List of apocalyptic songs

The following is a list of songs which feature either apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic themes in their content or titles.

Numbers

• "2 Minutes to Midnight" by Iron Maiden
• "The 2nd Law - Unsustainable" and various other songs by Muse
• "3 Days in Darkness" by Testament
• "4 Minute Warning by Mark Owen
• "8½ Minutes" by The Dismemberment Plan
• "'39" by Queen
• "40 Miles From The Sun" by Bush
• "99 Luftballons" by Nena
• "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" by Jimi Hendrix
• "1999" by Prince

A

• "Ænema" by Tool
• "After Forever" by Black Sabbath
• "All Nightmare Long" by METALLICA
• "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan (later covered by Jimi Hendrix)
• "And Further On" by Jethro Tull on A (album)
• "Another Way to Die" by Disturbed
• "Another World" by The Kelly Family
• "Anthems of Apocalypse" by Winds of Plague
• "The Antichrist" by Slayer
• "Apocalypse" by Hypocrisy
• "Apocalypse Dreams" by Tame Impala
• "Apocalypse Lullaby" by The Wailin' Jennys
• "Apocalypse Song" by St. Vincent
• "Apocalypse Today" by The Casualties
• "Apocolypta" by The Herd
• "Apocalypticism" by Dødheimsgard
• "April 2031" by Warrant
• "Armageddon" by Alkaline Trio
• "Armageddon" by Gamma Ray
• "Armageddon" by Guy Sebastian
• "Armageddon a Go-Go" by Phoebe Legere
• "Armageddon It" by Def Leppard
• "As It Was, As It Soon Shall Be" by Exodus
• "As the World Falls Down" - David Bowie (from the film Labyrinth)
• "At the Moment the Earth Ends" by Atari Blitzkrieg
• "Ayatollah of Rock'N'Rollah" by Soulfly

B

• "Baby I'm Yours" by Barbara Lewis
• "Bad Girl" by New York Dolls
• "Bad Moon Rising" by Credence Clearwater Revival (Later covered by numerous artists, including Jerry Lee Lewis, 16 Horsepower, The Meteors, The Reels and Leatherwolf)
• "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" by The Temptations
• "Beast and the Harlot" by Avenged Sevenfold
• "Beastie Beastie" by Jethro Tull on Broadsword and the Beast (album)
• "Beginning of the End by Into Eternity
• "Beginning of the end" by Rage
• "The Beginning of the End" by Rob Zombie
• "Behind the Rose (Fields of Rape)" by Death in June
• "The Big Heat" by Stan Ridgway
• "Blackened" by Metallica
• "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden
• "Black Planet" by The Sisters of Mercy
• "Black Sunday" by Jethro Tull on A (album)
• "The Blues" by Switchfoot
• "Breathing" by Kate Bush
• "Brotherhood of Man" by Motörhead
• "Burn" by Deep Purple
• "Burning Universe" by The Mover

C

• "Calamity Song" by The Decemberists
• "The Catalyst" by Linkin Park
• "Catastrophe" by Rainer Maria
• "Christmas at Ground Zero" by "Weird Al" Yankovic
• "City" by Hollywood Undead
• "Cloaked in Shit" by Hatesphere
• "Clubbed to Death" by Rob Dougan
• "Cold Wind to Valhalla" by Jethro Tull on Minstrel in the Gallery (album)
• "Countdown's Begun" by Ozzy Osbourne
• "Cruci-Fiction Demolition" by Chapter 27

D

• "D Day" by The BusBoys
• "Damnation Alley" by Hawkwind
• "Dance While the Sky Crashes Down" by Jason Webley
• "Dark Ages" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)
• "Dark Doo Wop" by MS MR
• "Day of Reckoning" by Warrior
• "The Day the Dead Walked" by SIx Feet Under
• "The Day the World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails
• "The Dead Flag Blues" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• "Dear Future Generations: Sorry" by Prince Ea
• "Dehumanizer" by Black Sabbath
• "Desperation Song" by Carbon Leaf
• "Did You See?" by Sol Invictus
• "Dies Irae" by Rage
• "Dissident Aggressor" by Judas Priest
• "Doin' Alright" by CunninLynguists
• "Do You Believe in the West World?" by Theatre of Hate
• "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
• "Don't Open 'Til Doomsday" by The Misfits
• "Doom Dancer" by The Mover
• "Doomed Future Today" by Mouth Sewn Shut
• "Doomsday" by Elvis Perkins in Dearland
• "Doomsday" by Nero
• "Doomsday" by Six Feet Under
• "Doomsday Clock" by The Smashing Pumpkins
• "Doomsday Jesus" by Black Label Society
• "Down from the Sky" by Trivium
• "Down to the Wire" by Son Volt
• "Drift Away" by The Kinks
• "Dun Ringill" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)

