Unsolved:List of apocalyptic songs

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The following is a list of songs which feature either apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic themes in their content or titles.

Numbers

  • "115" by Elena Siegman
  • "2 Minutes to Midnight" by Iron Maiden
  • "The 2nd Law - Unsustainable" and various other songs by Muse
  • "3 Days in Darkness" by Testament
  • "4 Degrees" by Anohni (Antony Hegarty)
  • "4 Minute Warning by Mark Owen
  • "4 Minute Warning" by Radiohead
  • "8½ Minutes" by The Dismemberment Plan
  • "'39" by Queen
  • "40 Miles From The Sun" by Bush
  • "99 Luftballons" by Nena
  • "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" by Jimi Hendrix
  • "1999" by Prince

A

  • "Acid Rain" by Avenged Sevenfold
  • "Ænema" by Tool
  • "After Forever" by Black Sabbath
  • "After The Flood" by Van der Graaf Generator
  • "After the Gold Rush" by Neil Young
  • "Against Pollution" by the Mountain Goats
  • "Ain't No Grave" by Johnny Cash
  • "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan (later covered by Jimi Hendrix)
  • "All Go Together" by Big Country
  • "All Nightmare Long" by Metallica
  • "And Further On" by Jethro Tull on A
  • "Another Way to Die" by Disturbed
  • "Another World" by Antony and the Johnsons
  • "Another World" by The Kelly Family
  • "Anthems of Apocalypse" by Winds of Plague
  • "The Antichrist" by Slayer
  • "Apocalypse" by Cigarettes After Sex
  • "Apocalypse" by Hypocrisy
  • "Apocalypse Dreams" by Tame Impala
  • "Apocalypse" by Jackie Evancho
  • "Apocalypse Lullaby" by The Wailin' Jennys
  • "Apocalypse Song" by St. Vincent
  • "Apocalypse Today" by The Casualties
  • "Apocalypso" by The Singing Fools
  • "Apocolypta" by The Herd
  • "Apocalypticism" by Dødheimsgard
  • "April 2031" by Warrant
  • "Armageddon" by Alkaline Trio
  • "Armageddon" by Gamma Ray
  • "Armageddon" by Guy Sebastian
  • "Armageddon" by Prism (band)
  • "Armageddon a Go-Go" by Phoebe Legere
  • "Armageddon It" by Def Leppard
  • "As It Was, As It Soon Shall Be" by Exodus
  • "Asthenia" by Blink-182
  • "As the World Falls Down" - David Bowie (from the film Labyrinth)
  • "At the Moment the Earth Ends" by Atari Blitzkrieg
  • "Atom Bomb" by Red Vox
  • "Ayatollah of Rock'N'Rollah" by Soulfly

B

  • "Baby I'm Yours" by Barbara Lewis
  • "Backwater Blues" by Bessie Smith
  • "Bad Girl" by New York Dolls
  • "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Later covered by numerous artists, including Jerry Lee Lewis, 16 Horsepower, The Meteors, The Reels and Leatherwolf)
  • "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" by The Temptations (also covered by Love and Rockets)
  • "The Ballad of the Night the Clocks All Quit (and the Government Failed)", Tonio K.
  • "Beast and the Harlot" by Avenged Sevenfold
  • "Beauty of Annihalation" by Elena Siegman
  • "Beginning of the End by Into Eternity
  • "Beginning of the End" by Rage
  • "The Beginning of the End" by Rob Zombie
  • "Behind the Rose (Fields of Rape)" by Death in June
  • "Bernice" by The Spazmz
  • "Big Black Sky" by Prism (band)
  • "(The) Big Heat" by Stan Ridgway
  • "Blackened" by Metallica
  • "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
  • "Black Planet" by The Sisters of Mercy
  • "Black Star" by David Bowie
  • "Black Sunday" by Jethro Tull on A (album)
  • "The Blues" by Switchfoot
  • "Breathing" by Kate Bush
  • "Brotherhood of Man" by Motörhead
  • "Burn" by Deep Purple
  • "Burning Universe" by The Mover

