This page lists the song chart entries of War.A list of the hit albums by War is also available.
The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
War |
Cisco Kid |
1973 |
Record World 1 - 1973, Canada RPM 1 for 1 week - May 1973, US Billboard 2 - Mar 1973 (15 weeks), Canada 2 - Apr 1973 (11 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1973), France 10 - Nov 1973 (1 week), D.Marsh 17 of 1973, Canada 20 of 1973, Holland 22 - May 1973 (5 weeks), POP 35 of 1973, WABC NY 44 of 1973, DDD 48 of 1972, US Radio 49 of 1973 (peak 2 7 weeks), US BB 55 of 1973, US CashBox 67 of 1973 |
2 |
War |
Low Rider |
1975 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014 (1975), France 2 - Dec 1975 (3 weeks), Canada 6 - Nov 1975 (10 weeks), US Billboard 7 - Sep 1975 (15 weeks), DDD 9 of 1975, POP 16 of 1975, Scrobulate 23 of funk, Canada 69 of 1975, US CashBox 74 of 1975, US Radio 77 of 1975 (peak 7 8 weeks), UK 98 - May 1987 (9 weeks), TheQ 398, Acclaimed 1700 (1975), RYM 56 of 1975 |
3 |
War |
Why Can't We Be Friends? |
1975 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Aug 1975), Record World 5 - 1975, D.Marsh 5 of 1975, US Billboard 6 - May 1975 (20 weeks), Canada 8 - Jul 1975 (12 weeks), France 10 - Oct 1975 (1 week), US CashBox 14 of 1975, US BB 23 of 1975, POP 34 of 1975, DDD 60 of 1975, US Radio 65 of 1975 (peak 6 9 weeks), WABC NY 69 of 1975, Canada 75 of 1975 |
4 |
War |
Slippin' Into Darkness |
1972 |
Canada 4 - Apr 1972 (8 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1972), Keener 10 - Mar 1972 (2 weeks), D.Marsh 12 of 1972, US Billboard 16 - Jan 1972 (22 weeks), US CashBox 16 of 1972, Record World 17 - 1972, US BB 23 of 1972, DDD 39 of 1971, US Radio 136 of 1972 (peak 16 4 weeks), Acclaimed 1992 (1971), one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 |
5 |
War |
Summer |
1976 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1976), US Billboard 7 - Jul 1976 (16 weeks), POP 8 of 1976, Record World 16 - 1976, Canada 18 - Aug 1976 (5 weeks), US CashBox 61 of 1976, US Radio 72 of 1976 (peak 7 6 weeks), US BB 74 of 1976, WABC NY 98 of 1976 |
6 |
War |
Gypsy Man |
1973 |
US Billboard 8 - Jul 1973 (13 weeks), Canada 10 - Aug 1973 (7 weeks), France 10 - Mar 1974 (1 week), Record World 16 - 1973, Canada 72 of 1973, US CashBox 91 of 1973, US BB 93 of 1973, US Radio 96 of 1973 (peak 8 6 weeks) |
7 |
War |
The World Is A Ghetto |
1973 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1973), US Billboard 7 - Nov 1972 (16 weeks), Record World 9 - 1973, D.Marsh 22 of 1972, US Radio 83 of 1973 (peak 7 6 weeks), WABC NY 84 of 1973, US CashBox 92 of 1973, US BB 94 of 1973, DDD 100 of 1972 |
8 |
War |
Me & Baby Brother |
1974 |
Record World 14 - 1974, US Billboard 15 - Nov 1973 (15 weeks), UK 21 - Jun 1976 (7 weeks), US CashBox 68 of 1974, US BB 95 of 1974, US Radio 124 of 1974 (peak 15 4 weeks) |
9 |
War |
All Day Music |
1971 |
France 5 - Feb 1972 (5 weeks), Keener 26 - Jul 1971 (5 weeks), Record World 28 - 1971, US Billboard 35 - Aug 1971 (11 weeks), KQV 78 of 1971, DDD 81 of 1971 |
10 |
War |
You Got The Power |
1982 |
Belgium 19 - May 1982 (3 weeks), UK 58 - Apr 1982 (4 weeks), US Billboard 66 - Apr 1982 (6 weeks) |
11 |
War |
Galaxy |
1978 |
UK 14 - Jan 1978 (7 weeks), Holland 21 - Feb 1978 (6 weeks), US Billboard 39 - Jan 1978 (9 weeks) |
12 |
War |
Ballero |
1974 |
Record World 29 - 1974, US Billboard 33 - Jun 1974 (10 weeks) |
13 |
War |
Don't Let No One Get You Down |
1996 |
Japan (Tokyo) 15 - Mar 1996 (7 weeks) |
14 |
War |
Peace Sign |
1995 |
Japan (Tokyo) 36 - Sep 1995 (7 weeks) |
15 |
War |
Outlaw |
1982 |
US Billboard 94 - Jul 1982 (3 weeks) |
16 |
War |
LA Sunshine |
1977 |
US Billboard 45 - Jul 1977 (10 weeks) |
17 |
War |
Young Blood |
1979 |
France 10 - Apr 1979 (1 week) |
18 |
War |
Hey Senorita |
1978 |
UK 40 - Apr 1978 (2 weeks) |
19 |
War |
Groovin' |
1985 |
UK 43 - Apr 1985 (5 weeks) |
20 |
War |
So |
1975 |
RYM 56 of 1975 |
In addition to the above listed songs War also contributed to the
following entries:
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
Eric Burdon & War |
Spill the Wine |
1970 |
Record World 1 - 1970, Australia Goset 2 - Sep 1970 (23 weeks), US Billboard 3 - May 1970 (21 weeks), Keener 3 - Jun 1970 (8 weeks), Canada 4 - Jul 1970 (10 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1970), Belgium 9 - Sep 1970 (7 weeks), US CashBox 15 of 1970, Holland 15 - Aug 1970 (5 weeks), Australia 18 of 1970, US BB 20 of 1970, KQV 23 of 1970, WABC NY 25 of 1970, US Radio 32 of 1970 (peak 3 9 weeks), D.Marsh 40 of 1970, Brazil 44 of 1970, Canada 44 of 1970, DDD 54 of 1970, POP 61 of 1970, RYM 96 of 1970 |
2 |
Eric Burdon & War |
Paint it Black |
1971 |
Holland 31 - May 1971 (3 weeks) |
3 |
Eric Burdon & War |
They Can't Take Away Our Music |
1970 |
US Billboard 50 - Dec 1970 (8 weeks) |
4 |
Eric Burdon & War |
Magic Mountain |
1970 |
RYM 96 of 1970 |
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