Songs with a theme of nuclear war have been a feature of popular culture since the early years of the Cold War.^[1]

• "4 Minute Warning" By Radiohead (2007)
• "137" By Brand New (2017)
• "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" by Jimi Hendrix
• "1999" By Prince (1982)
• "2 Minutes to Midnight" By Iron Maiden (1984)
• "540,000 Degrees Fahrenheit" by Fear Factory
• "99 Luftballons" By Nena (1983)^[2]
• "A Blue Wave" By Cleaners From Venus (1981)
• "Adrian" By Eurythmics (1985)
• “A Flash in the Night” By Secret Service (band) (1982)
• "After the Fall" By Klaus Nomi (1982)
• "After the Holocaust" By Nuclear Assault (1986)
• "After the War" By Asia (1985)
• "Aftermath" By Armored Saint (1985)
• "Aftershock" By Anthrax (1985)
• "All Fall Down" By B-Movie (1991)
• "Always the Sun" By The Stranglers (1986)
• "America" By Kurtis Blow (1986)
• "American Soviets" By CCCP (1990)
• "April 2031" By Warrant (1992)
• "Arise" by Sepultura
• "Armageddon Days (Are Here Again)" By The The (1989)
• "As The World Burns" By Bolt Thrower (1992)
• "As the World Caves In" By Matt Maltese (2017)
• "Atom and Evil" By Black Sabbath (as Heaven and Hell) (2009)
• "Atom Bomb" By Glenn Barber (1955)
• "Atom Drum Bop" By The Three Johns (1986)
• "Atom Tan" By The Clash (1982)
• "Atomic" By Blondie (1980)
• "Atomic Dog" By George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars (1982)
• "Atomic Playboys" By Steve Stevens (1989)
• "Back to Zero" By The Rolling Stones (1986)
• "Beat Street" By Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (1984)
• "Beneath the Remains" By Sepultura (1989)
• "Between the Wheels" By Rush (1984)
• "Beyond the Black" By Metal Church (1984)
• "Bikini Red" By The Screaming Blue Messiahs (1987)
• "Billy's Line" By Red Box (1986)
• "Birthright" By Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (1989)
• "Black Celebration" By Depeche Mode (1986)
• "Black Planet" By The Sisters of Mercy (1985)
• "Blackened" By Metallica (1988)
• "Blossom and Blood" By Midnight Oil (1985)
• "Blow the House Down" By Siouxsie and the Banshees (1984)
• "Blowin' Sky High" By Berlin (1988)
• "Bombers" By David Bowie (1971)
• "Bomb" by Gang Green
• "Bomb Iran" By JC & The B-1 Bombers (1980)
• "The Bomb Song" By Darwin Deez
• "Bombe the Russians" By Fear (1985)
• "Boom!" by System of a Down on the album Steal This Album!
• "Boom Box" By Vitabeats (1985)
• "Breathing" By Kate Bush (1980)
• "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns" By Iron Maiden (2006)
• "Bring Back the Bomb" by GWAR
• "Brush the Dust from That Old Bible" By Bradley Kincaid (1950)
• "Burning Down the House" By Talking Heads (1983)
• "Burning Heart" By Survivor (1985)
• "Can't Stop Running" By Space Monkey (2002)
• "The Catalyst" By Linkin Park (2010)
• "Channel-Z" By The B-52's (1989)
• "Chemical Bomb" By Aquabats (1999)
• "Chemical Warfare" By Slayer (1983)
• "Christmas at Ground Zero" By "Weird Al" Yankovic (1986)
• "Claude Rains" By The Front Lawn (1989)
• "Clean, Clean" By Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club / The Buggles (1979)
• "Cloudburst at Shingle St." By Thomas Dolby (1982)
• "Come Away Melinda" By Bobbie Gentry (1968)
• "Countdown to Extinction" by Megadeth (1992)
• "Countdown to Zero" By Asia (1985)
• "Crawl Out Through the Fallout" By Sheldon Allman (1960)
• "Cries of Help" By Discharge (1982)
• "Cruise" By David Gilmour (1984)
• "Cruise Missiles" By Fischer-Z (1981)
• "Cuando Seas Grande" By Miguel Mateos (1993)
• "Curfew" By The Stranglers (1978)
• "Current Events" By Joe King Carrasco and the Crowns (1998)
• "Dancing at the Nuclear Holocaust" By Doug P. Stone (1977) ^[3]
• "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" By Ultravox (1984)
• "Dangerous Moments" By Martin Briley (1985)
• "Dawn Patrol" By Megadeth (1990)
