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War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "Summer", "Why Can't We Be Friends?", "The Cisco Kid", and "The World Is a Ghetto". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was also subject to many line-up changes over the course of its formation, leaving member Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.

Below is a list of War songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: United Artists 163
chart position: RandB #5, US #2
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Leroy Jordan,Charles Miller
album: The World Is a Ghetto
comments: [funk]
War The Cisco Kid
1973 United Artists
2 record label: Island 6267
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #12
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
comments: [funk]
War Low Rider
1975 Island
3 record label: United Artists 834
chart position: RandB #4, US #7, US AC #1
written by: Jerry Goldstein , Harold Brown, Papa Dee Allen,B.B Dickerson
album: Greatest Hits
comments: [beat ballad]
War Summer
1976 United Artists
4 record label: United Artists 629
chart position: RandB #9, US #6
written by: Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson, Harold Brown , Charles Miller
album: Why Can't We Be Friends
War Why Can't We Be Friends
1975 United Artists
5 record label: United Artists 281
chart position: RandB #6, US #8
written by: Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson , Harold Brown, Charles Miller,Lercy Jordan
album: Deliver the Word
comments: [funk jazz]
War Gypsy Man
1973 United Artists
6 record label: United Artists 50975
chart position: RandB #3, US #7
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Leroy Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oscar Levitin
album: The World Is a Ghetto
War The World Is a Ghetto
1972 United Artists
7 record label: MGM 14118
chart position: US #3
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard Scott
album: Eric Burdon Declares 'War'
comments: [jazz, funk, rock]
Eric Burdon & War Spill the Wine
1970 MGM
8 record label: United Artists 50867
chart position: RandB #12, US #16
written by: Papa Dee Allen, H. Brown, B.B. Dickerson, L. Jordan, C. Miller, Lee Oskar and Scott
album: All Day Music
War Slippin' into Darkness
1972 United Artists
9 record label: MCA 40820
chart position: RandB #5, UK #14, US #39, US dance #8
written by: Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson & Thomas Allen
album: Galaxy
comments: [disco funk]
War Galaxy
1978 MCA
10 record label: United Artists 35623
chart position: RandB #18, US #15
written by: Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson
album: Deliver the Word
comments: [funk]
War Me and Baby Brother
1973 United Artists
11 record label: RCA 3061
chart position: US dance #6, RandB #18, UK #58, US #66
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb & Howard Scott
album: Outlaw
War You Got the Power
1982 RCA
12 record label: Blue Note 1009
chart position: RandB #2, US #45
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
album: Platinum Jazz
comments: [funk]
War L.A. Sunshine
1977 Blue Note
13 record label: United Artists 50815
chart position: RandB #18, US #35, US AC #12
written by: Jerry Goldstein, Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller
album: All Day Music
War All Day Music
1971 United Artists
14 record label: RCA 13238
chart position: RandB #13, US #94
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb
album: Outlaw
comments: [disco funk]
War Outlaw
1982 RCA
15 record label: Coco Plum 2002
chart position: RandB #79, UK #43, US AC #30
written by: Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati
album: Where There's Smoke
War Groovin'
1985 Coco Plum
16 record label: United Artists 432
chart position: RandB #17, US #33
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard Scot
album: War Live!
War Ballero
1974 United Artists
17 record label: MCA 40995
chart position: RandB #12, US #101, US dance #49
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
album: The Music Band
War Good, Good Feelin'
1979 MCA
18 record label: MGM 14196
chart position: Cashbox R&B #49, US #50
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller
album: The Black Man's Burdon
Eric Burdon & War They Can't Take Away Our Music
1970 MGM
19 record label: MCA 40883
chart position: RandB #70, UK #40
written by: B.B. Dickerson,Charles Miller, Harold Brown,Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan
album: Galaxy
War Hey Senorita
1978 MCA
20 record label: United Artists 50815
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Allen, Brown, Dickerson, Goldstein, Jordan, Miller, Oskar, Scott
album: All Day Music
War Get Down
1971 United Artists
21 record label: United Artists 1213
chart position: RandB #21, US dance #19
written by: B.B. Dickerson, Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar,Lonnie Jordan
album: Youngblood
War Youngblood (Livin' in the Streets)
1978 United Artists
22 record label: Priority 9502
chart position: RandB #59, UK #98
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
album: The Best of War…and More
War Low Rider (Remix)
1987 Priority
23 record label: MCA 41158
chart position: RandB #32
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar
album: The Music Band 2
War Don't Take It Away
1980 MCA
24 record label: MGM 14196
chart position: US #108
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller
War Home Cookin'
1971 MGM
25 record label: United Artists 50746
chart position: RandB #38, US #107
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller,Lee Oskar and Howard Scott
album: War
War Lonely Feelin'
1971 United Artists
26 record label: RCA 13544
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Jerry Goldstein, Papa Dee Allen, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott,Lee Oskar and Harold Brown
album: Life (Is So Strange)
War Life (Is So Strange)
1983 RCA
27 record label: Avenue 71706
chart position: RandB #64
written by: Howard Scott, Harold Brown and Milton Myrick
album: Peace Sign
comments: [funk]
War Peace Sign
1994 Avenue
28 record label: United Artists 1247
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
album: Youngblood
War Sing a Happy Song
1978 United Artists
29 record label: Columbia 2122 (lax)
chart position: RandB #90
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb
album: Outlaw
comments: [disco funk]
War Cinco De Mayo
1981 Columbia (lax)
30 record label: MCA 41209
chart position: RandB #96
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb, Pat Rizzo and Howard
album: The Music Band 2
War I'll Be Around
1980 MCA
31 record label: Priority 9502
chart position: RandB #98
album: The Best of War…and More
War Livin' in the Red
1987 Priority
-- record label: Coco Plum 7601
written by: Scott, Oskar, Jordan, Rabb, Allen, Hammon
album: Where There's Smoke
War Still in Love
1985 Coco Plum
-- record label: RCA 13426
written by: S. Allen, H. Brown, L. Jordan, L. Oskar, L. Rabb, P. Rizzo, H. Scott, J. Goldstein
album: Outlaw
comments: [slow jam]
War Baby It's Cold Outside
1982 RCA




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