19 (song) 19 (song) "19" is a song by British musician Paul Hardcastle released as the first single from his self-titled third studio album "Paul Hardcastle" (1985). The song has a strong anti-war message, focusing on America's involvement in the Vietnam War and the effect it had on the soldiers who served. 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'. It also includes various non-speech, re-dubbed sampling, such as crowd noise and a military bugle call. "19" features sampled narration (voiced by Peter Thomas), out-of-context
I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1983, losing to "Always on My Mind". "I.G.Y." has been covered by artists such as British singer and musician Howard Jones, who included a version on his 1993 greatest hits album "The Best of Howard Jones". The gospel a cappella group Take 6 covered "I.G.Y." as the title track on their 2002 release "Beautiful World". The lyrics of Fagen's original song were modified to recast the song with a gospel message. In 2004, Marcia Hines recorded a version for her album "Hinesight". The song was also used in a scene