What is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!

Eric Burden and WAR didn’t have a lot of big deal tracks. In fact, starting your pop success with a vocalist demanding separate name rights is enough to kill many music acts anytime, any reason.

With WAR, Erid Burden actually released three charted singles. And that was that. What is the highlight of his writing career, and certainly the band’s, the release of “Spill the Wine” told fans what kind of music they should focus on. Teenbopper-pop, had no taste for it, and it barely charted.

Complexity on a level of that song has never been pop friendly. So, to this day, we’re stuck with “War” and “Lowrider” for classic radio play. Great work.