Make Love Fuck War Explained

Make Love Fuck War
Cover:Make Love Fuck War single cover.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Moby and Public Enemy
Album:New Whirl Odor
Length:3:24
Label:Mute
Producer:Moby
Chronology:Moby
Prev Title:Jam for the Ladies
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:Lift Me Up
Next Year:2005

"Make Love Fuck War", also called "MKLVFKWR", is a song by electronica musician Moby and hip hop group Public Enemy. It was released as a single on July 2, 2004.[1] The song is featured on Unity: The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album and Public Enemy's album, New Whirl Odor. It was initially released as a protest to the 2003 Iraq War; the music video combines footage from 2002–2003 urban protests against the war with footage from previous concerts of both participants in the single.

The track was part of a wave of anti-war songs by popular artists in response to US action in Iraq and Afghanistan, revelations about the mistreatment of prisoners in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, and the perception that domestic needs were being neglected due to the costs of war. Make Love Fuck War called for individual resistance, grassroots struggle, and "power to the people" in support of peace.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: make love fuck war . Moby.com . October 29, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927101157/http://www.moby.com/discography/make_love_fuck_war.html . September 27, 2011 .
  2. Book: Cohen . Ronald D. . Kaufman . Will . Singing for Peace: Antiwar Songs in American History . 2015 . Routledge . 978-1-317-25208-5 . 130–131 .