U2 made an album called War that was a cry against The Troubles.
Sunday Bloody Sunday . One of U2 's most overtly political songs , its lyrics describe the horror felt by an observer of the Troubles in Northern Ireland , mainly focusing on the Bloody Sunday incident in Derry where British troops shot and killed unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders who were there to rally against Operation Demetrius-related internment ( imprisonment without trial ) , while at the same time rejecting hate and revenge as a response noted in the lyrics , `` There 's many lost , but tell me who has won . '' U2 . Subsequent work such as their first UK number-one album , War ( 1983 ) , and the singles `` Sunday Bloody Sunday '' and `` Pride ( In the Name of Love ) '' helped establish U2 's reputation as a politically and socially conscious group .