100 Best Feminist Songs
Powerful Songs About Feminism
The strength and courage women possess is echoed aesthetically in songs. Feminist themes and ideas are creatively brought to life with engaging lyrics. Songs that empower women play a pivotal role in shaping life-determining decisions. The viewpoints of women are showcased in an intriguing manner in many songs that advocate for redefining gender roles and rules.
What Are Feminist Songs?
Feminist songs are songs that define social, economic, political, and personal attributes of gender equality. These songs cover a wide range of ideologies associated with girls and women. Various moral philosophies, political theories, and social theories are covered in songs with feminist themes.
By focusing on feminist causes, singers and songwriters are able to bring about a change in gender stereotypes. A number of songs about feminism propagate the fight against unjust treatment of women in a male-dominated society. The entitlements for girls or women are presented in a thoughtfully inspiring way in certain awareness songs.
The lyrics in these songs spread the message about equal opportunities and resources regardless of gender. While majority of songs celebrate women’s empowerment by raising the status of women through social awareness, certain songs outline the privileges of women with literacy, training, and education. Certain aspects of gender inequality highlight the plight of women through a social construct of hierarchy. While many songs campaign against the atrocities faced by women, certain songs convey a deeper understanding of feminism with metaphorical elements.
Themes of Women's Empowerment in Songs
Feminist themes in songs are often showcased through three traditions which are liberal, radical, and socialist. In each tradition feminist strategies are integrated to alter the structure of perceived mindsets about women in society. Songs about feminism showcase different aspects of women’s empowerment with the freedom of strategic life choices that are denied to women in certain societies. Gender stereotypes relating to attitudes and behaviors are brought to life tastefully in certain songs with empowerment themes.
Many feminist themes in songs question the male-dominated hierarchy of supremacy in society and the oppression and discrimination carried out on women. Feminist views are expressed in songs to redefine socio-political norms that are not in favor of women. Biased attitude towards certain sections in society are often highlighted with thematic references, either factually or figuratively. Themes in songs focus on fostering relationships to raise consciousness about personal struggles through means of female empowerment. The popular feminist themes often showcased in songs are
- Women’s Rights
- Equal Pay
- Sexual Harassment
- Oppression
- Domestic Violence
- Gender Inequality
- Body Image
- Maternity Leave
- Women’s Empowerment
- Independence
- Social Norms
- Gender Role
- Discrimination
- Self-Empowerment
- Stereotyping
- Patriarchy
- Emancipation
- Sexual Violence
- Reproductive Rights
- Sexual Objectification
- Victimization
The list below showcases an epic collection of feminist songs from different genres, and different decades. If you have a view, opinion, or song suggestion, let us know in the comments section.
Top 10 Best Feminist Songs
- “New Rules”—Dua Lipa
- “God Is a Woman”—Ariana Grande
- “Roar”—Katy Perry
- “Body”—Megan Thee Stallion
- “Fight Song”—Rachel Platten
- “The Man”—Taylor Swift
- “Love Myself”—Hailee Steinfeld
- “Bodak Yellow”—Cardi B
- “Lush Life”—Zara Larsson
- “Kings & Queens”—Ava Max
#11–20
11. “Run the World (Girls)”—Beyoncé
12. “Girl on Fire”—Alicia Keys
13. “Black Widow”—Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora
14. “Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves”—Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin
15. “Just a Girl”—No Doubt
16. “Sit Still, Look Pretty”—Daya
17. “Good As Hell”—Lizzo
