19 (No.5)
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"19" became a No.1 hit song for Paul Hardcastle on the UK Charts in May 1985, and was the first of four top 20 hit songs he wouild have in the UK.
The single, at one point, topped the charts in 13 different countries, and would later received the Ivor Novello award for being the best single of 1985.
The track was about America's involvement in the Vietnam War and the effect it had on the soldiers who served in it.