"Bring the Boys Home" was a hit for Freda Payne in 1971 during the Vietnam War era. It was an anti-war song which was aimed at the sending of troops to fight in an increasingly unpopular war.
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Background
The song was produced by Greg Perry and released on the Invictus label. It was backed with "I Shall Not Be Moved". The song came out at a time when soldiers were returning to America dead and in body bags. A higher than normal amount of the soldiers were black. The soldiers were only boys at the age of 20, which was the average age that many of them were killed. In spite of the healthy amount of airplay it received in the US, the US Command from the American Forces Network banned it. The reason was that it would be of benefit to the enemy. 50,000 copies of the album Contact were pressed before it was added to the album after it became a hit. It replaced "He's In My Life" which was the first track on side 1.
The Soul Source section of the May 22 issue of Billboard named it the best new record of the week.
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Chart action
By July 10th, the single had moved up Soul Chart from 6 to 4. Also that week on the Hot 100, at its 6th week, gone up 2 notches from no 23 to no 21. The song spent 13 weeks on the Hot 100 chart would eventually peak at no 12.
References
External links
- Elsewhere: Freda Payne: Bring the Boys Home (1971)
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