<Table> <Tr> <Td> "You Better Move On" (1961) </Td> <Td> "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" (1962) </Td> <Td> "Anna (Go to Him)" (1962) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "You Better Move On" (1961) </Td> <Td> "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" (1962) </Td> <Td> "Anna (Go to Him)" (1962) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)," also known as "Soldiers of Love," is a 1962 song written by Buzz Cason and Tony Moon that was originally recorded by soul artist Arthur Alexander and released as a single, with the B - side being "Where Have You Been (All My Life)." The song was later covered by The Beatles during a 1963 session at the BBC, that is available on the 1994 album Live at the BBC . It was also covered by The Kaisers, Marshall Crenshaw, Pearl Jam and The Derailers . </P> <P> Music critic Dave Marsh suggests that "Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)" may have been lost to history had the Beatles not heard it and recorded a cover version of it . He writes that the song was mostly forgotten until a bootleg of the Beatles' recording emerged in the late 1970s . Marsh describes Alexander's version of the song as having an "off - center Latin rhythm" and his vocals as having a country and western music sound . Marsh rates it as one of the top 1,001 singles of all time, praising its "inexorable rhythmic flow" and the way the lyrics and music combine to create a "metaphor in which strife among lovers becomes a cry for universal peace ." Allmusic critic Richie Unterberger suggests that the mixing of love and martial metaphors is almost overdone, although the song manages to avoid sounding gimmicky . Unterberger attributes this to the song's "fine sad" minor key melody, the "dignity" of Alexander's vocal, the exchanges between Alexander and the backup singers and the "restrained" string instruments . </P>

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