List of songs about the September 11 attacks

This list contains musical works which were inspired by or contain lyrics referring to the September 11 attacks.

Artist/composer Title Album YearDescription"By The Sword" 2001Released as a charity single.Dan Bern"NYC 911" (Unreleased) 2001"This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag"Live! (bonus track)2001Cher"Song for the Lonely"Living Proof2001Curse"Nichts Wird Mehr So Sein Wie Es War"Released as a free download2001"Makeshift Patriot"Released as a single2001Lyrics include "Don't waive your rights with your flags""Little Did She Know (She'd Kissed a Hero)"Released as a single2001Written in response to 9/11. The song makes reference to a passenger on Flight 93. Responses to the song later became a book."What More Can I Give"N/A2001Performed at an October 2001 benefit concert. Originally intended as a benefit single, but it was never released commercially.."Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)"Unleashed2002Toby Keith wrote this song in response to his father's death and the 9/11 attacks in 2001. At first, he was reluctant to record the song and decided to only play it live for military personnel. Later however, Marine Corps General James L. Jones convinced him to record it saying that it was his "duty as an American citizen to record the song."Live"Overcome"V2001"Freedom" Driving Rain2001"Raise Up (USA Flag Remix)" 2001Smash Mouth"Out Of Sight"Smash Mouth2001As they were in the process of creating their self titled album, the attacks occurred. The song was dedicated to the victims."Didn't They?"Unreleased2003"Safe as Houses"Released Online2001Wu-Tang Clan"Rules"Iron Flag2001Rapper Ghostface Killah speaks about the attacks in the first verse of the song, demanding to know who is responsible. "I Can't See New York"Scarlet's Walk2002The song describes the experience of an airplane passenger on September 11, 2001, circling over New York City and unable to see the World Trade Center..William BasinskiThe Disintegration Loops2002Bon Jovi"Undivided"Bounce2002Bon Jovi"Another Reason To Believe"Bounce2002 and Richie Sambora"America The Beautiful" 2002Box Car Racer"Elevator"Box Car Racer2002This song was written from the perspective of a jumper from the towers and from the perspective of someone watching from below.Box Car Racer"Watch The World"Box Car Racer2002Lyrics include "I watched the smoke, as it grew darker, and blew up through the roof. I watched the fed, saw them panic as the fire grew."Camel"For Today"A Nod and a Wink2002"The Last Fallen Hero"Redneck Fiddlin' Man2002Coldplay"Politik"A Rush of Blood to the Head2002Written the day of the attacks. Chris Martin told NME that it reflects his realization of mortality after 9/11.The Cranberries"New New York" Stars: The Best of 1992–20022002"Remember the Day" 2002Lyrics include "Remember the day/The courage the valor/We ran to the towers/At such a great cost"DC Talk"Let's Roll" Let's Roll: Together in Unity, Faith, and Hope2002"We Ain't Scared of You" (a.k.a. "My Eagle Is Pissed") 2002"Self Evident"So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter2002The spoken word performance uses the 9/11 attacks as a way to criticize the US government.DJ Sammy"Heaven" (9/11 Remix) 2002"If I Had My Way"Gold2002Linda Eder"If I Should Lose My Way"Gold2002Eminem"My Dad's Gone Crazy"The Eminem Show2002Lyrics include: "More pain inside of my brain than the eyes of a little girl inside of a plane aimed at the World Trade"Glassjaw"Tip Your Bartender"Worship and Tribute2002Gorillaz featuring D12 and Terry Hall"911"Bad Company2002"Ground Zero"Vigil2002Released on a benefit album organized by Suzanne Vega, entirely of original songs about 9/11."Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"Drive2001Bert Jansch"Bright Sunny Morning"Edge Of A Dream2002Lyrics include "With both towers ablaze the world watches on TV / It's all there for the whole world to see / Yeah, it took twenty minutes to change history.""My List"Pull My Chain2002Tells about a firefighter who decides to spend more time with his family after witnessing the 9/11 attacks on television.Killswitch Engage"Life to Lifeless"Alive or Just Breathing2002"The Proud"Quality2002A 9/11 oriented tribute..L.A. Guns"OK, Let's Roll"Waking the Dead2002"Firehouse"Vigil2002Released on a benefit album organized by Suzanne Vega, entirely of original songs about 9/11.Megaherz"Glas Und Tränen"Herzwerk II2002Literally "Glass And Tears" (and originally titled "Blut Und Tränen", "Blood And Tears"), contains an account of the violent atmosphere during and ideologies behind the attacks.Angerer, S. "Megaherz am Scheideweg" , EMP3 (article in German)Megaherz"I.M. Rumpelstilzchen"Herzwerk II2002From the prospective of a double agent employed by a tyrannical government; about the paranoid global political climate after the attacks."Herzwerk II", GermanRock.de (article in German)Moby"Harbour" 182002My Chemical Romance"Skylines and Turnstiles"I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love2002 Gerard Way wrote this song after witnessing the 9/11 attacks while on his way to work. He formed My Chemical Romance after witnessing the Twin Towers fall and this was the first song written by the band.Carrie Newcomer"I Heard an Owl"The Gathering of Spirits2002 Written in response to the 9/11 attacks. Chorus starts "so don't tell me hate is ever right or god's will"No Use for a Name"Insecurity Alert"Hard Rock Bottom2002Leslie Nuchow"An Eye for an Eye (Will Leave the Whole World Blind)"Balm for Gilead2001Written on September 12, 2001, the day after the attacks, it was first released as a single, then re-released in 2016 as part of the album Balm for Gilead"The Bravest"Looking for the Moon2002Porcupine Tree"Collapse the Light Into Earth"In Absentia2002Renaud and Axelle Red"Manhattan-Kaboul"Boucan d'enfer (Renauld)2002The song deals with the 9/11 attacks.Rush"Peaceable Kingdom"Vapor Trails2002Sleater-Kinney"Far Away"One Beat2002The song contrast's President George W. Bush's actions on September 11, when he was flown away to a secure location, with those of the emergency responders at the World Trade Center."There She Stands"Worship Again2002"Countin' on a Miracle"The Rising2002"Empty Sky"Told from the prospective of a person longing for one last moment with their spouse who was killed in the attacks."Into the Fire"Told from the prospective of a spouse of a firefighter."Lonesome Day""Mary's Place"Told from the prospective of a widow whose spouse died in the attacks. A friend has invited this person to a party at "Mary's Place" to help with moving on."Paradise""The Fuse"A smoldering blend of lust and loss, having sex as a means to feel anything after tragedy."The Rising""A religious-tinged reflection on the events of the day that focuses on a firefighter at Ground Zero.""You're Missing"About how a family must continue to function after the father is killed in the attacks.SR-71"Truth"Tomorrow2002W.A.S.P."Hallowed Ground"Dying for the World2002"Let's Roll"Are You Passionate?2002Blue Man Group"Exhibit 13" The Complex2003This song was written in response to the attacks, as all three members of the original Blue Man Group were in Manhattan at the time.50 Cent"Patiently Waiting"Get Rich or Die Tryin'2003Lyrics include: "Sit and politic with passengers from 9/11." and "Shady Records was eighty seconds away from the towers.""Grand Central Station"Between Here and Gone2003This song is inspired by an interview with an iron worker who worked at Ground Zero that Carpenter watched. It is told from the prospective of the iron worker.CunninLynguists"Appreciation"SouthernUnderground2003"One Last Time"Dusty Drake2003Epica"Façade of Reality"The Phantom Agony2003Lyrics incluide the concluding line of a speech given by British Prime Minister Tony Blair on October 2, 2001, following the September 11 terrorist attacks honoring those killed on 9/11, "And those that mourn them, Now is the time for the strength to build that community, Let that be their memorial""Truce"The Dresden Dolls2003Lyrics include: "I am the ground zero ex-friend you ordered, disguised as a hero to get past your borders" and "I am the tower around which you orbited, I am not proud, I am just taking orders. I fall to the ground within hours of impact."Eagles"Hole in the World"The Very Best Of2003Don Henley began writing this song on September 11.Echo Helstrom"Floor 104"Echo Helstrom2003Bandleader Ross Seligman's stepbrother died in the attack; the song ends with the refrain "please don’t go / please don’t go / to work today / to work today".Evanescence"My Last Breath"Fallen 2003Everclear"The New York Times"Slow Motion Daydream2003Mary Fahl"The Dawning of the Day"The Other Side of Time2003Fahl's version of the traditional Irish tune "The Dawning of the Day" was featured in the film version of the Broadway play The Guys.Fleetwood Mac"Illume (9-11)"Say You Will2003"Grim Cathedral"Skating Rink2003"Grim Cathedral" reflects the jingoism and Nationalism that arose following 9/11."I Don't Know Why"Simple Things2003Lagwagon"Never Stops"Blaze2003Commentary on the immediate aftermath and American response in the days following 9/11.Living Colour"Flying"Collideøscope2003From the perspective of a man who is nervous to ask out a woman in the World Trade Center moments before the first plane hits, and the couple then jump from the burning building to their deaths.."My Neighbors In Delray"Recognition2003A portrait of the hijackers, 13 of whom lived in Delray Beach, Florida prior to September 11, 2001."Covered in Rain"As/Is2003"I'll Be Here"Go Back Home2003From the musical Ordinary Days"World on Fire"Afterglow2003"Sarah McLachlan, Demystifying Her Muse" , NPR.orgBret Michaels"One More Day"Songs of Life2003Paris"What Would You Do?"Sonic Jihad2003About 9/11 conspiracy theories."Let's Roll"Logic Will Break Your Heart2003"Ramshackle Day Parade"Streetcore2003Sworn Enemy"Sworn Enemy"As Real as It Gets2003Thriving Ivory"Angels on the Moon"Thriving Ivory2003Rufus Wainwright"11:11"Want One2003The song lyrics reference waking up on the morning of 9/11, "Woke up this mornin' and somethin' was burnin' / Realized that everythin' really does happen in Manhattan.""Have You Forgotten?"Have You Forgotten?2003The song is about the horror of the attacks, with lyrics including "Have you forgotten when those towers fell? / We had neighbors still inside going through a living hell."Yellowcard"Believe"Ocean Avenue2003The song is about rescue workers, and integrates news reports."My Blue Manhattan"Love Is Hell2004Lyrics include: "Fire and rain on the streets."Amps for Christ"AFC Tower Song"The People at Large2004Autopilot Off"The 12th Day" Make a Sound2004Beastie Boys"An Open Letter to NYC"To the 5 Boroughs2004A general song about New York City, includes the lyrics "since 9/11, we're still livin' and lovin', life we've been given." and "two towers down, but you're still in the game."Black 47"Mychal"New York Town2004"On That Day"Dear Heather2004"Tuesday Morning"Lucky2004This song is dedicated to Mark Bingham, one of the four passengers of Flight 93 who attempted to control the place from the hijackers.Iced Earth"When the Eagle Cries"The Glorious Burden2004Jadakiss"Why"Kiss of Death2004Lyrics include "Why did Bush knock down the Towers?""Land of the Living"The Red Thread2004Manic Street Preachers"Empty Souls"Lifeblood2004Contains the line "Collapsing like the Twin Towers", however, this was changed to "Collapsing like dying flowers" for the single release.Misia featuring Erykah Badu"Akai Inochi" (Red Destiny)Mars & Roses2004An anti-war song which speaks about how the events of 9/11 turned the "seemingly distant existence of war into the reality of now".Scarling."Alexander The Burn Victim"Sweet Heart Dealer2004Tesla"Heaven Nine Eleven"Into the Now2004Twista featuring Faith Evans"Hope"Kamikaze2004"Wish God never gave the men power/To be able to hurt the people inside the Twin Towers"Within Temptation"Stand My Ground" The Silent Force and also as additional tracks on some releases of The Heart of Everything2004...And You Will Know Us