Credited on the record as Mike Martin and the Rumble.
We Are the Americans
Ramar RR-111 · USA
- Artist
- Mike Martin
- Credited on the record as
- Mike Martin and the Rumble
- Title
- We Are the Americans
- Release
- We Are the Americans
- Label
- Ramar # RR-111
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Michael Ray Martin
- Genre
- Rockabilly · Rockabilly
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
We Are the Americans (Martin, Mike) Rockabilly, country pop. Patriotic. Jimmy Carter and Iran. Why don't we hit Iran? Send in the marines. Can't let history repeat itself like in Vietnam - time to stand up. Reference to JFK, Ford, Bush, & Reagan. Also 1980 presidential race, Russia in Afghanistan, refugees dying in Thailand. Post-war late 70s or 1980.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Ramar Records RR-111, maroon label with silver print; both sides "We Are the Americans" (Michael Ray Martin), Songbreaker/Mike Martin Music, BMI, credited to Mike Martin and the Rumble and produced by Bob Wyld, "On Location" Prod.; side A runs 4:48 and side B 3:24. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Vocalist of the patriotic rockabilly/country-pop 45 'We Are the Americans' (long and short versions, with the Rumble, RR-111, c.1980), written in response to the Iranian Hostage Crisis and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, with lyrics warning against repeating the history of Vietnam. Possibly Michael Ray Martin (b. 29 September 1949, Texarkana, Arkansas), who recorded as 'Mike Martin' in the mid-1980s before finding country chart success as Martin Delray - identity unconfirmed. [Source: Rate Your Music / lyricstranslate credit / Wikipedia (Martin Delray)]
Themes
Carter · Iranian Hostage Crisis · Patriotic · JFK · Reagan · George H. Bush · Ford · Anti-Communism · Russia · OPEC · Vietnam Analogy
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years] · Vietnam as Comparison