Edwin Starr – War (1970) | Old Songs Classic

Edwin Starr 1969 - War | 60s Around Sounds Music

Edwin Starr’s War was a re-recorded Temptations album cut that became an anti-war protest classic. This song was written by the legendary Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong and was recorded by The Temptations Psychedelic Shack album in 1970. The Temptations didn’t want to risk angering their more conservative fans but Norman Whitfield and much of the anti-war public wanted War to be a single. Berry Gordy compromised with Whitfield by saying that he could re-produce the song with a different art

Edwin Starr - War a counterculture-era soul song written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label. It is one of the most popular protest songs ever recorded – a self-evident anti-Vietnam War statement – 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, with the label deciding to withhold the Temptations version. Starr's version of "War" wa