War

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"War" is a 1970 protest soul song by Edwin Starr, famous for its powerful anti-war message and the iconic refrain "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
War canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
adaptedForSingleBy Edwin Starr ⓘ
associatedLabelImprint Gordy ⓘ
associatedMovement anti-Vietnam War movement ⓘ
associatedRecordCompany Motown Records ⓘ
linked to: Motown
backingBand The Funk Brothers ⓘ
bSide He Who Picks a Rose ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
culturalImpact became an anthem of the anti-war movement ⓘ
famousRefrain War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! ⓘ
format 7-inch single ⓘ
genre protest song ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasMusicVideo no original 1970 promo video ⓘ
includedOnCompilation The Very Best of Edwin Starr ⓘ
label Gordy Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalsBy Edwin Starr ⓘ
length 3:21 ⓘ
lyricalMessage condemnation of war ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Bone Thugs-n-Harmony ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Frankie Goes to Hollywood ⓘ
notableLyric War, huh, yeah ⓘ
What is it good for? Absolutely nothing ⓘ
originallyRecordedBy The Temptations ⓘ
originalVersionAlbum Psychedelic Shack ⓘ
originalVersionPerformer The Temptations ⓘ
performer Edwin Starr ⓘ
producer Norman Whitfield ⓘ
publisher Jobete Music ⓘ
rankedOnList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ⓘ
reachedNumberOneInCountry United States ⓘ
recordedIn 1969 ⓘ
releaseDate 1970-06-10 ⓘ
releaseYear 1970 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
subjectMatter criticism of militarism ⓘ
human cost of war ⓘ
theme Vietnam War protest ⓘ
anti-war ⓘ
title War ⓘ
vocalStyle soul shouting ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUSBillboardHot100 3 ⓘ
writer Barrett Strong ⓘ
Norman Whitfield ⓘ

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War (song) → title → War ⓘ
subject linked to: War
"War" (song) → title → War ⓘ