàn 307" – Nguyễn Hữu Trí
- "To Susan on the West Coast Waiting" by Donovan
- "Travelin' Soldier" by Bruce Robison
- "Train to Vietnam" by The Rudies
- "Trooper's Lament" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
- "Trường Sơn Đông – Trường Sơn Tây" by Hoàng Hiệp
- "The Road of Life from Hanoi" by unknown Soviet military transportation officer
- "Thề quyết bảo vệ Tổ quốc" – Huy Du
- "Thuyền em đi trong đêm" Nguyễn Phú Yên
- "Tổ quốc ơi đã ta nghe" – La Hữu Vang
- "Tôi Là Lê Anh Nuôi" – Trần Hiếu
- "Từ mặt đất thân yêu" – Tô Hải
- "Tự nguyện" – Trương Quốc Khánh
- "Trên dòng sông lịch sử" – Nguyễn Nam
- "Trên đỉnh Trường Sơn ta hát" – Huy Du
U
- "Uncle Sam" by Jimmy Hughes
- "" by Jedi Mind Tricks
- "Universal Soldier" by Buffy Sainte-Marie; also recorded by Donovan
- "Unknown Soldier" by The Doors
- "Unknown Soldier" by Breaking Benjamin
- "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 Abner Jay
- "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" by T-Bone Walker
- "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
- "Việt Nam – đất nước tình yêu" – Lệ Giang
- "Việt Nam Ơi! Mùa Xuân Đến Rồi" – Huy Du
- "Vết chân tròn trên cát" – Trần Tiến
- "Vì nhân dân quên mình" – Doãn Quang Khải
- "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
- "The Wall" by Tim Murphy
- "The Wall" by Bruce Springsteen
- "Wandering the Swamps of Vietnam" by unknown Soviet military advisor
- "War" by Edwin Starr
- "War Games" by The Monkees
- "The War Drags On" written and recorded by Mick Softley; also recorded by Donovan
- "War Is a Card Game" by Nancy Ames
- "The War Is Over" by Phil Ochs
- "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath
- "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
- "We Gotta Get Outta This Place" by The Animals
- "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 is Truth" by Johnny Cash
- "What We're Fighting For" by Dave Dudley
- "What's Going On?" by Marvin Gaye
- "When the Hunter Becomes Hunted" by Tank
- "When the War Is Over" by Cold Chisel
- "When You're Only Nine" by The Toe River Valley Boys
- "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
- "The Windows of the World" by Dionne Warwick
- "Winning the Hearts and Minds" by Good Riddance
- "Wish You Were Here, Buddy" by Pat Boone
- "Working for the Yankee Dollar" by The Skids
X
- "Xmas in February" by Lou Reed
- "Xuân Chiến Khu" – Xuân Hồng
Y
- "Yellow River" by Christie
- "A Young Man's Problem" by The Young Men
- "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 & The Velvelettes
- "Yours Is No Disgrace" by Yes
- "Yesterday Died, Tomorrow Won't Be Born" by Good Riddance