Nineteen is a track by English musician Paul Hardcastle, released in 1985. The track is about America's involvement in the Vietnam War and the effect it had on the soldiers who served. With a mini-Moog synthesized dance beat, interspersed with slides and LFO-squeezes (or vibratoes), the song features sampled actual news reports from the war and soundbites by its participants. The title Nineteen famously comes from the (disputed) claim the average age of an American combat soldier in the war was nineteen. Paul Hardcastle (born December 10, 1957) is a British composer and musician specialising in the synthesiser. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Vibrato is a musical effect where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound. ... In film and broadcasting, a soundbite is a very short piece of footage taken from a longer speech or an interview in which someone with authority says something which is considered by those who edit the speech or interview to be a most important point. ...

For a while Nineteen was the top selling single in thirteen countries, and it received the Ivor Novello award for The Bestselling Single Of 1985. However Hardcastle was later sued by the ABC for copying video and sound clips from an ABC television documentary about post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by veterans, called Vietnam Requiem. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Ivor Novello David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 – March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the early 20th century. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... It has been suggested that Combat stress reaction be merged into this article or section. ...

The same year British comedian Rory Bremner under the name of the band The Commentators came out with a parodied version of the song N-n-n-n-nineteen Not Out, which was about England's recent tragic performance in test cricket. Rory Bremner Rory Bremner FKC (born April 6, 1961, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British impressionist and comedian, noted for his political satire and is widely regarded as being the master of impressionist comedy. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...