# ID This Poignant Pop Song (c.2006)

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**Created:** [February 18, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-poignant-pop-song-c-2006/746448 "2016-02-18T15:34:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-poignant-pop-song-c-2006/746448/1 "2016-02-18T15:34:47Z")

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Hopefully, someone will recall a song (c. 2006) asking why we fight wars or send our neighbors off to war, or something like that? Throughout the song, the artist is trying to understand. I wish I could remember something more specific! As I recall, it was on the Adult Contemporary Charts\* about the same time as Gnarles Barkley “Crazy” and Rascal Flatts “What Hurts The Most”. I’d even say it’s done in their style, especially Gnarles. Searching Wiki, nothing struck me…although I am grasping at straws here.

If anything more specific comes to me, I’ll add to this thread.

\*i.e., US Contemporary, Alternate Chart, or Pop Chart - it all seems much the same thing today.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-poignant-pop-song-c-2006/746448/2 "2016-02-18T16:06:42Z")

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“[Waiting on the World To Change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REqz9D7OWZE)”, maybe?

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-poignant-pop-song-c-2006/746448/3 "2016-02-18T18:11:38Z")

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[Where Is The Love?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc)by Black Eyed Peas, perchance?

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-poignant-pop-song-c-2006/746448/4 "2016-02-18T19:34:31Z")

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> [@Smapti](#):
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> “[Waiting on the World To Change](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REqz9D7OWZE)”, maybe?

We have a winner!!! Yes, this is the one I was thinking of! Obviously, I only had a vague memory of such a song. It was gonna bug me to tears! The only other song that fits this description (that I recall) might be “Calling All Angels” by Train.

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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-poignant-pop-song-c-2006/746448/5 "2016-02-18T19:36:04Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> [Where Is The Love?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpYeekQkAdc)by Black Eyed Peas, perchance?

Thanks for the suggestion, Prof! I will certainly give this song a listen as I am not familiar with this Black Eyed Peas song. I love learning new songs! (New to me, that is!)