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This article contains three lists: songs of the socialist parties and movements, anthems of self-proclaimed socialist states, and musical movements that feature prominent socialist themes. Not all national anthems of socialist states are necessarily explicitly socialist, and many were in use at other time in a nation's history.

Songs of socialist movements

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Song Writer(s) Date Country of Origin Notes
Le temps des cerises Jean-Baptiste Clément 1866  France Music by Antoine Renard. Became strongly associated with the Paris Commune of 1871, and has become a major socialist song in Francophone countries.
Sir de Fisch-Ton-Kan Joseph Aurnaud 1870  France
The Internationale Eugène Pottier 1871  France Regarded as the international anthem of the socialist movement. First intended to be sung to the tune of "La Marseillaise", Pierre De Geyter composed original music in 1888. It was used as the anthem of the USSR from 1922 to 1944.
Les Dances des Bombes [fr] Louise Michel 1871  France
Semaine Sanglante Jean Baptiste Clément 1871  France
The Standard of Revolt Paul Brousse 1877

 France

Elle n'est pas morte! [fr] Eugène Pottier 1886  France
Workers' Hymn Filippo Turati and Amintore Galli 1886  Italy It is considered one of the most significant historical songs of the Italian workers' movement, and was banned by successive governments of the Kingdom of Italy, including during the First World War and Fascist Italy.[1][2]
Bella Ciao Mondina Workers Late 19th century  Italy Originally sung by farm workers to protest harsh working conditions, it was adapted by Italian partisans as an anti-fascist song, and is widely used by anti-fascists today.
Bandiera Rossa Carlo Tuzzi 1908  Italy Uses a traditional folk melody. Primarily known as a song of the Italian labor movement.
Fischia il vento Matvei Blanter and Felice Cascione 1943  Italy Adapted from the Russian song Katyusha by Italian partisans as an anti-fascist song.
La Letanía De Los Poderosos Gabino Palomares 1978  Mexico
Himno Zapatista 1990s  Mexico Anthem of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation
Canción del Partido Comunista Anthar Lopez Unknown  Mexico
Obreros y Patrones José de Molina [es] Unknown  Mexico
Manifesto Comunista José de Molina [es] Unknown  Mexico
Canto Campesino León Chavez Unknown  Mexico
La Huelga José de Molina [es] Unknown  Mexico
Hold the Fort Late 19th century  United States Adapted by the Knights of Labor from a gospel hymn written by Philip Bliss. It became famous as the song of the British transportation workers. It is now used by many union movements, especially in the Caribbean.[3]
The Preacher and the Slave Joe Hill 1911  United States Written as an anti-religious, syndicalist song for the IWW.[4]
There Is Power in a Union Joe Hill 1913  United States Written for the IWW. Sung to the tune of Lewis E. Jones' 1899 hymn "There Is Power in the Blood (Of the Lamb)".[5]
Rebel Girl Joe Hill 1915  United States Written for Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.[6]
Bread and Roses James Oppenheim 1915  United States Multiple melodies have been composed, most famously by Mimi Fariña.[7]
Solidarity Forever Ralph Chaplin 1915  United States Written for the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), it is widely used in the trade union movement. It is sung to the tune of "John Brown's Body".
Which Side Are You On? Florence Reece 1931  United States Written for the United Mine Workers in Harlan County, Kentucky from the melody from the traditional Baptist hymn, "Lay the Lily Low".
The Battle Hymn of Cooperation Elizabeth Mead and Carl Ferguson 1932  United States A popular song of the consumers' co-operatives movement, especially during the 1930s. Like "Solidarity Forever", it is also sung to the tune of "John Brown's Body".[8]
Joe Hill Alfred Hayes and Earl Robinson 1936  United States Lyrics from a poem by Alfred Hayes.
This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie 1944  United States Guthrie wrote the song as a critical response to Irving Berlin's God Bless America. The stanza condemning private property is often omitted.[9]
If I Had a Hammer Pete Seeger and Lee Hays 1950  United States First performed for the CPUSA, successful versions were recorded by The Weavers, Trini Lopez, and Peter, Paul, and Mary.[10]
Love Me, I'm a Liberal Phil Ochs 1966  United States Mocks the insincerity of liberalism in the United States.[11]
Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater Revival 1969  United States An anti-war song made to protest against the Vietnam War and the American establishment in the 1960's
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Gil Scott-Heron 1971  United States
Ain't done Nothin If You Ain't Been Called a Red Eliot Kenin 1984  United States The most famous version was sung by Faith Petric.[12][13]
