about the playlists page

This page will contain a list of all songs we listen to in the class and as well as links to any song videos we’ll be watching. Nearly all the songs will be available on our Spotify playlist. If the song is not on Spotify, I will alert you in the homework and will provide a link to it below or, if necessary, on the Readings and Texts page. Sheet music is available on the Readings page.

Protest Music fall 2023 Spotify playlist

list of all required songs

The below list and the Spotify playlist will be updated throughout the semester.

1. Week One
   Jimi Hendrix, “Star Spangled Banner” (1969)
2. Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A” (1984)
3. Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.” (1982)
4. Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.” (2018)
   Week Two
5. Shakira & J. Lo’s Full Pepsi Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show (2020)
6. Sinead O’Connor’s SNL Performance of Bob Marley’s “War” (1992)
7. Beyonce, “Cozy” (2022)
8. Beyonce, “Alien Superstar” (2022)
9. Beyonce, “Break My Soul” (2022)
10. Beyonce, “Pure/Honey” (2022)
    Week Three
11. Pink Floyd, “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” (1979)
12. Hozier, “Take Me to Church” (2013)
13. Childish Gambino, “This is America” (2018)
14. Brandi Carlile, “The Joke” (2018)
15. Janelle Monae, “Turntables” (2020)
16. Mavis Staples and the Staples Singers, “Freedom Highway – Live” (1965)
17. Mavis Staples, “Change” (2019)
18. Our Native Daughters (featuring Allison Russell), “Quasheba, Quasheba” (2019)
19. H.E.R., “I Can’t Breathe” (2020)
20. Adia Victoria, “South Gotta Change” (2020)
21. Mickey Guyton, “Black Like Me” (2020)
22. Amythyst Kiah, “Black Myself” (2021)
23. Resistance Revival Chorus, “This Joy” (2020)
24. Mavis Staples (with Levon Helm), “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” (2022)
    Week Four
25. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Oh Freedom” (1997)
26. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” (1997)
27. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Now Let Me Fly” (1997)
28. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Go Down Moses” (1997)
29. Kim and Reggie Harris, “Deep River/Swing Low” (1997)
30. Bernice Johnson Reagon (featuring Kim and Reggie Harris), “Oh Mary, Don’t You Weep” (2007)
31. Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (1936)
32. Nina Simone, “Strange Fruit” (1965)
33. Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car” (1998)
34. Eminem, “Lose Yourself” (2002)
    Week Five
    Artist Focus: Woody Guthrie
35. Woody Guthrie, “This Land is Your Land” (1944)
36. Bob Dylan, “Song to Woody”  (1962)
37. Woody Guthrie, “I Ain’t Got No Home in this World No More” (1938)
38. Woody Guthrie, “Hard Travelin’” (1944)
39. Woody Guthrie, “1913 Massacre” (1945)
40. Woody Guthrie, “Talking Dust Bowl” (1940)
41. Pete Seeger, “Which Side Are You On?”
42. Arlo Guthrie, “Deportees” (1974)
43. Odetta, “Deportees” (1964)
44. Dolly Parton, “Deportees” (1980)
45. Tish Hinojosa, “Deportees” (2013)
46. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, “This Land is Your Land” (2005)
47. Gary Clark, Jr. , “This Land” (2019)
48. Fannie Lou Hamer, “Woke Up This Morning”
49. Fannie Lou Hamer, “This Little Like of Mine”
    Week Six
    Artist Focus: Pete Seeger
