19 (song) recorded in French, Spanish, German and Japanese. The song received the Ivor Novello award for Best-selling single of 1985. 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. Hardcastle was inspired to create the song after watching "Vietnam Requiem", and comparing his own life at 19 to those of the soldiers featured: "...what struck me was how young the soldiers were: the documentary said their average age was 19. I was out having fun in pubs and clubs when I was 19, not being
The A Team (Barry Sadler song) 12 men, invincible, the A-Team." "The A Team", the title song to Sadler's second album, made it to No. 28 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100, but its success was seen as a disappointment following the No. 1 "Ballad of the Green Berets". The A Team (Barry Sadler song) "The A Team" is a 1966 song and charting single by Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler. It was Sadler's second and final American patriotic hit song at the time of the Vietnam War, following the success of "Ballad of the Green Berets". The song's lyrics are about the basic twelve-man Special Forces