• "The Day After" By The Men They Couldn't Hang (1985)
• "The Dead Next Door" By Billy Idol (1983)
• "De Bom" By Doe Maar (1983)
• "De Bom Valt Nooit" By Herman van Veen (1984)
• "Def.Con.One" By Pop Will Eat Itself (1992)
• "Destruction Preventer" by Sonata Arctica
• "D-Day" By Bus Boys (2001)
• "Dig a Hole in the Ground" By Fred Small (2011)
• "Disaster Area" By All Out Attack (2006)
• "Distant Early Warning" By Rush (1984)
• "Does Anybody Care" By Alex Hirsch (2022)^[4]
• "Domino" By Genesis (1986)
• "Don't Crash" By Front 242 (1987)
• "Do the Evolution" By Pearl Jam (1998)^[5]
• "Do You Believe in the Westworld?" By Theatre of Hate (1982)
• "Down from the Sky" By Trivium (2008)
• "Downer" by Nirvana
• "Dream Home in New Zealand" By The Beat (1981)
• "Dream Told by Moto" By Minutemen (1983)
• "Earth Crusher" By Mr. Lif (2002)
• "Eighth Day" By Hazel O'Connor (1980)
• "Einstein A Go Go" By Landscape (1981)
• "Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman)" By Counting Crows (1994)
• "Electric Funeral" By Black Sabbath (1970)
• "End of the World" By Gary Moore (1981)
• "The End" By Discharge (1981)
• "Enola Gay" By OMD (1980)
• "Euroshima" By John Waite (1984)
• "Eve of Destruction" By Barry McGuire (1965)
• "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" By Wang Chung (1986)
• "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" By Tears for Fears (1985)
• "Everyday Is Like Sunday" By Morrissey (1988)
• "Fabulous Disaster" By Exodus (1989)
• "Fact And Fiction" By Twelfth Night (1982)
• "Fallout" By Data (1980)
• "Fallout Shelter" By Peter Scott Peters (1961)
• "Famous Last Words" By Tears for Fears (1989)
• "Fight Fire with Fire" By Metallica (1984)
• "The Final Bloodbath" By Discharge (1982)
• "The Final Countdown" By Europe (1986)
• "Final Day" By Young Marble Giants (1980)
• "Fire in the Sky" By Saxon (1981)
• "Fireside Favourite" By Fad Gadget (1980)
• "Firestorm" By Leslie Fish (1989)
• "Five Years" By David Bowie (1972)
• "Flame of the West" By Big Country (1984)
• "Flyingdale Flyer" By Jethro Tull (1980)
• "Forever Young" By Alphaville (1984)
• "Four Minute Warning" By Mark Owen (2003)
• "Four Minutes" By Culture Shock (1989)
• "Four Minutes" By Roger Waters (1987)
• "Folded Flags" By Roger Waters (1987)
• "French Letters" By Herbs (1987)
• "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" By Timbuk3 (1986)
• "Games Without Frontiers" by Peter Gabriel (1980)
• "Glad It's All Over" By Captain Sensible (1994)
• "Grandpa Atomic" By New Bomb Turks (1994)
• "The Great Atomic Power" By The Louvin Brothers (1962)
• "Ground B Sound" By Death Piggy (1999)
• "Ground Zero Brooklyn" By Carnivore (band) (1987)
• "The Gunner's Dream- Paranoid Eyes" By Pink Floyd (1983)
• "Guns in the Sky" By INXS (1987)
• "Hallowed Ground" By Violent Femmes (1984)
• "Hammer to Fall" By Queen (1984)
• "Happy Birthday" By "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983)
• "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" By Bob Dylan (1963)
• "Harrisburg" By Midnight Oil (1985)
• "Heat" By Leslie Spit Treeo (1990)
• "Heatwave" By Fay Ray (1982)
• "A Hell On Earth" By Discharge (1982)
• "He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now" By Deacon Blue (1987)
• "Help Save the Youth of America" By Billy Bragg (1986)
• "Hercules" By Midnight Oil (1992)
• "Here Comes President Kill Again" By XTC (1989)
• "Heresy" By Rush (1991)
• "History (remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki)" By John McGuinness (1984) John McGuinness & Vince Lewis band (2018)
• "Hiroshima" By Gary Moore (1983)
• "Hiroshima" By Sandra (1990)
• "Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette" By Jim Page (1976)
• "Hiroshima Nagasaki Russian Roulette" By Moving Hearts (1981)