C

  • "Carnivore" by Starset
  • "Calamity Song" by The Decemberists
  • "The Catalyst" by Linkin Park
  • "Catastrophe" by Rainer Maria
  • "Chemical Warfare" by Slayer
  • "Chemical Warfare" by The Dead Kennedys
  • "Christmas at Ground Zero" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
  • "City" by Hollywood Undead
  • "Climate Change" by Tripod
  • "Cloaked in Shit" by Hatesphere
  • "Clubbed to Death" by Rob Dougan
  • "Cold Wind to Valhalla" by Jethro Tull on Minstrel in the Gallery (album)
  • "Coming Home" by Falling in Reverse
  • "Countdown's Begun" by Ozzy Osbourne
  • "Crawl out Through the Fallout" by Sheldon Allman
  • "Cruci-Fiction Demolition" by Chapter 27

D

  • "Damnation Alley" by Hawkwind
  • "Dance While the Sky Crashes Down" by Jason Webley
  • "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes by Ultravox
  • "Dark Ages" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)
  • "Dark Doo Wop" by MS MR
  • "Day of Reckoning" by Warrior
  • "The Day the Dead Walked" by SIx Feet Under
  • "The Day the World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails
  • "D Day" by The BusBoys
  • "The Dead Flag Blues" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  • "Dear Future Generations: Sorry" by Prince Ea
  • "Dehumanizer" by Black Sabbath
  • "Desperation Song" by Carbon Leaf
  • "Defector" by Muse
  • "Did You See?" by Sol Invictus
  • "Dies Irae" by Rage
  • "Dinosaur Sex" by Emmy the Great
  • "Dissident Aggressor" by Judas Priest
  • "Doin' Alright" by CunninLynguists
  • "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
  • "Don't Open 'Til Doomsday" by The Misfits
  • "Doom Dancer" by The Mover
  • "Doomed Future Today" by Mouth Sewn Shut
  • "Doomsday" by Elvis Perkins in Dearland
  • "Doomsday" by Nero
  • "Doomsday" by Six Feet Under
  • "Doomsday Clock" by The Smashing Pumpkins
  • "Doomsday Jesus" by Black Label Society
  • "Doomsday Party" by Wooden Ships
  • "Down from the Sky" by Trivium
  • "Down to the Wire" by Son Volt
  • "Do You Believe in the West World?" by Theatre of Hate
  • "Drift Away" by The Kinks
  • "Dun Ringill" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)

E

  • "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" by My Chemical Romance
  • "The Earth Died Screaming" by Tom Waits
  • "East 1999" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
  • "Easy Listening For Armageddon" by Mike Ladd
  • "East Hastings" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  • "Edge of a Revolution" by Nickelback
  • "Electric Funeral" by Black Sabbath
  • "Elegy" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)
  • "Elegy" by Machine Head
  • "El Niño" by Jethro Tull on J-Tull Dot Com (album)
  • "El Mundo" by Molotov
  • "The End" by The Doors
  • "The End" by Funker Vogt
  • "The End" by Mouse on Mars
  • "Endgame" by Rise Against
  • "The End Is Here" by Alter Bridge
  • "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" by The Smashing Pumpkins
  • "End of All Time" by Stars of Track and Field
  • "The End of Radio" by Shellac
  • "The End of the Age" by Becoming the Archetype
  • "End of the World" by Armor For Sleep
  • "End of the World" by Cold
  • "End of the World" by The Cure
  • "End of the World" by David Campbell
  • "End of the World" by Ingrid Michaelson
  • "End of the World" by Night Riots
  • "The End of the World" by Bob Geldof on The Vegetarians of Love (album)
  • "The End of the World" by Laurie Anderson on The Ugly One with the Jewels (album)
  • "The End of the World" by Skeeter Davis
  • "End of the World Party" by I See Stars
  • "The End with You" by Box Car Racer
  • "Endzeit" by Heaven Shall Burn
  • "Enter The Gates of Darkness" by The Mover
  • "Epitaph" by King Crimson
  • "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire
  • "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen
  • "Everybody Out of the Water" by The Wallflowers
  • "Everybody's Out of Town" by B.J. Thomas
  • "Everyday Is Like Sunday" by Morrissey
  • "Exciter" by Judas Priest
  • "Exquisite Corpse" by Watsky
  • "Eyes Wide Open" by Gotye

