Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 1971 | |
You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the WarBuy You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it. | |
Wikipedia article{{Infobox song | name = You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War | cover = YouDon'tHavetoBeintheArmytoFightintheWar.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Mungo Jerry | album = | B-side = "The Sun Is Shining", "We Shall Be Free", "O'Reilly" | released = 1971 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Folk rock | length = 3:27 | label = Dawn Records (UK) | writer = Ray Dorset | producer = Barry Murray | prev_title = Lady Rose | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = Open-Up | next_year = 1971 | misc = }} "'You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War'" is a popular song and hit single by the British group Mungo Jerry, first released in 1971. Chart performanceWritten by the group's lead vocalist Ray Dorset and produced by Barry Murray, it was the band's fourth single. The group's four-piece line-up was augmented by Joe Rush, a long-time friend who had played with them in previous bands and often guested with them on stage, playing washboard. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 48 in September 1971 and peaked at No. 13 the following month. The song peaked at number 97 in Australia. Like the group's debut single, "In the Summertime," and following singles, it was a maxi-single playing at 33 rpm, issued in a picture sleeve. Other tracks on the extended play single were "The Sun is Shining" and "We Shall Be Free", a rework of the song recorded by Woody Guthrie and by Lead Belly, and "O'Reilly", both traditional songs adapted by Dorset. In October 1971 it became the title track of their third album. ReferencesCategory:1971 singles Category:Mungo Jerry songs Category:Songs written by Ray Dorset Category:1971 songs Category:Dawn Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by Barry Murray | |
Buy You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War now from Amazon <-- Return to songs from 1971 This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1090381551. |