Songs

12 hand-picked tracks

Songs with lyrics that reflect freethought, humanist, and rationalist ideas — from questioning faith to celebrating reason and human dignity. Click play on any card to start listening in the persistent background player.

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Hard Rock

Highway to Hell

AC/DC ·Highway to Hell ·1979

rebellionfreedomhumour
Synth-Pop

Blasphemous Rumours

Depeche Mode ·Some Great Reward ·1984

theodicysufferingreligion
Indie Rock

Take Me to Church

Hozier ·Hozier ·2013

humanismsexualityreligionfreedom
Folk Rock

Galileo

Indigo Girls ·Rites of Passage ·1992

sciencehistoryquestioning
Rock

What If God Was One of Us

Joan Osborne ·Relish ·1995

philosophyreligionquestioning
Rock

Imagine

John Lennon ·Imagine ·1971

humanismpeacesecularism
Comedy

The Galaxy Song

Monty Python ·The Meaning of Life ·1983

sciencecosmoshumanismhumour
Rock

Spirit in the Sky

Norman Greenbaum ·Spirit in the Sky ·1969

spiritualityafterlife
Alternative

Losing My Religion

R.E.M. ·Out of Time ·1991

doubtdisillusionment
Singer-Songwriter

God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)

Randy Newman ·Sail Away ·1972

satirereligionsuffering
Rock

Freewill

Rush ·Permanent Waves ·1980

free willreasonindividualism
Rock

Dear God

XTC ·Skylarking ·1986

atheismsufferingreligion