They Can't Take Away Our Music
| "They Can't Take Away Our Music" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Eric Burdon & War | ||||
| from the album The Black Man's Burdon | ||||
| B-side | Home Cookin' | |||
| Released | 1970 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 1970 | |||
| Genre | R&B, funk, soul, gospel | |||
| Length | 4:53 (single), 6:45 (album) | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Writer(s) | War, Jerry Goldstein | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Goldstein | |||
| Eric Burdon & War singles chronology | ||||
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They Can't Take Away Our Music is a song performed by Eric Burdon & War featuring Sharone Scott & The Beautiful New Born Children in 1970. It was released as a single in 1970.[1] This was their last single before they split in the same year. It charted #50 on the US charts and #35 on the Canadian chart.
It was covered a few times, but the most successful version was done by Donna Summer in 1994.
Like most of the other studio tracks recorded by Eric Burdon & War, the song was banned from YouTube in the early years.