The result was a much more intense record than the Temptations original. Starr, hearing of the demands for a single, volunteered to record " War" for the Motown label Gordy. "War" was originally recorded by the Temptations for Motown and released on their 1979 album "Psychedelic Shack." The label received letters from fans requesting that the song be released as a single, but Motown balked, fearing damage to group's public image. Bruce Springsteen took his live version of "War" into the pop top 10 in 1986. It remains one of the most powerful simple statements about the futility of war and is considered one of the most commercially successful protest songs of all time. That changed when the anthemic protest song "War" went to the top of the charts in 1970. "This is the world destruction, your life ain't nothing The human race is becoming a disgrace Nationalities are fighting with each other Why is this? Because the system tells you"Įdwin Starr had been recording soul hit singles, including the top 10 pop hit "25 Miles," since 1965, but he wasn't widely recognized as one of America's top soul singers at the end of the decade. His 1982 single "Planet Rock," fusing influences from the band Kraftwerk with rap to create what was known as electro, is considered one of the most influential singles of all time.įor "World Destruction," Bambaataa reportedly asked producer Bill Laswell to come up with somebody "really crazy" for a collaborator on the record.
The video makes extensive use of clips of President Ronald Reagan speaking about nuclear war.īambaataa was already perceived as a pioneer of hip-hop when he put together the band Time Zone in 1983. " World Destruction" is credited as one of the first songs to effectively combine rap and rock music. In 1984 punk legend John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) got together with hip-hop godfather Afrika Bambaataa to record this cross-genre classic.
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