18. “Confident”—Demi Lovato
19. “Me, Myself & I”—G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha
20. “Respect”—Aretha Franklin
#21–40
21. “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”—Kelly Clarkson
22. “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”—Cyndi Lauper
23. “Wannabe”—Spice Girls
24. “Express Yourself”—Madonna
25. “You Don’t Own Me”—Leslie Gore
26. “No”—Meghan Trainor
27. “Girl in a Country Song”—Maddie & Tae
28. “Don’t Touch My Hair”—Solange featuring Sampha
29. “Independent Women Part 1”—Destiny’s Child
30. “Q.U.E.E.N.”—Janelle Monae featuring Erykah Badu
31. “Man! I Feel Like a Woman”—Shania Twain
32. “Don’t Start Now”—Dua Lipa
33. “Born This Way”—Lady Gaga
34. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”—Beyoncé
35. “All I Wanna Do”—Sheryl Crow
36. “Control”—Janet Jackson
37. “Bossy”—Kelis featuring Too Short
38. “Most Girls”—Hailee Steinfeld
39. “I Love It”—Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX
40. “Can’t Hold Us Down”—Christina Aguilera featuring Lil’ Kim
#41–60
41. “Bitch”—Meredith Brooks
42. “About a Girl”—Sugababes
43. “Dumb Blonde”—Avril Lavigne
44. “WAP”—Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion
45. “Team”—Iggy Azalea
46. “Juice”—Lizzo
47. “Woman”—Kesha featuring Dap-King Horns
48. “9 to 5”—Dolly Parton
49. “Pretty Hurts”—Beyoncé
50. “Quiet”—MILCK
51. “Irresistible”—Jessica Simpson
52. “Who Let the Dogs Out”—Baha Men
53. “Miss Independent”—Ne-Yo
54. “Hard Out Here”—Lily Allen
55. “Fighter”—Christina Aguilera
56. “Scars to Your Beautiful”—Alessia Cara
57. “Call Me”—Blondie
58. “Nice For What”—Drake
59. “I Will Survive”—Gloria Gaynor
60. “Obsessed”—Mariah Carey
#61–80
61. “Unstoppable”—Sia
62. “Mother’s Daughter”—Miley Cyrus
63. “Worth It”—Fifth Harmony
64. “Sorry”—Madonna
65. “Rare”—Selena Gomez
66. “Pretty Girls”—Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea
67. “Fancy”—Drake
68. “Survivor”—Destiny’s Child
69. “Part of Me”—Katy Perry
70. “If I Were A Boy”—Beyoncé
71. “Ain’t Your Mama”—Jennifer Lopez
72. “Picture to Burn”—Taylor Swift
73. “When I Grow Up”—The Pussycat Dolls
74. “So What”—Pink
75. “Fall in Line”—Christina Aguilera featuring Demi Lovato
76. “Pynk”—Janelle Monae
77. “Flawless”—Beyoncé featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
78. “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)”—Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer
79. “Ex’s & Oh’s”—Elle King
80. “G.U.Y.”—Lady Gaga
#81–100
81. “Let It Go”—Idina Menzel
82. “Hollaback Girl”—Gwen Stefani
83. “Papa Don’t Preach”—Madonna
84. “Who Says”—Selena Gomez & the Scene
85. “Miss Independent”—Kelly Clarkson
86. “Polly”—Nirvana
87. “I Don’t Need a Man”—The Pussycat Dolls
88. “Really Don’t Care”—Demi Lovato featuring Cheryl Lloyd
89. “Oops (Oh My)”—Tweet featuring Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot
90. “What It Feels Like for a Girl”—Madonna
91. “Like a Boy”—Ciara
92. “Black Magic”—Little Mix
93. “IDGAF”—Dua Lipa
94. “No Scrubs”—TLC
95. “Girls Like You”—Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
96. “I’m Coming Out”—Diana Ross
97. “U + Ur Hand”—Pink
98. “I Do Not Hook Up”—Kelly Clarkson
99. “Womanizer”—Britney Spears
100. “Sin Pijama”—Becky G and Natty Natasha
Other Notable Songs About Feminism
- “Wind It Up”—Gwen Stefani
- “Hey Hey Hey”—Katy Perry
- “Learn to Let Go”—Kesha
- “None of Your Business”—Salt-N-Pepa
- “Don’t Call Me Angel”—Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey
- “Walking on Air”—Kerli
- “She Wolf”—Shakira
- “Boss”—Fifth Harmony
- “Me, Myself and I”—Beyoncé
- “Rebel Girl”—Bikini Kill
- “Follow Your Arrow”—Kacey Musgraves
- “Bulletproof”—La Roux
- “Secrets”—Mary Lambert
- “Diva”—Beyoncé
- “Monstro”—Downtown Boys
- “I’m Every Woman”—Chaka Khan
- “Say You’ll Be There”—Spice Girls
- “Creep”—TLC
- “The Pill”—Loretta Lynn
- “Human Nature”—Madonna
- “Boys Will Be Boys”—Dua Lipa
- “Stronger”—Britney Spears
- “Girls in the Hood”—Megan Thee Stallion
- “Bad Girls”—M.I.A.