• "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" By Ultravox (1977)
• "House at Pooneil Corners" By Jefferson Airplane (1968)
• "Human Error" By Subhumans (1981)
• "I.C.B.M." By Amebix (1987)
• "I Come and Stand at Every Door" By The Byrds (1966)
• "I Don't Wanna Die" By 4 Skins (1982)
• "I Found That Essence Rare" By Gang of Four (1979)
• "Ignorance" By Sacred Reich (1987)
• "I Melt with You" By Modern English (1982)
• "In the Hole" By Armored Saint (1985)
• "Invasion" By Skrewdriver (1984)
• "I Remember the Sun" By XTC (1984)
• "Is There Something I Should Know?" By Duran Duran (1981)
• "It's a Mistake" By Men At Work (1983)
• "I've Known No War" By The Who (1982)
• "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" By Nik Kershaw (1984)
• "Janitor" By Suburban Lawns (1980)
• "Just Another Day" By Oingo Boingo (1985)
• "Jesus Hits Like the Atomic Bomb" By Lowell Blanchard and the Vally Trio (1998)^[1]: 117
• "Juggernaut" By Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush (1982)
• "Kill for Peace" By The Fugs (1966)
• "Kill the Poor" By Dead Kennedys (1978)
• "Killer of Giants" By Ozzy Osbourne (1986)
• "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go Round" By Dead Kennedys (1982)
• "King of the World" By Steely Dan (1973)
• "Land of Confusion" By Genesis (1986)
• "Last Domino" By Genesis (1986)
• "Last in the House of Flames" By UK Decay (1981)
• "Lawyers in Love" By Jackson Browne (1983)
• "Leave in Silence" By Depeche Mode (1982)
• "Leningrad" By Billy Joel (1989)
• "Let Me Die In My Footsteps" By Bob Dylan (1963)
• "Let's All Make A Bomb" By Heaven 17 (1981)
• "Let's Have A War" By Fear (1982)
• "Let's Talk About it" By Dweezil Zappa (1986)
• "Life During Wartime" By Talking Heads (1979)
• "Listen" By Tears For Fears (1985)
• "Live Fast, Die Young" By Circle Jerks (1980)
• "Living Through Another Cuba" By XTC (1980)
• "Lock and Key" By Rush (1987)
• "London Calling" by The Clash
• "Love Missile F1-11" By Sigue Sigue Sputnik (1986)
• "Lovers in a Dangerous Time" By Bruce Cockburn (1984)
• "M.A.D." by Hadouken!; lyrics and title refer to nuclear war; the whole album's and lyrics refer to atomic war
• "Man at C&A" By The Specials (1980)
• "Manhattan Project" By Rush (1985)
• "Maralinga" By Urban Guerrillas (1983)
• "Massive Retaliation" By Sigue Sigue Sputnik (1986)
• "Mediate" By INXS (1987)
• "Merry Minuet" By Kingston Trio (1959)
• "Missiles" By The Sound (1980)
• "Morning Dew" by Bonnie Dobson; also recorded by Jeff Beck, Blackfoot, Einstürzende Neubauten, Tim Rose, and The Grateful Dead
• "Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.)" By Gillan (1986)
• "Nagasaki Nightmare" By Crass (1981)
• "New Frontier" By Donald Fagen (1982)
• "New Mexico" By Oppenheimer Analysis (1982)
• "No Nuclear War " By Peter Tosh (1987)
• "North Winds Blowing" By The Stranglers (1985)
• "Nuclear" By Mike Oldfield
• "Nuclear Attack" By Gary Moore (1981)
• "Nuclear Attack" By Sabaton (2006)
• "Nuclear Cop" By Redgum (1980)
• "Nuclear Sunrise" By Hand of Fire (2017)
• "Nuclear War" By Sun Ra ^[6] Arkestra (1982)
• "Nuclear War" By New Politics (2010)
• "Nuclear War" By Yo La Tengo (2001)
• "Oblivion" By Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (1987)
• "Old Man Atom" By Sons Of The Pioneers (1950)
• "On the Beach" By The Comsat Angels (1980)
• "One of the Living" by Tina Turner, from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
• "Oppenheimer" By Leni Oppenheimer (2019)
• "Paranoid Chant" By Minutemen (1980)
• "Party at Ground Zero" By Fishbone (1985)
• Pink World by Planet P Project
• "Planet Earth" By Duran Duran (1981)
• "Political Science" By Randy Newman (1972)
• "Pride of Man" by Hamilton Camp (1964)
• "Pronto viviremos en la Luna" (Soon we will be living at the Moon), by Spanish singer-songwriter Víctor Manuel.
