And seared into my brain, from Tahrir Square to Tripoli, is the potent protest anthem that every remaining Arab despot must now dread: "The people want to bring the system down."

"Not Naptime," a Buddy Holly-like song, could be the protest anthem for preteens.

And his new protest anthem, "This War," didn't quite work: Sting's style is too lithe, too urbane, to conjure up political fervor of any sort.

With harsh wind piercing 20-degree air, Linda Boyle, a guitarist, said before starting her protest anthem, "I can't feel my fingers."

It includes "Blowin' in the Wind," the era's popular and powerful protest anthem.

The protest anthem, "Come on, Bashar, time to leave", is attributed to him.

From this use, the song ultimately became recognised as a protest anthem of Serbia's discontented anti-Milošević resistance.

The first single was the Cuban protest anthem, "Revolucion".

The song made Kash a celebrity among the people of the valley and it became a protest anthem for the Kashmiris who were protesting against the state.

He has a breakthrough hit with "Welcome to Jamrock," a thrilling protest anthem that adds his fiery monotone to simple, impossibly heavy bass and drums.