Songs of China's Cultural Revolution

William A. Joseph
Department of Political Science
Wellesley College

Note: All Songs are in MP3format

Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman

The People of the World Will Surely Be Victorious!

Long Live Chairman Mao!

We are Chairman Mao's Red Guards

I Love Beijing's Tiananmen!

March of the Revolutionary Youth

I am a Little Member of the Commune

Little Ping Pong Ball

The Force at the Core Leading Our Cause
(A Quotation from Chairman Mao)

For an interesting essay on Cultural Revolution music, see
Songs of the Red Guards: Keywords Set to Music
by Vivian Wagner (University of Heidelberg)

See also
"Serve the People": Daily Life in China During the Cultural Revolution

For more on China's Politics and Political History (including the Cultural Revolution), see
China Politics Links

CHINALINKS Webmaster: Bill Joseph: wjoseph@wellesley.edu