Rob Bolland b. 17/4-1956, Port Elizabeth, South Africa and brother Ferdi Bo… Read Full Bio ↴Rob Bolland b. 17/4-1956, Port Elizabeth, South Africa and brother Ferdi Bolland b. 5/8-1956. Their older brother Ton teaches them how to play the guitar. They also learn to play banjo, bass, piano and drums. Their talent does not go unnoticed and they are offered a recording contract, which they have to decline due to a Dutch law against child labour.

In 1981 Bolland & Bolland establish their name internationally with the release of the album The Domino Theory. The album contains the single In The Army Now, which becomes a small hit. Together with Austrian singer Falco the Bolland brothers write and produce the single Rock Me Amadeus. Although it fails to enter the Dutch charts it does become a number one hit in both the UK and the US. The duo receives the Exportprijs ('Export Award').

See also http://www.last.fm/music/bolland

Come Over Tonight
Bolland & Bolland Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Come Over Tonight' by these artists:

C Note Baby come over tonight I promise baby girl I'll make it ri…
Wonho Filling up my daydream Tasty like a whipped cream Baby know…
원호 Filling up my daydream Tasty like a whipped cream Baby know…
원호 (wonho) Filling up my daydream Tasty like a whipped cream Baby know…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Bolland & Bolland:

FMA-Falco meets Amadeus: Rock Me Amadeus Co ROCK ME AMADEUS SONGTEXT Ooh, rock me Amadeus Rock me A…
In the Army Now A vacation in the foreign land Uncle Sam does the best…
Mexico I Can't Say Goodbye I woke up to a bright summer morning With the Mexican…

Ooh La La I'm gonna walk through the rain 'till the sun comes…
Spaceman Spaceman flies up to the skies In a few moments he'll…
Summer of '71 On a rainy night without you my tea turned cold But…
Tears of Ice Please don't turn your eyes from me when I say…
The Last Apache He was just a boy They called him Rising Sun He grew…
The Wall Came Tumbling Down And the wall came tumbling down And the wall came tumbling…
Wait For The Sun The streets they are deserted And the late show's just begu…
You A vacation in the foreign land Uncle Sam does the best…
You're in the Army Now A vacation in the foreign land Uncle Sam does the best…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Bolland:

You're In The Army Now A vacation in the foreign land Uncle Sam does the best…
youre in the army now A vacation in the foreign land Uncle Sam does the best…
You`re in the Army Now A vacation in the foreign land Uncle Sam does the best…
You´re In The Army Now A vacation in the foreign land Uncle Sam does the best…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Bolland:

You´re In The Army Now A vacation in the foreign land Uncle Sam does the best…

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

@maxgarcia5484

5y↑37

A vacation in the foreign land
Uncle Sam does the best he can
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
Now you remember what the draft man said
"Nothin' to do all day but stay in bed"
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
You'll be the hero of the neighborhood
Nobody knows that you left for good
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
Smiling faces on the way to Nam
But once you get there no one gives a damn
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
Hand grenades flying over your head
Missiles flying over your head
If you wanna survive
Get out of her bed
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
Shots ring out in the dead of night
The sergeant calls "Stand up and fight!"
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
You've got your orders
to shoot on sight
Your finger's on the trigger
But it don't seem right
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
Night is falling and you just can't see
Is this solution a reality?
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now
You're in the army now (whoa whoa)
You're in the army, now

All comments from YouTube:

@user-tq7gy9iv6j

5y↑583

This is the original song ,RESPECT!!!!!!

@vickynomikou4005

5y↑16

exactly!!

@pitrick7037

5y↑4

@@vickynomikou4005 oui

@hectorgonzalez9170

5y↑32

Holy crap I thought Francis Rossi had written the song. Now I'm disappointed in Status Quo.

I'm confused. And disappointed.

@miriamuSama

5y↑11

Hector Gonzalez I knew this because Im dutch. Hahaha.. 🙈 (The original is dutch) Or else I would’ve been oblivious just as well..

@eekokolakis

4y↑3

Ναι. ωραία.

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@Sergey56113

2y↑12

СПАСИБО ДАЖЕ НЕ ЗНАЛ ЧТО ЭТО ОНИ НАПИСАЛИ БРАВО

@storyshootingboards7009

4y↑204

this song was written so well. starts as a synth pop then turns into pop rock, a few breaks, nice melody layers. No wonder Status Quo turned it into a world hit.

@Danno1983

4y↑6

My opinion the best version Legends Status Quo

@DaxianPreston

3y↑15

I was going through my moms old vinyls and found this. What a great find. The entire album is anti war propaganda and I love it.

