Site index
Every page of the Vietnam War Song Project in one place. Individual records, artists and labels are reached through Browse the archive and the A–Z pages below.
The archive
- Browse the archive — search and filter all 6,500+ records
- How to use the archive — searching, filters and reading a record page
- Albums & compilations — LPs, EPs and compilations, with their songs
- Record labels — every label A–Z, with logos and addresses
- Themes — the lyric content themes, defined and ranked
- Places — by country, region, US state and city
- Languages — the languages the songs are sung in
- Genres — musical styles and sub-genres
- Artists — every artist A–Z
- Songwriters — writers with 3 or more records
- Key statistics — the archive in numbers
About the project
- About the project — objectives, the editor and the collection
- How the site was built
- Use of AI
- Copyright & takedown policy
- Scope & context — what counts as a Vietnam War song
- Work to date & in progress
- Press & reception
- Acknowledgements
Take part
- Contribute — send records, scans, lyrics and corrections
- Contact
- Donate
- Social media — project updates on YouTube and elsewhere
Reference
- Bibliography & resources — books, articles and websites
- VWSP publications & media coverage
- The project elsewhere
- Discographies & databases
- Home — with how to cite the project
Exhibitions
- Exhibitions — visual, gallery-style tours of the archive
- Four Dead in Ohio — records made in response to the Kent State and Jackson State shootings, May 1970
- Song My — records about the My Lai Massacre and the trial of Lt. William Calley
- The Whole World Is Watching — records about the 1968 Chicago Convention protests and the trial of the Chicago Seven / Eight
- Eve of Destruction — Barry McGuire’s 1965 hit and the answer records it provoked
- Dear Son, Dear Dad — Victor Lundberg’s “An Open Letter to My Teenage Son” (1967) and the answers to it
- Bring Them Home — records about American prisoners of war and the missing in action, 1960–1989
- The Long Black Wall — records about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, 1982–2014
- Songs from the Ranks — records written and sung by servicemen and veterans, 1966–1988
- Another Vietnam — records that use Vietnam as a yardstick, from Chile and Northern Ireland to the Gulf War, 1968–1994
- Boats Without a Harbour — records about Vietnamese refugees, from the war’s children to the boat people and their descendants
Collections
- Annotated collections — curated lists with essays, lyric analysis and label scans
Core categories
Key events & answer songs
Legacy & aftermath
Genres
Regional / cultural groups
Artists & compilations