E

• "Early Sunsets Over Monroeville" by My Chemical Romance
• "Easy Listening For Armageddon" by Mike Ladd
• "The Earth Died Screaming" by Tom Waits
• "East 1999" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
• "Edge of a Revolution" by Nickelback
• "Electric Funeral" by Black Sabbath
• "Elegy" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)
• "Elegy" by Machine Head
• "El Niño" by Jethro Tull on J-Tull Dot Com (album)
• "The End" by The Doors
• "The End" by Funker Vogt
• "The End" by Mouse On Mars
• "Endgame" by Rise Against
• "The End Is Here" by Alter Bridge
• "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" by The Smashing Pumpkins
• "End of All Time" by Stars of Track and Field
• "The End of Radio" by Shellac
• "The End of the Age" by Becoming the Archetype
• "End of the World" by Cold
• "End of the World" by The Cure
• "End of the World" by David Campbell
• "End of the World" by Ingrid Michaelson
• "The End of the World" by Laurie Anderson on The Ugly One with the Jewels (album)
• "The End of the World" by Skeeter Davis
• "End of the World Party" by I See Stars
• "The End of the World" by Bob Geldof on The Vegetarians of Love (album)
• "The End with You" by Box Car Racer
• "Endzeit" by Heaven Shall Burn
• "Enter The Gates Of Darkness" by The Mover
• "Epitaph" by King Crimson
• "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire
• "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen
• "Everybody Out of the Water" by The Wallflowers
• "Everybody's Out of Town" by B.J. Thomas
• "Eyes Wide Open" by Gotye
• "Exciter" by Judas Priest

F

• "F1-11 Love Missile" by Sigue Sigue Sputnik
• "Fade to Red" by Kevin Max
• "FC: The Freedom Club" by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
• "Fight Fire With Fire" by Metallica
• "The Final Countdown" by Europe (later covered by Laibach)
• "Final Sickness" by The Mover
• "Fire In The Sky/Where Are All The Scientists Now?/A Matter of Time" by Jukebox the Ghost
• "Five Years" by David Bowie
• "Floods" by Pantera
• "Flying Dutchman" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)
• "Four Horsemen" by Aphrodite's Child
• "Four Horsemen" by The Clash
• "The Four Horsemen" by Metallica
• "Four Minutes" by Roger Waters on Radio K.A.O.S. (album)
• "The Future" by Leonard Cohen
• "Future Legend" by David Bowie
• "Future Shock" by Hello People
• "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" by Timbuk3
• "Fylingdale Flyer" by Jethro Tull on A (album)

G

• "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones
• "Glaring Light" by Dirge
• "God Monster" by The Cramps
• "Gonna Put My Face on a Nuclear Bomb" by Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
• "Goodbye Blue Sky" by Pink Floyd on The Wall (album)
• "Goodbye To Radio" by Hawksley Workman
• "Great Waves" by Dirty Three

H

• "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan
• "Here Comes the Flood" by The Divine Comedy
• "Here Comes the Flood" by Peter Gabriel (later covered by numerous artists, including Robert Fripp, The Wimshurst's Machine, and Bette Midler)
• "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder (later covered by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• "Hiroshima" by South African band People Like Us
• "The House at Pooneil Corners" by Jefferson Airplane
• "A House Is Not a Motel" by Love
• "How Far We've Come" by Matchbox Twenty
• "Humanity" by Scorpions

I

• "Ice Age" by Hawksley Workman
• "Idioteque" by Radiohead
• "(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• "I Love the World" by New Model Army
• "In a Heartbeat" by John Murphy
• "In Days to Come" by Sol Invictus
• "Inferno" by Einherjer
• "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" by Marvin Gaye
• "In the Year 2525" by Zager & Evans
• "I Remember California" by R.E.M.
• "It's All Over" by Insane Clown Posse
• "It's Not the End of the World, But I Can See It from Here" by Lostprophets
• "It's the End of the World as We Know It" by Julee Cruise
• "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" by R.E.M.
• "I've Been Blessed" by Jamestown Story

