There’s a Trade War in The Backroom, with tariffs and odes to steel, aluminum, lumber, and the blue collar trades. Illustration credit: Joanna Andreasson.
- Trade War — Wesley Fuller
- Trump Tariff Blues — Kevin Summersby
- Hoik up the Import Tax — Tony Alderman
- The Tariff Bill Song — Mack Allen
- Dance of the Desperate Don — Tariff Rebellion
- Bethlehem Steel –Nanci Griffith
- Steel Mill — Walter Jonson Quartet
- Steel Men — Jimmy Dean
- Steel Monkey — Jethro Tull
- Pittsburgh Steel — Mark Ambrose
- Making Plans for Nigel — XTC
- Aluminum — Michelle Anthony
- Aluminum — Barenaked Ladies
- Allentown — Billy Joel
- Factory — Bruce Springsteen
- Hard Workin’ Man — Captain Beefheart
- The Working Man — Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Lunch Pail — Jordan Umbach
- That’s What Makes Us Great — The Cooper Brothers
- It’s Not a Trade War — David Rovics
- Assembly Line — Buddy Blues Band
- Cadillac Assembly Line — Albert King
- Trading Post — Lonnie Brooks
- The Lumber Camp Song — Joe Glazer
- The Tariff Blues — Ron Antosko
- Tariff — Thad Jones (f. Billy Mitchell and Kenny Burrell)
- Blue Collar — Gil Scott-Heron
- Inflation — Earnest Jackson & Sugar Daddy & The Gumbo Roux
- Never Seen a Worse Trade Deal — Lit Kit
- Have it Next –Michigan Music Resistance (f. Mike Wood)