• "Protect and Survive" By Runrig (1987)
• "Put Down That Weapon" by Midnight Oil
• "Quite Unusual" By Front 242 (1987)
• "Radiation Sickness" By Nuclear Assault (1986)
• "Red Rain" By Peter Gabriel (1986)
• "Red Shadows" By T.S.O.L. (1984)
• "Red Skies" By The Fixx (1982)
• "Red Skies over Paradise By Fischer-Z (1981)
• "Ride the Wind" By Crazy Planet (1988)
• "Ronnie Talk to Russia" by Prince (1981)
• "Russians" By Sting (1985)
• "Rust in Peace... Polaris" By Megadeth (1990)
• "S.D.I." By Loudness (1987)
• "Seconds" By U2 (1982)
• "Set the World Afire" By Megadeth (1988)
• "Shattered" by Pantera
• "Skeletons of Society" by Slayer
• "Sign o' the Times" By Prince (1987)
• "So Afraid of the Russians" By Made for TV (1983)
• "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" By A Perfect Circle (2018)
• "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)" By Tom Lehrer (circa 1965)
• "Soviet Snow" By Shona Laing (1987)
• "The Stage" By Avenged Sevenfold (2016)
• "Stagnation" By Genesis (1970)
• "Stop the World" By The Clash (1980)
• "Strike Zone" By Loverboy (1983)
• "Strontium 90" By Fred & Betty Dallas with Ron Fielder (1959)
• "The Sun Is Burning" By Ian Campbell (1963)
• "Summer of ‘81" By Mondo Rock (1981)
• "Sunrise" By Icehouse (1987)
• "Survive" by Nuclear Assault
• "Survivor's Song" By Julia Ecklar (1986)
• "Talkin' World War III Blues" by Bob Dylan
• "The Apple Tree" by Difford & Tilbrook (1984)
• "The Temptation of Adam" by Josh Ritter (2007)
• "Thank Christ for The Bomb" By Groundhogs (1970)
• "Thank God for The Bomb" By Ozzy Osbourne (1986)
• "The Sun Is Burning" By Simon & Garfunkel (1964)
• "This World Over" by XTC (1984)
• "Time After Time" By Electric Light Orchestra (1983)
• "Time Will Crawl" By David Bowie (1987)
• "Total Eclipse" By Klaus Nomi (1981)
• "Town to Town" by Microdisney (1987)
• "Tropicana" By Gruppo Italiano (2002)
• "Twilight Gods" By Helloween (1987)
• "Two Minute Warning" By Depeche Mode (1983)
• "Two Suns In the Sunset" By Pink Floyd (1983)
• "Two Tribes" By Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1984)
• "Vamos a la Playa" by Righeira (1983)
• "Vaporized" by X-15 (1981)
• "Victims of the Future" By Gary Moore (1983)
• "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was (Not Was) (1987)
• "The Wanderer" By U2 and Johnny Cash (1993)
• "Warhead" by Tarot
• "Warhead" By UK Subs (1980)
• "We Don't Want No Nuclear War" By Peter Tosh (1987)
• "We Will All Go Together When We Go" By Tom Lehrer (1959)
• "We Will Become Silhouettes" By The Postal Service (2005)
• "What Have They Done" By Squeeze (1986)
• "When the Wind Blows" By David Bowie (1986)
• "When They Drop the Atomic Bomb" By Jackie Doll and the Pickled Peppers (1951)^[1]: 130
• "White Train" by Bananarama (1986)
• "Will The Sun Rise?" by Dokken
• "Wind of Change" By Scorpions (1991)
• "Wooden Ships" By Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
• "World Destruction" By Time Zone (1984)
• "World War III" recorded by D.O.A.
• "World Wars III & IV" By Carnivore (band) (1985)