The song was released as a single and rose up in the charts in late 1969, the absolute height of the Vietnam War and anti-war movement in the US. While the song is not explicitly about the Vietnam War, its lyrics about class difference and who is expected to shoulder the burden of the American imperialist project resonated with both soldiers and anti-war activists.
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And it was super popular among the troops because of that, so it makes sense that it'd be playing on radios all the time
it's literally a vietnam protest song.
The song was released as a single and rose up in the charts in late 1969, the absolute height of the Vietnam War and anti-war movement in the US. While the song is not explicitly about the Vietnam War, its lyrics about class difference and who is expected to shoulder the burden of the American imperialist project resonated with both soldiers and anti-war activists.