Credited on the record as Mike Martin and the Rumble.
We Are the Americans (Short Version)
Ramar RR-111 · USA
- Artist
- Mike Martin
- Credited on the record as
- Mike Martin and the Rumble
- Title
- We Are the Americans (Short Version)
- 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
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