What are some good songs that talk about nonconformity?

Last Caress by the Misfits.

Freak Scene by Dinosaur Jr.

Keeping out of Direct Sunlight by AFI

Sheila Take A Bow by The Smiths

“kick the grime of this world in the crotch, dear”

“Minority” by Green Day. That one popped right into my head…I love that song. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Rax2PXiWA

You’ll sorta like it.

We Don’t Need No Education – Pink Floyd

We’re Not Gonna Take It – Twisted Sister

@Hibernate You beat me to it

On the musical front, Defying Gravity from the musical Wicked

Also Not a Pretty Girl and 32 Flavors by Ani Difranco

Liberty the Grateful Dead

Subdivisions – Rush
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm – Crash Test Dummies

Against the Grain
Leaders and Followers
New America I thought this song could have been the official theme for the 2008 Presidential campaign, despite being released 8 years earlier.
Suffer
Tiny Voices
You A personal favorite.

All by Bad Religion, and I’m betting they have a ton more songs on the same subject.

Green Day’s American Idiot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDOBw0ajOnA&feature=related

Little Boxes is a song tht mocks conformity.

There is another version of this tune…. ;)

Bob Dylan’s Mr. Tamborine Man

Amy Ray’s Put It Out For Good.

Kermit the Frog’s: It Isn’t Easy Being Green

Bad Reputation by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts is a favourite of mine.

Pink’s new Raise your Glass is pretty good.

The Mothers of Invention came out with Brown Shoes Don’t Make It in 1967.

The old self-congratulating anthem, Frank Sinatra “I Did It My Way”

Whenever someone mentions Sinatra’s signature tune, I have to give a nod toward Sammy because his I’ve Gotta Me—a wonderful nonconformist piece—moves me more (but I am openly biased in the favour of this member of the Rat Pack.)

The Way I Walk – the Cramps

The Middle by Jimmy Eat World is a good one. It’s affirming about feeling different, anyway.

One Man’s Hell – Sad Lovers and Giants

“The Times They are a-Changin’”——-Bob Dylan
“School’s Out for Summer”——-Alice Cooper
“My Generation”——-The Who
“Psychosocial”——-Slipknot
“Revolution”——-The Beatles