F

  • "F1-11 Love Missile" by Sigue Sigue Sputnik
  • "Fade to Red" by Kevin Max
  • "FC: The Freedom Club" by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
  • "Fight Fire With Fire" by Metallica
  • "The Final Countdown" by Europe (later covered by Laibach)
  • "Final Day" by Young Marble Giants
  • "Final Sickness" by The Mover
  • "Fire in the Sky/Where Are All The Scientists Now?/A Matter of Time" by Jukebox the Ghost
  • "Five Years" by David Bowie
  • "Fixin' To Die Rag" by Country Joe and the Fish
  • "Floods" by Pantera
  • "Flying Dutchman" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)
  • "Follow You" by Bring Me The Horizon
  • "Four Horsemen" by Aphrodite's Child
  • "Four Horsemen" by The Clash
  • "The Four Horsemen" by Metallica
  • "Four Minutes" by Roger Waters on Radio K.A.O.S. (album)
  • "The Funky Western Civilization" by Tonio K
  • "The Future" by Leonard Cohen
  • "Future Legend" by David Bowie
  • "Future Shock" by Hello People
  • "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" by Timbuk3
  • "Fylingdale Flyer" by Jethro Tull on A (album)

G

  • "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
  • "Glaring Light" by Dirge
  • "God Monster" by The Cramps
  • "Gonna Put My Face on a Nuclear Bomb" by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
  • "Goodbye Blue Sky" by Pink Floyd on The Wall (album)
  • "Goodbye To Radio" by Hawksley Workman
  • "Great Waves" by Dirty Three

H

  • "Hammer to Fall" by Queen
  • "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan
  • "Here Comes the Flood" by The Divine Comedy
  • "Here Comes the Flood" by Peter Gabriel (later covered by numerous artists, including Robert Fripp, The Wimshurst's Machine, and Bette Midler)
  • "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder (later covered by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
  • "Hiroshima" by People Like Us
  • "Holiday" by Green Day
  • "The House at Pooneil Corners" by Jefferson Airplane
  • "A House Is Not a Motel" by Love
  • "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty
  • "Humanity" by Scorpions

I

  • "Ice Age" by Hawksley Workman
  • "Idioteque" by Radiohead
  • "(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • "I Love the World" by New Model Army
  • "In a Heartbeat" by John Murphy
  • "In Days to Come" by Sol Invictus
  • "Inferno" by Einherjer
  • "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" by Marvin Gaye
  • "In The End" by Linkin Park
  • "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans
  • "I Remember California" by R.E.M.
  • "It Ain't the End of the World" by George Segal and Blu Mankuma
  • "It's All Over" by Insane Clown Posse
  • "It's Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here" by Lostprophets
  • "It's the End of the World as We Know It" by Julee Cruise
  • "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M.
  • "I've Been Blessed" by Jamestown Story
  • "I Will (No Man's Land) by Radiohead

J

  • "Judgement Day" by Van Halen
  • "Just Like on TV" by Plasmatics
  • "Just One Kiss" by The Cure

K

  • "Karn Evil 9" By Emerson, Lake and Palmer
  • "Kingdom of God" by Laibach
  • "King of the World" by Steely Dan
  • "Knights of Shame" by Awolnation

L

  • "Lampshades on Fire" by Modest Mouse
  • "Last Day on Earth" by Duran Duran
  • "The Last Day on Earth" by Kate Miller-Heidke
  • "The Last Day on Earth" by Marilyn Manson
  • "The Last Man on Earth" by Schoolyard Heroes
  • "Last Night of the World" by Bruce Cockburn
  • "Last Night on Earth" by Green Day
  • "Last Night on Earth" by U2
  • "Last of the American Girls" by Green Day
  • "The Last Page of History" by Godley & Creme
  • "Last Rockers" by Vice Squad
  • "Let It All Fall Down" by James Taylor
  • "Lets See How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty
  • "Letters From The Sky" by Civil Twilight
  • "Living in End Times" by Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
  • "London Calling" by The Clash
  • "Love Throw a Line" by Patty Griffin

M

  • "Maggots: The Record" by Wendy O. Williams and Plasmatics
  • "The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash
  • "Man vs Earth" by Prince Ea
  • "Maybe Tomorrow" by Chance Waters ft. Lilian Blue
  • "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Marvin Gaye
  • "The Merry Minuet" by The Kingston Trio
  • "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" by Billy Joel
  • "Miserabile Visu {Ex Malo Bonum}" by Anberlin
  • "Mona Lisa" by The All-American Rejects
  • "Morning Dew" {aka "(Walk Me Out in the) Morning Dew"} by Bonnie Dobson (later covered by numerous acts, including Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck, Ralph McTell, Lee Hazlewood, Nazareth, Clannad, Devo, and Robert Plant)
  • "Mother of Disease" by Puissance
  • "Mushroom Butts" by Love
  • "My Love Is Your Love" by Whitney Houston

