The song "Why can't we be Friends?" was played in space when Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts joined together in 1975 for the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project! The song immediately made history when NASA beamed it to the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. As Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts joined together in the cooperative effort, Jordan watched the drama unfold on television with his track playing up in the heavens. Twenty-five years later, late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel chose the song for his Facebook campaign “National Unfriend Day.”
WAR performed on The Jimmy Kimmel Show in November and comically changed the lyrics of the classic. “It’s because it has a universal meaning, just like the sound of our music,” the singer explains of the tune. “It’s the type of lyrics and the type of music that will continue on in the future with different meanings.” Lonnie Jordan is very proud of the song that he wrote and as the only member still here today of WAR, he helped perform the song on The Jimmy Kimmel Show. It was a big moment for him. The song is his proudest.