- “All Hands on Deck”—Tinashe
- “No You Girls”—Franz Ferdinand
- “Hit ‘Em Up Style (Oops!)”—Blu Cantrell
- “Tiny Hands”—Fiona Apple
- “Girl”—Destiny’s Child
- “Ain’t No Way to Treat a Lady”—Helen Reddy
- “Jump”—Madonna
- “Feeling Myself”—Nicki Minaj featuring Beyoncé
- “Independence Day”—Martina McBride
- “Don’t Bother”—Shakira
- “Little Baby Nothing”—Manic Street Preachers
- “Woman”—Neneh Cherry
- “Suggestion”—Fugazi
- “Catching My Breath”—Kelly Clarkson
- “A Rose Is Still a Rose”—Aretha Franklin
- “Primadonna”—Marina and the Diamonds
- “Hot Topic”—Le Tigre
- “Skinny Genes”—Eliza Doolittle
- “Drunk Girl”—Chris Janson
- “Ugly Heart”—G.R.L.
- “Think (About It)”—Lyn Collins
- “A Woman’s Worth”—Alicia Keys
- “Violet”—Hole
- “Land”—Patti Smith
- “Red Dress”—Sugababes
- “A Scary Time”—Lynzy Lab
- “Female”—Keith Urban
- “Bills, Bills, Bills”—Destiny’s Child
- “Ladykillers”—Lush
- “Power”—Little Mix
- “Keeps Gettin’ Better—Christina Aguilera
- “She Bop”—Cyndi Lauper
- “Get Some”—Lykke Li
- “You Don’t Know Me”—Jax Jones featuring Raye
- “21”—Lily Allen
- “Dirty Laundry”—Kelly Rowland
- “Girls Need Love”—Summer Walker
- “Paper on Plastic”—Brooke Candy
- “Man’s World”—Marina
- “Real Things”—Javine
- “U.N.I.T.Y.”—Queen Latifah
- “Hair”—Little Mix
- “Celebrity Skin”—Hole
- “Prayer in C”—Lilly Wood and the Prick and Robin Schulz
- “Broken Heels”—Alexandra Burke
- “Stupid Girls”—Pink
- “Pretty Girl Rock”—Keri Hilson
- “White Houses”—Vanessa Carlton
- “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’”—Nancy Sinatra
- “Asking for It”—Hole
- “I Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”—Kitty Wells
- “Good Good”—Ashanti
- “Tomboy”—Princess Nokia
- “What You Waiting For?”—Gwen Stefani
- “Salute”—Little Mix
- “Future Nostalgia”—Dua Lipa
- “Strong Enough”—Cher
- “Listen”—Beyoncé
- “In the Party”—Flo Milli
- “Unpretty”—TLC
- “A Toast to Men”—Willa Ford featuring Lady May
- “Doubt”—Mary J. Blige
- “Your Dog”—Soccer Mommy
- “Think”—Aretha Franklin
- “All Woman”—Lisa Stansfield
- “Wild Things”—Alessia Cara
- “I Am a Woman”—Jordin Sparks
- “Dare Me”—Pointer Sisters
- “The Joke”—Brandi Carlile
- “She”—Green Day
- “Partition”—Beyoncé
- “Typical Girls”—The Slits
- “Like This”—Kelly Rowland featuring Eve
- “Harper Valley PTA”—Jeannie C. Riley.