@hristina1978

2y↑35

I was today years old, when I found out that was the original... Heard it on an 80s radio, and I was like, what, this sounds familiar, but it's not exactly the same... Used Shazam... It's never too late to discover such a gem 💎

@lem109

4y↑43

I saw this song performed by Bolland & Bolland on Soviet television in the 80s. And still very often showed Billy Joel - A Matter of Trust

@panadol9547

me too... бля 🙃

@vladyslavdonetskiy7664

а ты что и СССР?

@veran3434

3y↑30

Классная песня на все времена!💖💖💖💖💖🌹🌹🌹

@michaelwirth6843

5y↑25

This is the best version!

@bubnjarovski

No, it is a worst version (even though it's original)

@Whigu

Version?

@GameBoyyearsago

3y↑2

@@bubnjarovski But This Is Orginal Version

@redphenomenal3632

3y↑1

Sabaton!!

@Kaktus5001

3y↑1

Status Quo did it better

@francescopini1994

3y↑11

Anno 1983: viaggio di istruzione da Firenze a costiera amalfitana (ero prof da un anno!), questa musica mi ha accompagnato per tutto il viaggio di ritorno a Firenze ed è stato lì che ho conosciuto una ragazza dolcissima che ho ritrovato, dopo 35 anni

@jondellar

5y↑31

Full credit to them for not letting on how deafeningly loud those blanks are from the Uzi!

@2sing

4y↑79

After 40 years I love this song again, and again..

@RawcomputerAZ

3y↑65

Thanks to Leo Moracchioli for his cover of this song. I don't know why I've never heard it before, I went in the Army in 1982. As an impressionable idiot I would have latched onto this song hard.

@bosconbobs5744

to co, ty w szafie śpisz?? posłuchaj wersji Status Quo......

@skysensor8015

2y↑2

Hahaha, you were not the only one bro, I’m with you.

@meandean222

I was there too, 80'-87. This would of been up there with "War Pigs"!

@Anthony-zi1dj

3y↑18

Cuántos desconocidos han perdido sus vidas, por dar la sangre por su país y la única recompensa una bandera y una estrella, que no aliviará la pérdida para unos padres esposa o hijos.

@mikesuliks8765

3y↑25

Let's be honest, nobody knows thats this is the original. But this is amazing!! BOMB!! TOP!!!

@Adelantee74

4y↑112

This original is more like a ballad, this song meant to be. When Status Quo sings it, it’s more like a military song.

@Milo-tt6ly

4y↑19

its more military song if sabaton sings it

@ksztyrix

4y↑1

Laibach perfected it

@claudelouis5775

4y↑6

i do agree; this was supposed to be an anti-war song ! what a shame !

@Machthild

4y↑5

Claude Louis All versions, except the 2010 Status Quo perversion in which they changed the lyrics, are anti-war songs.

@Ambar42

4y↑8

I don't think it changed the message, I always felt like the Status Quo one was an anti-war song, as well.

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@livialivia1079

5y↑13

My father's best friend used to listen to this song after he was inducted into our national army in the middle of the '90s. They have a lots of memories connected to this song, so do I

@Mr00Chief00

4y↑4

As I saw a while ago in a documentary this was recorded in the basement of the building that housed the Dutch program Top Pop , which aired from 1970-1987. You can't imagine it now but the prop manager at some point asked some guy he knew 'Can you lend me some UZIs and some blanks for the recording' :)

@user-jl7lu3bo7r

2y↑18

They were first!!!!! Boland and Boland!!!! Two brothers!!!!! Thanks!!!! That is very nice!!!! With Love from Russia!!!!💓👍

@koppimasho

4y↑43

Took me 34 years to figure out the Status Quo version wasn't then original...

@ummiramli6554

4y↑11

I just forwarded this video to my son who us serving national service for two years.
It is compulsory for Singaporean males from age 18 to serve. They are allowed to exempt 2x I think, if they prefer to complete further studies and serve later than 18yo.

@ephebofreedomfighter8698

can they drink though? muricans cant..

@MicroChirp

3y↑1

Awesome

@EnnioRome

2y↑2

Bellissima, what a memories....

@kiliwami4086

5y↑173

With karl Marx on the keyboard

@user-tq7gy9iv6j

5y↑8

USSR!!!!!!!

@ovm1970

5y↑7

For those who dont know. It is Johan Timman.

