The 10 Greatest Protest Songs in Classic Rock, Ranked

Classic rock produced plenty of political songs in the early 90s. And while we’d all like Michael Jackson’s “They Don’t Really Care About Us” to be on this list, it just doesn’t fit the genre conversation today. The drums, riffs, voices, and recording choices made the anger physical in classic rock, and that just hits differently. You can miss every historical reference and still understand that someone powerful is lying, someone vulnerable is paying, and silence has become impossible.

Leonor AlcaçarenhoThe 10 Greatest Protest Songs in Classic Rock, Ranked