The song's English-language release came in three different 12" versions: "Extended Version", "Destruction Mix" and "The Final Story", all with an alternative cover design. The song received the Ivor Novello Award for Best-selling single of 1985. This was helped by international versions of the song spoken by well-known local news anchors in French, Spanish, German and Japanese. "19" became the top-selling single in 13 countries for 1985. 1 in the UK for five weeks, as well as a number of other countries worldwide.
"19" had huge international success in the charts it went to No. In 2009, the song placed at 73 on VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80s. "19" features sampled narration (voiced by Peter Thomas), out-of-context interview dialogue ("I wasn't really sure what was going on") and news reports from Vietnam Requiem the ABC television documentary about the post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by Vietnam veterans. It also includes various non-speech, re-dubbed sampling, such as crowd noise and a military bugle call. The track was notable for early use of sampled and processed speech, in particular a synthesized stutter effect used on the words "nineteen" and "destruction". The song has a strong anti-war message, focusing on the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War and the effect it had on the soldiers who served. " 19" is a song by British musician Paul Hardcastle, released as the first single from his self-titled fourth studio album Paul Hardcastle (1985).
0 kommentar(er)
