Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

Infobox Single
Name = Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey


Artist = Paul and Linda McCartney
from Album = Ram
B-side = "Too Many People"
Released = 1971
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1970
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:49
Label = Parlophone
Writer = Paul McCartney
Linda McCartney
Producer = Paul McCartney
Chart position = * #1 (U.S.)| Reviews =
Last single = "Eat at Home"
(1971)
This single = "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
(1971)
Next single = "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" (with Wings}
(1972) |

"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is a song by Paul and Linda McCartney on the album "Ram". It hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in August 1971.cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/sw_unclealbert.html|title=Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey|author=Thomas Ryan, American Hit Radio, Prima Entertainment, 1996] The song is probably the most ambitious and experimental track on "Ram", and is less a song and more a collection of melodic fragments pieced together, in a similar way to the song-cycle on the second half of The Beatles' "Abbey Road".

The melody and lyrics are upbeat and nonsensical; (Albert was an uncle of McCartney's). It is unclear, however, which of two "Admiral Halseys" he refers to. American listeners will probably think of Admiral Halsey of World War Two fame while British listeners may think of Admiral Lionel Halsey who had a notable career with the Royal Navy. At any rate, the sophisticated arrangement, production, sound effects, and vocal treatments strongly recall The Beatles during their psychedelic phase.

ong uses

*The song was used in the episode He Ain't Heavy, He's My Uncle of the British sitcom "Only Fools And Horses", where the character of Uncle Albert leaves home
*Harry Shearer uses a looped sample of "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" for the "Apologies of the Week" segment of "Le Show", with emphasis on McCartney saying "sorry".
* In her song "Edit", Regina Spektor refers to Doctor Robert and Uncle Albert.

References

External links

* [http://www.superseventies.com/sw_unclealbert.html Super Seventies, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"]
* [http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/paul_mccartney/uncle_albert_admiral_halsey.html Song lyrics]