Songs about School Shootings

It seems strange, but musicians write about everything and anything, including school shootings. They have a voice and an audience that listens. Music can be extremely influential. Whether or not you agree with their messages, here is a list of some of the songs about school shootings.

  • “The Kinslayer” by Nightwish
  • “The Ballad of Charles Whitman” by Kinky Friedman
  • “New Hope” by Five Iron Frenzy
  • “So Long” by Everlast
  • “Sniper” by Harry Chapin
  • “The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Gun” by Julie Brown
  • “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam
  • “Rival” by Pearl Jam
  • “I Don’t Like Mondays” by The Boomtown Rats (also covered by Bon Jovi, Ron Sexsmith and Tori Amos)
  • “A New Hope” by Five Iron Frenzy.
  • “Youth of the Nation” by P.O.D.
  • “Educated Hate” by Rorshack
  • “Stole” by Kelly Rowland
  • “The Anatomy Of a School Shooting” by Ill Bill
  • “Ticking” by Elton John
  • “To the Teeth” by Ani DiFranco
  • “Classtime Horror” by Madd Maxxx
  • “Vengeful Possesion” by Madd Maxxx
  • “The Nobodies” by Marilyn Manson
  • “Ronnie” by Metallica
  • “Cassie” by Flyleaf
  • “April 20” by Yellowcard
  • “Weisses Fleisch” by Rammstein
  • “Monday” by The Living End
  • “Rock the 40oz.” by Leftöver Crack
  • “Lullaby For Wayne” by Weezer
  • “She’s Anti” by Home Grown
  • “Hero” by Superchic[k]
  • “Black Shadow Symphony” by Westworld
  • “Columbine High Blues” by Countess
  • “Columbine Killing Machine” by Ressurrector
  • “In Praise of School Shooters” by Pink Eye
  • “This Is Your Time by Michael W. Smith (also covered by Five Iron Frenzy)
  • “Friend of Mine” by Jonathan and Stephen Cohen – survivors of the Columbine School Shooting