J

• "Judgement Day" by Van Halen
• "Just Like on TV" by Plasmatics
• "Just One Kiss" by The Cure

K

• "Karn Evil 9" By Emerson, Lake and Palmer
• "Kingdom of God" by Laibach
• "King of the World" by Steely Dan

L

• "Lampshades On Fire" by Modest Mouse
• "Last Day on Earth" by Duran Duran
• "The Last Day On Earth" by Kate Miller-Heidke
• "The Last Day On Earth" by Marilyn Manson
• "The Last Man On Earth" by Schoolyard Heroes
• "Last Night of the World" by Bruce Cockburn
• "Last Night on Earth" by Green Day
• "Last Night on Earth" by U2
• "Last of the American Girls" by Green Day
• "The Last Page Of History" by Godley & Creme
• "Last Rockers" by Vice Squad
• "Let It All Fall Down" by James Taylor
• "Letters From The Sky" by Civil Twilight
• "Living In End Times" by Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
• "London Calling" by The Clash
• "Love Throw a Line" by Patty Griffin

M

• "The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash"
• "Man vs Earth" by Prince Ea
• "Maybe Tomorrow" By Chance Waters ft. Lilian Blue
• "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" by Marvin Gaye
• "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" by Billy Joel
• "Miserabile Visu {Ex Malo Bonum}" by Anberlin
• "Mona Lisa" by The All-American Rejects
• "Morning Dew" {aka "(Walk Me Out In the) Morning Dew"} by Bonnie Dobson (later covered by numerous acts, including Grateful Dead, Jeff Beck, Ralph McTell, Lee Hazlewood, Nazareth, Clannad, Devo, and Robert Plant)
• "Mother of Disease" by Puissance
• "Mushroom Butts" by Love
• "My Love Is Your Love" by Whitney Houston

N

• "Narvas" by Juno Reactor
• "New Dark Ages" by Bad Religion
• "Nightflight (Non-Stop To Kaos)" by The Mover
• "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" by Paul McCartney and Wings
• "No Lullaby" by Jethro Tull on Heavy Horses (album)
• "No One Would Riot for Less" by Bright Eyes
• "No Sound But The Wind" by Editors
• "Nostradamus" by Justin Hayward
• "(Nothing But) Flowers" by Talking Heads (Later covered by Guster and Caetano Veloso)
• "No World for Tomorrow" by Coheed and Cambria

O

• "O Caritas" by Cat Stevens
• "O Fortuna" from "Carmina Burana", composed by Carl Orff
• "Old Man Atom" by Vern Partlow
• "One Hundred Million Dead" by the Butthole Surfers
• "One of the Living" by Tina Turner
• "Out in the Country" by Three Dog Night
• "Overture" by Def Leppard

P

• "Panic in the World" by Be-Bop Deluxe
• "Party at Ground Zero" by Fishbone
• "Pink Moon" by Nick Drake
• "Planetary Burial" by The Mover
• "Pluto" by Björk on Homogenic
• "The Prayer Cycle" by Jonathan Elias
• "Preaching the End of The World" by Chris Cornell
• "Prehistoric Dog" by Red Fang
• "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" by Dimmu Borgir
• "The Prophet's Song" by Queen
• "Protect and Survive" by Jethro Tull on A (album)
• "Pure Fucking Armageddon" by Mayhem
• "Puritania" by Dimmu Borgir

Q

• "Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time)" composed by Olivier Messiaen

R

• “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons
• “Ragnarok” by Tyr
• “Reclamation” by Lamb of God
• “Red Skies” by The Fixx
• “Repangaea” and various others by Cephalic Carnage
• "Revelations" by Iron Maiden
• "Revelation (Death's angel)" by Manowar
• “Riot” by Three Days Grace
• “Rise of the Antichrist” by Bewitched
• “Road to Nowhere” by Talking Heads
• “Rocks Into Rivers” by Seabird
• “Run for Cover” by Otep
• “Run This Town” by Jay-Z

