We're highlighting several well-known songs that incorporate political themes that might not be obvious to every listener.

Composer Stephen Schwartz said the song "There's No Place Like Home” is about “something being lost” in America.

As Ultimate Classic Rock reported, "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" was inspired by a 1972 massacre in Northern Ireland which ...

"Wicked" composer Stephen Schwartz spoke to NBC News’ Rebecca Keegan about how “No Place Like Home” was inspired by the ...

Salil Chowdhury managed to smuggle complex ideas of class privilege and political consciousness into children’s music, ...

As the new millennium started, a creative decision would push Green Day onto an entirely new path, one that would come to ...

Bob Dylan wrote inherently political music early in his career. Here's why politicians aren't allowed to use it.

Singer Jade Thirlwall criticized Matty Healy, frontman of the British rock band The 1975, for remarks he recently made saying he would like to stay out of politics. "I don’t think you can be a pop ...

As the new millennium started, a creative decision would push Green Day onto an entirely new path, one that would come to ...

Paul McCartney and Paul Simon are two of the greatest songwriters of all time. There is no argument that can’t subvert that claim as they are the trailblazers of contemporary music. Even though both ...