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B-side
  
"Dimension 5ive"

Genre
  
Soul

Label
  
Bell Records 895

Released
  
June 1970

Length
  
2:39

Writer(s)
  
Laura Nyro

"Save the Country" is a song written by Laura Nyro, first released by her as a single in 1968. Nyro released another version of the song on her 1969 album, New York Tendaberry.

Nyro was inspired to write the song after the June 5, 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy. The most successful version was performed by The 5th Dimension. It reached #10 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, #24 in Canada, #27 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #79 in Australia in 1970. It was featured on their 1970 album, Portrait. The song was produced by Bones Howe and arranged by Bill Holman, Bob Alcivar, and Howe.

Other versions

  • Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger and the Trinity released a version of the song on their 1969 album, Streetnoise.
  • Canadian band The Sugar Shoppe, which included actor and singer Victor Garber released a version of the song in 1969.
  • Thelma Houston released a version of the song in 1970 that reached #73 in Canada and #74 on the Billboard Hot 100.
  • Rosanne Cash released a version of the song on the 1997 Nyro tribute album, Time and Love: The Music of Laura Nyro.
  • Roberta Flack performed her version of the song in a live broadcast from KCET in the 1970s.
  • Nyro's version was sampled by Kanye West on his song "The Glory" off his third studio album Graduation.

    • References

    Save the Country Wikipedia
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