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. It reached #15 on the U.S. pop chart and #18 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1974. It was featured on their 1973 album '' Deliver the Word''. A live version of the song entitled "Baby Brother" originally appeared on the 1971 album '' All Day Music''. The song was produced by Howard E. Scott, Jerry Goldstein, and Lonnie Jordan. The song ranked #95 on ''

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'' magazine's Top 100 singles of 1974. War re-released the song as a single in the UK in 1976 where it reached #21 on the UK Singles Chart.

Other versions

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released a live version of the song on their 1987 EP ''Live 33RPM''. *

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released a version of the song on his 1998 album ''Cover Me in Noise''.

In popular culture

*The

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song "

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" bears a resemblance to "Me and Baby Brother", which Killing Joke have acknowledged. *

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has a sample of this song that plays during "Stardust Speedway"

References

1971 songs 1973 singles 1976 singles Songs written by Lonnie Jordan War (band) songs That Petrol Emotion songs Song recordings produced by Jerry Goldstein (producer) United Artists Records singles {{1970s-song-stub