@hindsighter

5y↑4

1:19 On the Moogs

@jarelnomeh2345

5y↑3

that could've been his first real paycheck!

@Pelucine

5y↑1

@@jarelnomeh2345 I know you're joking, but Karl Marx worked as a journalist for long period and had "real" paychecks from that

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@widgetfilms

5y↑220

It saddens me that the Status Quo cover is more known than the original, and that the amazing and faithful Sabaton cover is also little known.

@waqasusmans

5y↑49

That and the Status Quo sold their soul and performed it with the British military for a military recruitment video. Those a-holes even changed the antiwar lyrics.

@ryhanzfx1641

5y↑3

Well both are good though the newer one i heard sucks

@vickynomikou4005

5y↑4

this is for sure the best one!

@codkiller2025

5y↑21

I'm actually here because of the sabaton version

@gunnyakdo1653

5y↑3

never knew that this was the original

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@rossanacarboni9518

2y↑2

Beautiful!

@harrygabisay6364

5y↑20

The original....in the army now..salute!

@80sGoldenLight

5y↑15

2:42 His right ball

@Gloerillero

5y↑3

Gay

@MC-bd5ub

4y↑70

Matt damon and Corey Haim had a kid I see that raided Steve Irwin's wardrobe and stole his haircut.

@lookout24

4y↑2

Mark Chavez Matt Damon from “Behind The Candelabra”. I thought I’d be the only one to see the resemblance.

@zekeedwards9708

🤣😂👏 gold !

@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim

3y↑1

Lol exactly. Those leather pants though

@danielmackenney7919

That’s what I thought Matt Damon😂

@gameon2000

@M C - I laughed tears thank you! 😂👍

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@TontosVotanPaSocialistas

2y↑31

You're in the Army Now" is a song by the South African-born Dutch duo Bolland & Bolland, released in 1982. The song spent 6 consecutive weeks on the top of the Norwegian singles chart.[1] A cover by British rock band Status Quo, simplified as "In the Army Now", was internationally successful in 1986.

@aleksanderliberg3516

2y↑2

Super! 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍

@TheVAGNETTO

4y↑7

Damn, I'm going to go to army, and I feel depressed at the moment. At least there are great songs like this to keep me in tact X(

@brohannesdicktenauer3485

4y↑2

Take care bro, you'll make it

- A fellow army guy

@emanattallah1553

3y↑2

Great song!!

@Retro.Studio

4y↑10

@ Rob Bolland “Stand Up And Fight”. I wish you much power to fight this Rob 🙏🏼

@maxgarcia5484

5y↑37

@CountOrlokNosferatu

4y↑10

I think he say "is this illusion or reality"

@SetsunaTaiki

Was für eine Scheisse. O.o
Singen können die nicht. 😅

@solidusgadget

4y↑21

Начал с того, что попалась перепевка на украинском, а закончил тем, что узнал, что эта версия - оригинал. Звучит, кстати, отлично, напоминает Kraftwerk.

@Sevenvad

2y↑1

Ну, или Jean Michele Jarre

@juniordoratiotto1546

5y↑13

No war. Peace in the world!

@christiangruber4129

3y↑6

Best version !!!

@iliasgmf

3y↑1

im was searching for this song for so long but finally i found it

@UnknownPersononGoogle

2y↑1

The defininitive version of the song.

@khlothostonney5760

2y↑1

amazing! the army sounds so funky all meanwhile the lyrics scare me :o but i cannot stop grooving anyway!

@PolaBurrr

3y↑6

the original and best version ..

@DelouCorfu_Tv

3y↑2

You've got your orders better shoot on sight, your finger's on the trigger but it don't seem right
"You're in the army now"...

@dennisfischer4838

3y↑11

1:22 “smiling faces on the way to Nam ,but once you get there no one gives a damn ....

@claudiafalconi6453

2y↑1

Meravigliosiiiiii😙😙😙😙😙😙😙😙❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@miriamuSama

5y↑12

Yo whatup dutchies !! 🇱🇺

@MichielGroenewegen

3y↑1

@Tristin Blaisdell Bolland en Bolland where two brothers from the Netherlands. And they where singers and producers. They most famous person they product was Falco.

@toothpastaduck3613

Gekoloniseerd

@truongtieptruong

3y↑4

True heroism is quiet, thank you Bolland!

@reneebluejay

5y↑10

Great song of these boys. Sounds better than Status Quo's version. In those days they could hold toy guns on stage, nowadays that's not a good idea.

@Raysboss302

That where not toy guns.

