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War (Edwin Starr Song)

War (Edwin Starr Song)

Surhone, Lambert M.
Tennoe, Mariam T.
Henssonow, Susan F.

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ISBN10: 6133232641
ISBN13: 9786133232648
Publisher: Vdm Verlag Dr Mller Ag & Co Kg
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.26 Width: 9.02 Depth: 6.00
Language: English
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! War is a soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969. Whitfield first produced the song - a blatant anti-Vietnam War protest - with The Temptations as the original vocalists. After Motown began receiving repeated requests to release War as a single, Whitfield re-recorded the song with Edwin Starr as the vocalist, deciding to withhold the Temptations' version so as not to alienate their more conservative fans. Starr's version of War was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970, and is not only the most successful and well-known record of his career, but is also one of the most popular protest songs ever recorded. Its power was reasserted when Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band took their rendition into the U.S. Top 10 in 1986. Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the song was placed on the list of post-9/11 inappropriate titles distributed by Clear Channel.

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