Ranking #26 singles, U.S. edition: 1968-1971 (opens in new tab)

Opening with a sampled bomb strike, “Stop the War” is unsubtle, insistent, loud — a glorious single. Edwin Starr also quotes John and Yoko before outdoing them. Of course he must: Black men and the poor comprised the largest group of draftees in Vietnam. Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield surround Starr with backup singers as […]