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Songs About Nuclear War from the Eighties, Songs Beginning with misc

During the eighties, the topic of nuclear war seemed to come up a lot. It was on the news frequently due to the arms build up under the Regean era. At one point I think there was enough fire power to destroy the world 100 times over (it's probably still something ridiculous like that though). With the end of the cold war all seemed fine, although recent events in India and Pakistan does help remind us that it could be triggered by almost any mad man who is intent enough.

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Nuclear war songs beginning with: [Index] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] [misc]
"1999," by Prince
"Everybody's got a bomb, we could all die any day"
"2 Minutes to Midnight," by Iron Maiden
Two minutes to midnite...the hands that threaten doom.
"5 Minutes," by Bonzo Goes To Washington
This record, put together by Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads) and Bootsy Collins (P-Funk), took Ronald Reagan's infamous "blooper" from one of his radio messages -- "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes" -- and sped it up, sampled it, repeated it, all behind a hypnotic dance beat. The result showed just what kind of a demented fool the old man really was. No comment or other lyrical content was necessary. A scary, brilliant record.
"99 Luft Balloons (99 Red Balloons)," by Nena
This one is about nuclear war. There was even a video with missles and explosions. Cute German pop song.
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