50. The Weavers, “Goodnight Irene” (1943)
51. The Weavers, “Wasn’t That a Time” (1948)
52. Pete Seeger, “If I Had a Hammer” (1949)
53. Pete Seeger, “Shenandoah” (1958)
54. Pete Seeger, “Wimoweh” (1950s)
55. Pete Seeger, “Guantanamera” (1963)
56. Pete Seeger, “Little Boxes” (1963)
57. Pete Seeger, “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy” (1967)
58. Pete Seeger, “Where Have all the Flowers Gone” (1955)
59. Pete Seeger, “Turn, Turn, Turn” (1959)
60. Pete Seeger, “My Rainbow Race” (1971)
61. Pete Seeger, “It Could Be a Wonderful World” (1962)
    Start Seeger’s Song for Children
62. Pete Seeger, Brother Kirk, Sesame Street characters and children, “This Land is Your Land” (1974)
63. Pete Seeger, “Ilka’s Bedouin Tune” (1962)
64. Pete Seeger, “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore” (1962)
65. Pete Seeger, “Ha, Ha Thisaway” (1962)
66. Pete Seeger, “Here’s to Cheshire – Here’s to Cheese” (1962)
    Start Alastair Moock songs
67. Alastair Moock, “When I Get Bald” (2013)
68. Alastair Moock, “Take a Little Walk with Me” (2013)
69. Alastair Moock, “Joy Comes Back” (2013)
70. Alastair Moock, “This Little Light of Mine” (2013)
71. Alastair Moock, “It Takes All Kinds” (2015)
72. Alastair Moock, “Bright Side of Me” (2015)
73. Alastair Moock, “Go Pete Go (Grab Your Hammer)” (2020)
74. Alastair Moock, “Intro to One Foot / Lead with Love” (2020)
75. Alastair Moock, “One Foot / Lead with Love” (2020)
76. Alastair Moock, “I am Malala” (2020)
77. Alastair Moock, “No Wall” (2020)
78. Alastair Moock, “Be a Pain” (2020)
    Week 7
    Artist Spotlight: Bob Dylan
79. Nina Simone, “Pirate Jenny”
80. Joan Baez, “Silver Dagger”
81. Joan Baez, “Saigon Bride”
82. Robert Johnson, “Kind Hearted Woman Blues — Part 2”
83. Robert Johnson, “Traveling Riverside Blues”
84. Bob Dylan, “Blowin’ in the Wind” (1963)
85. Bob Dylan, “Masters of War” (1963)
86. Bob Dylan, “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” (1963)
87. Bob Dylan, “Oxford Town” (1963)
88. Bob Dylan, “The Times They Are A-Changing” (1964)
89. Bob Dylan, “Only a Pawn in Their Game” (1964)
90. Bob Dylan, “Chimes of Freedom” (1964)
91. Bob Dylan, “Like a Rolling Stone” (1965)
    Anti-Vietnam War Songs
92. Buffalo Springfield, “For What it’s Worth” (1966)
93. Richie Havens, “Handsome Johnny” (1967)
94. Rolling Stones, “Gimme Shelter” (1969)
95. Jimmy Cliff, “Vietnam” (1969)
96. Edwin Starr, “War” (1970)
97. Martha and the Vandellas, “I Should Be Proud” (1970)
98. Pink Floyd, “Us and Them” (1973)
    Artist Spotlight: Nina Simone
99. Nina Simone, “Mississippi Goddam” (1964)
100. Nina Simone, “Sinnerman” (1965)
101. Nina Simone, “Four Women” (1966)
102. Nina Simone, “I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to Be Free” (1967)
103. Nina Simone, “Why? (The Kind of Love is Dead)” (1968)
104. Nina Simone, “To Be Young Gifted and Black” (1970)
105. Hozier (featuring Mavis Staples), “Nina Cried Power” (2019)
     Songs of the Black Power Movement
106. John Coltrane, “Alabama” (1964)
107. Sam Cooke, “A Change is Gonna Come” (1964)
108. James Brown, “Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud” (1968)
109. B.B. King, “Why I Sing the Blues” (1969)
110. Sly and the Family Stone, “Stand” (1969)
111. The Temptations, “Ball of Confusion (That’s the Way the World is Now)” (1970)
112. Gil-Scott Heron, “Whitey on the Moon” (1970)
113. Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On” (1971)
     Week 9
     Indigenous People’s Songs
114. Buffy Saint Marie, “Universal Soldier” (1964)
115. Peter LaFarge, “Ira Hayes” (1962)
116. Peter LaFarge, “The Senecas: A Long as the Grass Shall Grow” (1963)
117. Buffy Saint Marie, “Now that the Buffalo’s Gone” (1964)
118. Buffy Saint Marie, “My Country ‘Tis of Thy People You’re Dying” (1966)
119. Redbone, “We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee” (1972)
120. Keith Secola, “This Land” (2006) [Ojibwa-language version of “This Land is Your Land”]
121. Buffy Saint Marie, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” (2013)
122. Nataanii Means, “Genocide” (2013)
123. StenJoddi featuring Joey Stylez, “Urban Nativez” (2016)
124. Raye Zaragoza, “In the River: A Protest Song” (2016)
125. Raye Zaragoza, “Fight Like a Girl” (2020)
     Week Ten
     70s Punk
126. The Stooges, “Search and Destroy” (1973)
127. The Stooges, “Raw Power” (1973)
128. The Damned, “Help” (1977)
129. The Clash, “White Riot” (1977)
130. The Clash, Hate & War” (1977)
131. The Clash, “Cheat” (1977)
132. Sex Pistols, “Anarchy in the U.K.” (1977)
133. Sex Pistols, “God Save the Queen” (1977)
134. The Clash, “London Calling” (1979)
     Week Eleven
     Riot Grrrl
135. Bikini Kill, “Double Dare Ya” (1991)
136. Bratmobile, “Love Thing” (1993)
137. Bratmobile, “Cool Schmool” (1993)
138. Bikini Kill, “Blood One” (1993)
139. Bikini Kill, “Rebel Girl” (1993)
140. Heavens to Betsy, “Nothing Can Stop Me” (1994)
141. Bikini Kill, “Bloody Ice Cream” (1996)
     Week Twelve
     Golden Age Rap & Hip-Hop
142. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, “The Message” (1982)
143. Run D.M.C., “Hard Times” (1984)
144. Run D.M.C., “King of Rock” (1985)
145. Run D.M.C., “Proud to Be Black” (1986)
146. ICE-T, “6 ‘N the Mornin’” (1987)
147. N.W.A., “Straight Outta Compton” (1988)
148. N.W.A., “Fuck the Police” (1988)
149. Public Enemy, “Bring the Noise” (1988)
150. Public Enemy, “Prophets of Rage” (1988)
151. Public Enemy, “Power to the People” (1990)
152. Public Enemy, “Fear of a Black Planet” (1990)
153. Public Enemy, “Revolutionary Generation” (1990)
154. Public Enemy, “Fight the Power” (1990)
     Week Fourteen
     Pioneering Women in Hip-Hop
155. The Sugarhill Gang (organized and produced by Sylvia Robinson), “Rapper’s Delight” (1979)
156. Funky 4+1 (featuring Sha-Rock), “Rapping and Rocking in the House” (1979)
157. Roxanne Shante, “Roxanne’s Revenge” (1985)
158. Salt-N-Pepa, “Push it” (1986)
159. Queen Latifah and Monie Love, “Ladies First” (1989)
160. MC Lyte, “Cha Cha Cha”  (1989)
161. Sista Souljah, “The Hate That Hate Produced” (1991)
162. Queen Latifah, “U.N.I.T.Y.” (1993)
163. Da Brat, “Funkdafied” (1994)
164. Lil’ Kim (featuring JAY-Z), “Big Momma Thang” (1996)
165. Foxy Brown (featuring JAY-Z), “I’ll Be” (1996)
166. Ms. Lauryn Hill, “Lost Ones” (1999)
     Week Fifteen
     Lemonade
167. Beyonce, “Pray You Catch Me” (2016)
168. Beyonce, “Hold Up” (2016)
169. Beyonce, “Don’t Hurt Yourself” (2016)
170. Beyonce, “Sorry” (2016)
171. Beyonce, “6 Inch” (2016)
172. Beyonce, “Daddy Lessons” (2016)
173. Beyonce, “Love Drought” (2016)
174. Beyonce, “Sandcastles” (2016)
175. Beyonce, “Forward” (2016)
176. Beyonce, “Freedom” (2016)
177. Beyonce, “All Night” (2016)
178. Beyonce, “Formation” (2016)