1969Released
2:03

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Interesting facts and trivia about Volunteers - Remastered. By Songfacts®.

Written by Jefferson Airplane guitarist Paul Kantner and vocalist Marty Balin, this song is a call to take a stand against the US government and the war in Vietnam. In a 1993 interview with Relix, Balin explained: "It became political but it didn't start out that way. I had woken up to the sound of garbage cans crashing outside the mansion and looked out, and there was this Volunteers of America truck, so I wrote that down and gave it to Paul and he wrote the song. Bang. People put all kinds of meaning into it."

The B-side was "We can be Together," which is the track that kicks off the album.

Volunteers was the last album the band recorded before massive personnel changes altered their original sound, which was psychedelic rock.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Volunteers - Remastered.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
107BPM

Album

The album Volunteers - Remastered is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Volunteers - Remastered.
RCA/Legacy
Originally Recorded 1969 (P) 2009 Sony Music Entertainment

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