N

  • "Navras" by Juno Reactor
  • "Na Na Na [Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na]" by My Chemical Romance
  • "New Dark Ages" by Bad Religion
  • "New Frontier" by Donald Fagen
  • "New World Emerging Blues" by the Mountain Goats
  • "Nightflight (Non-Stop To Kaos)" by The Mover
  • "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" by Paul McCartney and Wings
  • "No Doves Fly Here" by The Mob
  • "No Lullaby" by Jethro Tull on Heavy Horses (album)
  • "No One Would Riot for Less" by Bright Eyes
  • "No Sound But The Wind" by Editors
  • "Nostradamus" by Justin Hayward
  • "(Nothing But) Flowers" by Talking Heads (Later covered by Guster and Caetano Veloso)
  • "No World for Tomorrow" by Coheed and Cambria
  • "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden

O

  • "O Caritas" by Cat Stevens
  • "O Fortuna" from "Carmina Burana", composed by Carl Orff
  • "Old Man Atom" by Vern Partlow
  • "One Hundred Million Dead" by the Butthole Surfers
  • "One of the Living" by Tina Turner
  • "Out Alive" by Kesha
  • "Out in the Country" by Three Dog Night
  • "Overture" by Def Leppard

P

  • "Panic in the World" by Be-Bop Deluxe
  • "Party at Ground Zero" by Fishbone
  • "Pink Moon" by Nick Drake
  • "The Plague" by the Mountain Goats
  • "Planetary Burial" by The Mover
  • "Polaris" by Megadeth
  • "Pluto" by Björk on Homogenic
  • "The Prayer Cycle" by Jonathan Elias
  • "Preaching the End of The World" by Chris Cornell
  • "Prehistoric Dog" by Red Fang
  • "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" by Dimmu Borgir
  • "The Prophet's Song" by Queen
  • "Protect and Survive" by Jethro Tull on A (album)
  • "Pure Fucking Armageddon" by Mayhem
  • "Puritania" by Dimmu Borgir

Q

  • "Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)" composed by Olivier Messiaen

R

  • "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons (later covered by Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix)
  • "Ragnarok" by Tyr
  • "Reclamation" by Lamb of God
  • "Red Skies" by The Fixx
  • "Repangaea" and various others by Cephalic Carnage
  • "Resistance" by Muse
  • "Revelation (Death's angel)" by Manowar
  • "Revelations" by Iron Maiden
  • "Riot" by Three Days Grace
  • "Rise of the Antichrist" by Bewitched
  • "Road to Nowhere" by Talking Heads
  • "Rocks into Rivers" by Seabird
  • "Run Boy Run" by Woodkid
  • "Run for Cover" by Otep
  • "Run This Town" by Jay-Z

S

  • "Sandcastles" by The Regime (group)
  • "S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W" by My Chemical Romance
  • "Serenades" by Steve Miller Band
  • "Seven Swans" by Sufjan Stevens
  • "Seventh Seal" by Van Halen
  • "The Seventh Seal" by Morgana Lefay
  • "The Seventh Seal" by Primal Fear
  • "The Seventh Sign" by Yngwie Malmsteen
  • "Sinnerman" by various artists, notably Nina Simone and 16 Horsepower
  • "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day" by Jethro Tull on Warchild (album)
  • "Skeletons of Society" by Slayer
  • "Sky Chariots" by The Lord Weird Slough Feg
  • "Skyfall" by Adele
  • "The Sky Is Broken" by Moby
  • "Sky is Falling" by Melora Creager
  • "Sleep" by My Chemical Romance
  • "A Smart Kid" by Porcupine Tree
  • "Soldier Side" by System of a Down
  • "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" by A Perfect Circle
  • "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)" by Tom Lehrer
  • "Something's on the Move" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)
  • "Sons of the Revolution" by Tonio K
  • "SOS" by Take That
  • "Soul Survivor (...2012) by Angels & Airwaves
  • "The Sound of Pulling Heaven Down" by Blue October
  • "Soylent Green" by Wumpscut
  • "Das Spiel ist aus (The Game Is Over)" by Laibach
  • "Starless Aeon" by Dissection
  • "Sign of The Times" by Harry Styles
  • "The Stations" by The Gutter Twins
  • "Stay Together" by (The London) Suede
  • "Stop the World" by The Clash
  • "The Story of Willy" by King Missile
  • "Sun" by The Essex Green
  • "The Sun and the Moon" by The Pogues
  • "The Sun Has Turned to Black" by Electric Wizard
  • "Supper's Ready" by Genesis
  • "Survive" by Adrenalin O.D.