- “Praying”—Kesha
- “Superwoman”—Alicia Keys
- “Leash Called Love”—The Sugarcubes
- “Pretend We’re Dead”—L7
- “Woman’s World”—Cher
- “#1 Must Have”—Sleater-Kinney
- “Girls With Guitars”—Wynonna
- “Not Ready to Make Nice”—The Chicks
- “I Can’t Do That Anymore”—Alan Jackson
- “She Loves Control”—Camila Cabello
- “Little Me”—Little Mix
- “Who’s That Girl”—Robyn
- “No Black Person Is Ugly”—Lil B
- “Cornflake Girl”—Tori Amos
- “Shadowland”—Heather Headley and Tsidii Le Loka
- “Liberty Walk”—Miley Cyrus
- “I Got That”—Amil featuring Beyoncé
- “M.I.L.F. $”—Fergie
- “Brenda’s Got a Baby”—2Pac
- “Woman Is the Nigger of the World”—John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- “FM Doll”—Queenadreena
- “React”—Pussycat Dolls
- “Men Explain Things to Me”—Tacocat
- “Ain’t Nothin’ Goin On but the Rent”—Gwen Guthrie
- “Try”—Colbie Caillat
- “Four Women”—Nina Simone
- “Renaissance Girls”—Oh Land
- “Cherry Bomb”—The Runnaways
- “Upgrade U”—Beyoncé featuring Jay Z
- “You Don’t Own Me”—Skygrace
- “Whole Lotta Woman”—Kelly Clarkson
- “That’s the Way It Is”—Mel and Kim
- “Nasty”—Janet Jackson
- “XXL”—Mylene Farmer
- “Me Me Me”—Serebro
- “King of Anything”—Sara Bareilles
- “Free”—Ultra Nate
- “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker”—The Ramones
- “Raining Men”—Rihanna featuring Nicki Minaj
- “Love ‘Em All”—K Michelle
- “Girl Blunt”—Leikeli47
- “Whatcha Think About That”—The Pussycat Dolls featuring Missy Elliot
- “Dear Mama”—2Pac
- “Lady Powers”—Vera Blue featuring Kodie Shane
- “Commander”—Kelly Rowland featuring David Guetta
- “Break Free”—Ariana Grande featuring Zedd
- “Kick Your Game”—TLC
- “Into the Unknown”—Idina Menzel featuring Aurora
- “Lipstick”—Alesha
- “Joan of Arc”—Little Mix
- “Pretty Girl”—Maggie Lindemann
- “Keep Ya Head Up”—2Pac featuring Dave Hollister
- “I Am Woman”—Helen Reddy
- “Oh Bondage Up Yours!”—X-Ray Spex
- “Part of Your World”—Jodi Benson
- “Lookin Ass”—Nicki Minaj
- “Do It Like a Dude”—Jessie J.
- “Girl”—Maren Morris
- “Sledgehammer”—Fifth Harmony
- “Karma”—Marina
- “You Oughta Know”—Alanis Morissette
- “She Works Hard for the Money”—Donna Summer
- “Fight Like a Girl”—Bomshel
- “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be”—Carly Simon
- “Grown Woman”—Kelly Rowland
- “Django Jane”—Janelle Monae
- “Rock Steady”—All Saints
- “No Hey”—Ivy Queen
- “Two Black Cadillacs”—Carrie Underwood
- “Party for One”—Carly Rae Japsen
- “When a Man Loves a Woman”—Jody Watley
- “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her”—Mary Chapin Carpenter
- “Superwoman”—Karyn White
- “La Tortura”—Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz
- “I Don’t Think About You”—Kelly Clarkson
- “Give Me My Name Back”—Meg Mac
- “Kiss My Fat Ass”—Sheppard
- “Put a Woman in Charge”—Keb’ Mo featuring Rosanna Cash
- “Handle Me”—Robyn
- “Bickenhead”—Cardi B
- “That’s My Girl”—Fifth Harmony
- “Sheela-Na-Gig”—PJ Harvey
- “Libertad”—Ivy Queen
- “What Have You Done for Me Lately”—Janet Jackson
- “People Grinnin’”—Nervo
- “Jennifer’s Body”—Hole
- “Sisters, O Sisters”—Yoko Ono
- “Bag it Up”—Geri Halliwell
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