Immerse in The Guide's playlist to listen to music about the environment

Michael Jackson

Earth Song by Michael Jackson

A sweeping environmental anthem that mourns ecological destruction while calling for collective action. Its gospel-infused pop grandeur gives the planet a powerful voice.

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan

A folk classic filled with vivid images of a troubled world. Dylan's poetic storytelling makes it feel uncannily relevant in an age of climate crisis.

Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye

One of the earliest mainstream songs to address pollution and environmental decline. This track is soulful, elegant, and remarkably prophetic.

Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell

The definitive environmental folk song. It also gave us the timeless warning against unchecked development - They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

Warli Revolt by Swadesi

A song born from one of the first GenZ movements to save Mumbai's Aarey Forests, the Warli Revolt is a tribal fusion track that taps into regional hip-hop to galvanise a new generation.

Ma Rewa by Indian Ocean

A mesmerising folk-rock ode to the River Narmada. Indian Ocean's fusion of rock and rooted folk tradition celebrates the river as a historical lifeline of culture and ecology, against the promised ‘development'.