T

  • "Tables and Chairs" by Andrew Bird
  • "Talking Atomic Blues" by Oscar Brand
  • "Talking World War III Blues" by Bob Dylan
  • "Teen Riot Structure" by T. Rex
  • "Tempest" by Deftones
  • "Temples on Fire" by Sacred Warrior
  • "The Globalist" by Muse
  • "The Fall" by Ministry
  • "The Grand Finale" by Set It Off
  • "The Light Behind Your Eyes" by My Chemical Romance
  • "This May Not Be the End of the World" by John Mellencamp
  • "This World Over", by XTC
  • "Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse" by Doug Anthony All Stars
  • "Thru Eternal Fog" by The Mover
  • "Til Death" By Barcelona
  • "Till the World Ends" by Britney Spears
  • "Time of the Last Persecution" by Bill Fay
  • "Together Burning Bright" by The Used
  • "Total Eclipse" by Klaus Nomi
  • "Troops of Doom" by Sepultura
  • "Turn this World Around" by Kenny Rogers
  • "TV II" by Ministry
  • "Two Suns in the Sunset" by Pink Floyd
  • "Twilight of the Gods" by Helloween

U

  • "Until the End of the World" by U2

V

  • "A Visit to a Sad Planet" by Leonard Nimoy

W

  • "Waiting for the End" by Linkin Park
  • "Waiting for the End of the World" by Elvis Costello
  • "Waiting for October" by Polaris (band)
  • "Waiting for the World to End" by Mother Mother
  • "Wake Me Up Sweet Jesus" by Jimmy Murphy (musician)
  • "Warning" by Green Day
  • "Warning" by Incubus
  • "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath
  • "Wars of Armageddon" by Funkadelic
  • "Wash It All Away" by Five Finger Death Punch
  • "Watch The World" by Box Car Racer
  • "We All Run" by Magnum
  • "We Are the Worst" by Roy Zimmerman (A parody of "We Are the World")
  • "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" by Tina Turner
  • "We Have Arrived" by Mescalinum United
  • "Well Thought Out Twinkles" by Silversun Pickups
  • "We Will All Go Together When We Go" by Tom Lehrer
  • "We Will Become Silhouettes" by The Postal Service
  • "Whatever It Takes" by Imagine Dragons
  • "What Have They Done to the Rain?" by The Searchers (later covered by Joan Baez, Marianne Faithfull and Lili Taylor)
  • "When God Calls Time Out" by Tear Da Club Up Thugs
  • "When Jesus Came to Play" by Jethro Tull on Catfish Rising (album)
  • "When That Helicopter Comes" by Andrew Bird (later covered by The Handsome Family)
  • "When the Levee Breaks" by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie (later covered by Led Zeppelin)
  • "When the Sun Burns Red" by Kreator
  • "When the Wheels Don't Move" by Son Volt
  • "When The Wild Wind Blows" by Iron Maiden
  • "When the World Ends" by Dave Matthews
  • "When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" by The Police
  • "White, Discussion" by Live
  • "Whose Garden Was This" by Tom Paxton (later covered by John Denver)
  • "Who's Got My Back?" by Creed"
  • "Why I Think This World Should End" by Prince Ea
  • "The Wicked End" by Avenged Sevenfold
  • "Wond'ring Again" by Jethro Tull on Living in the Past (album)
  • "Wooden Ships" by Crosby, Stills & Nash (later covered by Jefferson Airplane)
  • "World Destruction" by Time Zone
  • "World Downfall" by The Mover
  • "Worship the End" by The Mover
  • "Wounded, Old and Treacherous" by Jethro Tull on Roots to Branches (album)
  • "WW4" by Leftöver Crack

Y

  • "You and the Candles" by Hawksley Workman
  • "You Gotta Survive" by Tom Robinson Band
  • "You Stay Here" by Richard Shindell

Z

  • "Zero-Sum" by Nine Inch Nails
  • "Zombie" by Family Force 5