Love's Stronger Than Hate

Annotation

The song "Love's Stronger Than Hate" (Peace Records # P-7162) by the Love Generation - both band name and track title sound very 60s and hippie - not surprisingly, it is a peace song. It was written by Wayne Spence of Ohio, Cleveland. He also released this song under the name Wayne Spence & Smiling Faces (Peace Records # 30433), backed by a song called Thank God for Peace, about the ceasefire agreement between the US and North Vietnam in 1973. The narrator of this track called on people to look at what is going on the US, not just in Vietnam: "they say the war in Vietnam is wrong, but just look what's happening here at home". The song concluded that "love will conquer all in the end".

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Love is stronger than hate / Lets get it together, lets not wait / This hate's got to come to an end / They say the war in Vietnam is wrong / But just look what's happening here at home... / Love will conquer hate in the end / Well we were put here to help one another / But all we're doing is killing each other

Notes

Peace Records, Cleve, Ohio, blue label, P-7162-A; "Love's Stronger Than Hate" (W. Spence), time 2:52, Exclusive Music (BMI); Love Generation, "Prod. by: W. Spence & T. Baker", "Recorded at Motion Picture Sound Studio, Cleveland, Ohio". [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Anti-War

In collections

Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs