System of Survival
| "System of Survival" | ||||
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| Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
| from the album Touch the World | ||||
| B-side | "Writing on the Wall" | |||
| Released | October 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 4:08 (single version) 4:59 (album version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Skylark | |||
| Producer(s) | Maurice White, Preston Glass | |||
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| "System of Survival" on YouTube | ||||
"System of Survival" is a song by the band Earth, Wind & Fire issued as a single in October 1987 on Columbia Records. The single reached number one on both the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart. "System of Survival" also reached No. 9 on the New Zealand Pop Singles chart, No. 14 on the Dutch Pop Singles chart and No. 25 on the Belgian Pop Singles chart.