S

• "Sandcastles" by The Regime (group)
• "S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W" by My Chemical Romance
• "Serenades" by Steve Miller Band
• "Seven Swans" by Sufjan Stevens
• "The Seventh Seal" by Morgana Lefay
• "The Seventh Seal" by Primal Fear
• "Seventh Seal" by Van Halen
• "The Seventh Sign" by Yngwie Malmsteen
• "Sinnerman" by various artists, notably Nina Simone and 16 Horsepower
• "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day" by Jethro Tull on Warchild (album)
• "Skeletons Of Society" by Slayer
• "Sky Chariots" by The Lord Weird Slough Feg
• "Skyfall" by Adele
• "The Sky Is Broken" by Moby
• "Sky is Falling" by Melora Creager
• "A Smart Kid" by Porcupine Tree
• "Soldier Side" by System of a Down
• "So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III)" by Tom Lehrer
• "Something's On The Move" by Jethro Tull on Stormwatch (album)
• "SOS" by Take That
• "Soylent Green" by wumpscut:
• "Das Spiel ist aus (The Game Is Over)" by Laibach
• "Starless Aeon" by Dissection
• "The Stations" by The Gutter Twins
• "Stop the World" by The Clash
• "The Story of Willy" by King Missile
• "Sun" by The Essex Green
• "The Sun and the Moon" by The Pogues
• "The Sun Has Turned to Black" by Electric Wizard
• "Supper's Ready" by Genesis
• "Survive" by Adrenalin O.D.

T

• "Tables and Chairs" by Andrew Bird
• "Turn this World Around" by Kenny Rogers
• "Talking Atomic Blues" by Oscar Brand
• "Talking World War III Blues" by Bob Dylan
• "Teen Riot Structure" by T. Rex
• "Temples on Fire" by Sacred Warrior
• "This May Not Be the End of the World" by John Mellencamp
• "This World Over", by XTC
• "Three Horsemen Of The Apocalypse" by Doug Anthony All Stars
• "Thru Eternal Fog" by The Mover
• "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden
• "Til Death" By Barcelona
• "Till the World Ends" by Britney Spears
• "Time of the Last Persecution" by Bill Fay
• "Total Eclipse" by Klaus Nomi
• "Troops of Doom" by Sepultura
• "TV II" by Ministry
• "Two Suns in the Sunset" by Pink Floyd

U

• "Until the End of the World" by U2

V

• "A Visit to a Sad Planet" by Leonard Nimoy

W

• "Waiting for the End" by Linkin Park
• "Waiting for the End of the World" by Elvis Costello
• "Waiting for the World to End" by Mother Mother
• "Wake Me Up Sweet Jesus" by Jimmy Murphy (musician)
• "Warning" by Incubus
• "Wars of Armageddon" by Funkadelic
• "We All Run" by Magnum
• "We Are the Worst" by Roy Zimmerman (A parody of "We Are the World")
• "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" by Tina Turner
• "We Have Arrived" by Mescalinum United
• "Well Thought Out Twinkles" by Silversun Pickups
• "We Will All Go Together When We Go" by Tom Lehrer
• "We Will Become Silhouettes" by The Postal Service
• "What Have They Done to the Rain?" by The Searchers (later covered by Joan Baez, Marianne Faithfull and Lili Taylor)
• "When Jesus Came to Play" by Jethro Tull on Catfish Rising (album)
• "When That Helicopter Comes" by Andrew Bird (later covered by The Handsome Family)
• "When the Levee Breaks" by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie (later covered by Led Zeppelin)
• "When God Calls Time Out" by Tear Da Club Up Thugs
• "When the Sun Burns Red" by Kreator
• "When the Wheels Don't Move" by Son Volt
• "When The Wild Wind Blows" by Iron Maiden
• "When the World Ends" by Dave Matthews
• "When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" by The Police
• "White, Discussion" by Live
• "Whose Garden Was This" by Tom Paxton (later covered by John Denver)
• "Who's Got My Back?" by Creed"
• "Why I Think This World Should End" by Prince Ea
• "The Wicked End" by Avenged Sevenfold
• "Wond'ring Again" by Jethro Tull on Living in the Past (album)
• "Wooden Ships" by Crosby, Stills & Nash
• "World Destruction" by Time Zone
• "World Downfall" by The Mover
• "Worship The End" by The Mover
• "Wounded, Old and Treacherous" by Jethro Tull on Roots to Branches (album)
• "WW4" by Leftöver Crack

Y

• "You And the Candles" by Hawksley Workman
• "You Gotta Survive" by Tom Robinson Band
• "You Stay Here" by Richard Shindell

Z

• "Zero-Sum" by Nine Inch Nails
• "Zombie" by Family Force 5