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War (The Temptations song) " War " is a counterculture -era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969. Whitfield first produced the song – a self-evident anti-Vietnam War statement – with The Temptations as the original vocalists. After Motown began receiving repeated requests to release "War" as ...
War (What is it good for?) was an anti-Vietnam War protest song, written by Norman Whitfield and recorded by Whitfield and the Temptations in 1969. It was re-recorded by Motown soul singer Edwin Starr and released as a single in 1970. War became one of the most successful protest songs of the 20th century, holding the number one chart position ...
Aug 29, 2020 · Motown. In August of 1970, America embraced one of the most powerful protest songs in music history, as “War” by Edwin Starr reached No. 1. But Starr only got his chance at stardom because the ...
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Oct 31, 2023 · October 31, 2023 4:05 pm. Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong were out to make a statement when they wrote the fiery song “ War.”. Originally recorded by The Temptations for their 1970 album ...
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Dec 21, 2023 · Titled simply War, it appeared on the group’s 1970 album Psychedelic Shack, with Paul Williams, Dennis Edwards and Melvin Franklin delivering a chant vocal that sounded more purposeful than incandescent. But as requests flew in for the song to be released as a single, Motown bosses lost their nerve, fearing that America’s conservative hawks would kill the career of one of the label’s ...
Made them disabled, bitter and mean. Life is much too short and precious to be fighting wars these days. War can't give life, it can only take it away, awwww! [Hook] (War, huh) Good God y'all ...
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Funny how old the song is yet the lyrics fit the Iraq war to a perfectly. To Bush and Cheney--Good God ya all! Darrell from Eugene Yes, war is good for absolutely nothing. Although I was ineligible for the draft at the time that this song came out (both because I was 27 years old and because I had roughed up an Oregon State Trooper in 1962 and ...