¡Ay Carmela! Unknown 1936  Spain Sung by the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.[14]
Jarama Valley Alex McDade 1938  Spain Sung by the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.[15]
No Pasaran Leopoldo González 1936  Spain Titled after Dolores Ibarruri's famous speech during the Spanish Civil War.[16]
A las Barricadas Valeriano Orobón Fernández 1936  Spain Used by the Spanish Anarchists during the Spanish Civil War.
Freiheit Gudrun Kabisch and Paul Dessau 1936  Spain Written by German volunteers of the Thälmann Battalion serving in the Spanish Civil War, it became popular among Communists in the United States and Germany.[17]
Nanniwan He Jingzhi and Ma Ke.[18] 1943  China Nanniwan celebrates a victory of the Communist Eighth Route Army during the Second World War. The lyrics, written by He Jingzhi, were set to a traditional folk melody of northern Shaanxi.[19]
Osmanthus Flowers Blooming Everywhere in August  China The song is based on a folk melody from the Dabie Mountains, where the Eyuwan Soviet was based. The song was very popular during the Cultural Revolution.[20]
Ode to the Motherland Wang Shen 1950  China Dedicated to the Chinese Revolution and the CCP.[21]
The East Is Red Li Youyuan 1960s  China Written by a Chinese peasant from Shaanxi to celebrate Mao Zedong and the CCP. It became the de facto anthem of the PRC during the Cultural Revolution.[22]
Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman Wang Shuangyin 1964  China Popular among the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution.[23]
Without the Communist Party, There Would Be No New China Cao Huoxing 1943  China Written as a response to a Kuomintang slogan.[24]
Socialism is Good Li Huanzhi and Xi Yang 1958  China Popular during the Cultural Revolution.[25]
The Voice of the Masses Mohammed Abdel Wahab 1960  United Arab Republic Pan-Arab song about uniting the Arab world through its people
Sar Oomad Zemestoon Saeed Soltanpour  Iran Used by the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas
El Pueblo Unido Sergio Ortega 1973  Chile Lyrics by folk group Quilapayún. It was adapted from chants used during Salvador Allende's presidential campaign, and after he was deposed, it became a common protest song worldwide.[26][27]
Venceremos Sergio Ortega 1970  Chile The anthem of Salvador Allende's presidential campaign.[28]
Solidaritätslied Bertolt Brecht and Hanns Eisler 1929–31  Germany Written during the Great Depression and popular among socialists in the late Weimar Republic.[29]
Der heimliche Aufmarsch Wladimir Vogel 1930  Germany Lyrics are from a 1929 poem by Erich Weinert. The most famous version was arranged by Hans Eisler. In 1957, the words were rewritten in East Germany for the Cold War, renamed as "Der offene Aufmarsch".[30][31]
Einheitsfrontlied Hanns Eisler 1934  Germany Also known as the "Song of the United Front". Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.
Whirlwinds of Danger Wacław Święcicki 1879 or 1883  Poland Music composed by Józef Pławiński. The anthem of the Polish workers during the Russian Revolution of 1905, it has been translated into many languages and sung worldwide.
You Fell Victim to a Fateful Struggle Anton Arkhangelsky and Nikolay Ikonikov 1878  Russia
Di Shvue S. Ansky 1902  Russia Written for the Jewish Labor Bund.
Dublin City 1913 Donagh MacDonagh  Ireland Written about the Irish worker's struggle (1913-1916) against British occupation.[32]
The Red Flag Jim Connell 1889  United Kingdom Written by Irish-born socialist Jim Connell, it is used as the party anthem of the British and Irish Labour parties. It is sung to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" or "The White Cockade".[33]
The Manchester Rambler Ewan MacColl 1932  United Kingdom Written by the English folk singer Ewan MacColl, inspired by his participation in the Kinder trespass, a protest by the urban Young Communist League of Manchester.[34]
Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards Billy Bragg 1988  United Kingdom Reflects on the disappointments of the Cold War in the aftermath of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's 1987 re-election.[35]
Hasta Siempre Carlos Puebla 1965  Cuba Written as a response to Che Guevara's farewell letter to Cuba, it became the most famous song of the Nueva Trova movement.
Padaj silo i nepravdo 1922  Yugoslavia Inspired by the Hvar Rebellion. It is based on "Slobodarka", a 1908 song written by Josip Smodlaka.[36]
The Red Army is Strongest Samuel Pokrass and Pavel Gorinshtejn 1920  Soviet Union
The Partisan's Song Yuri Cherniavsky and Peter Parfenov 1915-1922  Soviet Union A popular Red Army song from the Russian Civil War and World War I.[37]
Tachanka (song) Mikhail Ruderman and Konstantin Listov 1937  Soviet Union Glorifies the Tachankas (machine gun carts) used by the Red Army during the civil war.[38]
March of the Defenders of Moscow Alexey Surkov and Boris Mokrousov 1941  Soviet Union Used by the Red Army beginning at the Battle of Moscow.[39]

