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"Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" is a 1970 hit single for the Gordy (Motown) label, recorded by The Temptations and produced by Norman Whitfield.

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The song tries to make sense of the chaos and disorder pervading the times.Lyrically, the song attacked the Vietnam War, Nixon's government, and drug addiction, making it one of the few protest records that came from Motown.Bob Babbitt of the Motown house band The Funk Brothers recalled to This was one of number of classic R&B and gospel songs performed by Whoopi Goldberg and her choir in the 1993 movie, A number of artists have covered this tune, including The Neville Brothers, Tina Turner, Duran Duran and Anthrax.





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It was also used in the intro of the film Tropic Thunder.

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The end of each section of the Temptations' lists of woes is punctuated by bass singer Melvin Franklin's line, "And the band played on.







"Round and around and around we go", the Temptations sing, "where the world's headed/nobody knows."





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About Ball of Confusion "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" is a 1970 hit single for The Temptations.











Tina Turner's version was included on the 1982 LP