War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

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War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

Edwin Starr

War · 1970

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Anti-war War

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Protest song Soul music

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Song

Time

1970

Person

Edwin Starr

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Citation

Strong, Barett and Norman Whitfield. "War." Performed by The Temptations. Psychedelic Shack. Gordy, 1970.

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