The British pop/rock band Status Quo covered the song, changing several verses, such as "smiling faces on the way to 'Nam" to "smiling faces as you wait to land" . They also changed the anti-war content: "a vacation in a foreign land, Uncle Sam does the best he can" became "you're on your way to a foreign land, now's the time to do what you can" ; "your finger's on the trigger but it don't seem right" became "your finger's on the trigger, now it's time to fight" . Released as single in September 1986: In the Army Now / Heartburn (Vertigo # 888 056-1). It also featured as the title track to the 1986 album In the Army Now (Vertigo # VERH 36). The song peaked at #2 in the UK Billboard chart, selling over 250,000 copies.2 It reached # 1 in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Poland, and Switzerland, and successfully charted in a further seven European countries, selling over a million copies.3
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Lark INL-3618, credited on the front cover to "Bolland"; the cover photograph shows a queue at an airport check-in desk, led by a man holding a United States passport and a copy of The Wall Street Journal, with a soldier in camouflage and face paint among the travellers and a Royal Air Force Yearbook 1981 on the counter; the back cover continues the queue scene. Back cover: "Composed, arranged and produced by Rob Bolland & Ferdi Bolland", distribution Inelco, "© ℗ 1981", trademarks used under control of FFR Productions, marketed in The Netherlands by Inelco Records and Tapes bv, Aalsmeer, printed in The Netherlands; "Qcumber controlled" logo. Side one: Ouverture / You're in the Army Now / The Dogs of War / Heart of Darkness / Cambodia Moon; side two: Heaven Can Wait / To the Battleground / Long Day's Journey into the Night / Let's Help A*R*Vi*N Out / Rendez-Vous with Radiation / Finale. The printed lyric insert carries full-face portraits of the two brothers and full lyrics, with credits: words and music by Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland; all songs published by Nada Music, Holland; recorded at Wisseloord Studios, Holland; engineers Ronald Prent and Jan-Fred Arendsen; executive producer Frits Hirschland; vocals, marimba, piano, spinet and celesta by Rob and Ferdi Bolland; synthesizers and keyboards Johan Timman; drums and percussion Ton Op 't Hof; guitars Johan Slager; bass guitar Jan Hollestelle and Okkie Huysdens; art direction and photography Govert de Roos and Ollie Sassen. [From the record sleeve and labels]