Phil Ochs

on their 1980 album “sandinista!”, british punk rock band the clash sampled lyrics from phil ochs’s poem “united fruit” in their song “up in heaven, not only here”, sang by guitarist mick jones

american singer-songwriter jello biafra (formerly of dead kennedys) and mojo nixon covered phil ochs’s “love me, i’m a liberal” on 1995 album “prairie home invasion, with updated lyrics

canadian american singer-songwriter ani defranco covered “when i’m gone” in 2000

english punk-folk artist billy bragg has had numerous songs in homage to phil ochs, such as a cover of “chords of fame”, and a homage to him in the song “i dreamed i saw phil ochs last night.”

american band they might be giants covered “one more parade” in 1990

punk rock band squirrel bait covered “tape from california” in 1987

english singer songwriter thea gilmore covered “when i’m gone” in 2004

eddie vedder of american rock/grunge band pearl jam covered “here’s to the state of mississippi” in 2006

american pop artist lady gaga performed phil ochs’s “the war is over” in 2016, although in questionable circumstances (private concert for hillary clinton’s election campaign ?)