Uncle Sam (song)

Uncle Sam is a single from 1985 of the British ska-pop band Madness . It was written by saxophonist Lee Thompson and was the UK's 21th top 30 hit. In the Netherlands, it is not in the charts, it became number 1 in VARA 's Clip Parade. The B-side is the Who -like Please Do not Go.

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Thompson wrote Uncle Sam as an indictment against the Americanization of British society. It was recorded for Mad Not Mad, the most serious album in the works of Madness, and is one of the few songs from this era reminiscent of the nutty sound of yesteryear. The accompanying music video is typically Madness; herein a quiet suburb literally bombarded to the battlefield and go as marines dressed men in a speedboat the Thameson. Blue greasepaint Thompson refers to his three year old composition Blue Skinned Beast (from Rise & Fall ) over the fallen Soldiers Falklandgoes. The announcer announcing the clip is played by Seamus Beaghan, Deputy in 1984 left pianist Mike Barson .