National anthems of socialist states and territories

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Song Year adopted Year relinquished State Writer Composer
Aegukka 1947 In use  Korea, North Pak Se-yong Kim Won-gyun
Angola Avante 1975 In use  People's Republic of Angola Manuel Rui Alves Monteiro Rui Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas
Anthem of the People's Republic of Kampuchea 1979 1989  People's Republic of Kampuchea Sok Udom Deth
L'Aube Nouvelle 1960 In use  People's Republic of Benin Father Gilbert Jean Dagnon Father Gilbert Jean Dagnon
Auferstanden aus Ruinen 1949 1990  East Germany Johannes R. Becher Hanns Eisler
Balgariyo mila 1951 1964[40]  People's Republic of Bulgaria Nikola Furnadzhiev, Mladen Isaev, and Elisaveta Bagriana[41] Georgi Dimitrov, Georgi Zlatev-Cherkin, and Svetoslav Obretenov[41]
La Bayamesa 1909 In use  Cuba Perucho Figueredo
Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey 1976 1979  Democratic Kampuchea
Garam shah lā garam shah[42] 1978 1992  Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Sulaiman Layeq Jalīl Ghahlānd
Hey, Slavs 1941 1992  Yugoslavia Samuel Tomášik
Himni i Flamurit 1912 In use  People's Socialist Republic of Albania Asdreni Ciprian Porumbescu
Kde domov můj 1918 1989, now in use as the anthem of  Czech Republic  Czechoslovakia Josef Kajetán Tyl František Škroup
March of the Volunteers 1949 In use  China Tian Han Nie Er
Mila Rodino 1964 In use  People's Republic of Bulgaria Tsvetan Radoslavov Tsvetan Radoslavov
Nad Tatrou sa blýska 1918 1989, now in use as the anthem of  Slovakia  Czechoslovakia Janko Matúška
State Anthem of the Mongolian People's Republic 1950 In use  Mongolian People's Republic Tsendiin Damdinsüren Bilegiin Damdinsüren and Luvsanjambyn Mördorj[43]
Our Republic, Hail! 1947 1951  People's Republic of Bulgaria Krum Penev Georgi Dimitrov
Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire 1975 1977  Socialist Republic of Romania Andrei Bârseanu Ciprian Porumbescu
Pheng Xat Lao 1945 In use  Laos Sisana Sisane Thongdy Sounthonevichit
Poland Is Not Yet Lost 1926 In use  Polish People's Republic Józef Wybicki
State Anthem of the Soviet Union 1944 1991, the melody now in use for the anthem of  Russia  Soviet Union Sergey Mikhalkov Alexander Alexandrov
Te slăvim, Românie 1953 1975  Socialist Republic of Romania Eugen Frunză and Dan Deșliu Matei Socor
Tiến Quân Ca 1954 In use  Vietnam Văn Cao Văn Cao
Trei culori 1977 1990  Socialist Republic of Romania Ciprian Porumbescu Ciprian Porumbescu
Les Trois Glorieuses 1970 1991  People's Republic of the Congo Jacques Tondra and Georges Kibanghi Jean Royer and Joseph Spadilière
Viva, Viva a FRELIMO 1975 2002  People's Republic of Mozambique Justino Sigaulane Chemane Justino Sigaulane Chemane
Zdrobite cătușe 1948 1953  Romanian People's Republic Aurel Baranga Matei Socor

Musical movements influenced by socialism

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See also

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References

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