Talk:War (The Temptations song)

A fact from War (The Temptations song) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 May 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Vietnam War protest song "War," originally recorded by the Temptations, was Motown artist Edwin Starr's only number-one hit?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/May.

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TV

Wasn't there a TV program which had this song as a opening song? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.154.8.84 (talk) 13:30, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

there is also a song by system of a down called "War?". Even if you include the question mark, it would redirect to this page. i don't know how to put the little "this article is about the song by The Temptations. For the System of a Down song called "War?", go to this page." at the top.

If anyone puts up a 'trivia' section up, or something of that sort, you could possibly include the fact that it was used in the FPS Battlefield Vietnam? --202.124.104.192 05:22, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Slovenian industrial band Laibach covers this song as well. Their version's chorus goes "War, what is it good for?" followed by a verse that sarcastically states such things as "mobilization, science, religion" and a different verse that states "IBM, CNN, Newsweek", etc.

no reason for the lyircs to be on this page.

Fair use rationale for Image:WarSpringsteenSingleCover.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:15, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Edwin-starr-war-single-1970.jpg

Image:Edwin-starr-war-single-1970.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:20, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Public domain?

Somebody added that "The song is now public domain." - I find this hard to believe for such a recent song so I deleted it, but if it's true it needs adding back in with a citation. — sjorford ++ 14:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Family Law (TV series)?

I believe this song was used as the theme for this series. Is that mentioned? Should it be?--T. Anthony (talk) 07:22, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Backing Singer disagreement (Edwin Starr version)

The second paragraph (as of this point in time) under 'Edwin Starr version' says 'The Undisputed Truth' backed him vocally, while the 'Personal' section under 'Edwin Starr version' says 'The Originals' backed him vocally. At least one of them is clearly wrong; neither is cited. I'd fix it if I knew which one was correct; I'm putting this here to hopefully draw the attention of someone who does. Balok (talk) 16:52, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Gulliver's Travels

This song was sung in the movie Gulliver's Travels, if it's worth mentioning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.217.230.157 (talk) 01:19, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]