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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).

What. was. number. one. song. in. ninteen. sixtyfour