Me and Baby Brother

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"Me and Baby Brother"
Single by War
from the album Deliver the Word
B-side "In Your Eyes"
ReleasedAugust 1973 (1973-08)
Genre Funk
Length3:30
Label United Artists
Songwriter(s) War
Producer(s) Howard E. Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan
War singles chronology
"Gypsy Man"
(1973)
"Me and Baby Brother"
(1973)
"Ballero"
(1974)

"Me and Baby Brother" is a song written and performed by War. It reached #15 on the U.S. pop chart and #18 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1974. [1] It was featured on their 1973 album Deliver the Word . [2] A live version of the song entitled "Baby Brother" originally appeared on the 1971 album All Day Music .

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The song was produced by Howard E. Scott, Jerry Goldstein, and Lonnie Jordan. [3]

The song ranked #95 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1974. [4]

War re-released the song as a single in the UK in 1976 where it reached #21 on the UK Singles Chart. [5]

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