@theseekerndestroyer

3y↑1

I always thought it was status quo , wow!!!!! Nice

@dvorakmichalek3121

I thought it was Captain Jack 😂🤙

@user-cy2vv7kk2p

5y↑7

Original! It's beauatifful song!

@irenekaiser1262

2y↑4

One of the greatest Songs ever

@b.l.u

I love it

@user-im3mx7st4w

3y↑4

Thanks! It's first time I've heard the original version.

@niallmcentee9400

5y↑3

Much prefer the Status Quo version. Streets ahead of this

@bubnjarovski

@Weghweh Hwewehwhe how those this changes the fact that the song is better, even the crappy version from 2010 is better than the original.

@makkie211175

point with every original is: NO ORIGINAL ...... NO COVER!!!!

@ulfaman8927

6y↑18

As a swede growing up without videochannels, this is the preferred version by sound, however seeing the video gives a sence of karaoke as someone wrote

@lidakelders8529

5y↑2

It is not the original video, I can't find it anywhere online. This is taken from the dutc tv show TopPop.

@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim

3y↑1

@Weghweh Hwewehwhe Yeah I just watched the status quo one where the Brits are all partying. Ridiculous. And their album cover has a frigging British flag. The real lyrics actually contain “Uncle Sam” and “on the way to ‘Nam” and the song is meant to be an anti-war, Vietnam protest song. In 2010 Status Quo changed the lyrics to pro-war, I didn’t know they could add their own words to someone else’s song. They bastardized it

@azuregriffin1116

@@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim To be fair, you can tweak lyrics, though their version is a tad abrasive.

Bad Wolves change the lyrics of Zombie to reflect more modern times, updating the mentioned military technology, as well as changing "it's the same old theme since 1916" to "it's the same old theme in 2018" (owtte). That works

@saintjellypie

2y↑1

Seldom heard such deep lyrics in pop culture

@Eduardo88398

Brutal!!

@marubeni4159

5y↑8

this is the best song. status quo is no good.

@joeritchie7286

5y↑1

Shut up

@gtafan9584

4y↑3

@@joeritchie7286 You shut up!

@marubeni4159

@@gtafan9584 THANK you.

@loryiacono7247

5y↑1

Stupenda canzone un bacio

@shanebain5178

4y↑1

Yes Folks Bolland & Bolland Were The Original Writers & Performers Of In The Army Now, It Became A Worldwide Mega Hit For Status Quo, When They Took It Up In 1986 & Many Times Thereafter!! I Would Love To Know Where Bolland & Bolland Are Now? Did They Make Recurring Videos Of This Song Like Status Quo?

@serg_lvtr

2y↑2

When I was a student I listened to this song in 84, only 30 years later I found out that the real author is Bolland, the original sounds better than the Status Quo

@damnyourpasswords

2y↑7

fak the status quo , they destroyed it. This here is greatness

@kestutisgyvenim

4y↑6

Much better than Status Quo version and even better than that awlful 2010 version.

@barbituratik

2y↑5

didn't know SQ took it from these awesome guys... They should be heroes of their neighborhood.

@olalj123

5y↑15

I knew I heard this before 1986!

@miriamreitano392

4y↑1

The two version are beautful...

@loganmarriott514

There's 3 actually Sabaton did a cover too, however it sounds very different to this as it is a metal cover however I quite like it.

@Penny-cr8si

5y↑35

This version is far more emotional than the Status Q . Nothing more than the original

@dinamik967

4y↑1

Армейская молодость, да...

@melniros1561

2y↑2

A vacation in the foreign land
Uncle Igor does the best he can...

@Yimeon

5y↑1

Metal make everything better

@wiedietie

3y↑1

In de kelder van TopPop opgenomen
Mooie tijden

@andreasartini889

And now this Song....and i think stop war ..

@aristarxoscylon2198

2y↑2

GREAT!!!!!!

@ClubViking63

3y↑3

This is so much better than the watered version Status Quo did.

@oldschoolskatefool

woah

@salvatorederuda2082

5y↑24

We are Sabaton...we play heavy metal!!!!!! This is Ghost Division!!!!!!!!!

@Gloerillero

status quo better than sabaton

@leonelramirez4401

Sabaton Army Gays

@ShaggyTheOnly

3y↑1

I always thought this was a Sabaton song, but after Leo's vid I see that this was the original, not gonna lie Sabatons cover sounds like what it should sound like, but respect for the original, Leo's cover is also good.

@jowanmokkink417

3y↑2

Respect for the brothers!!!!!!

@awe8275

3y↑3

Wusste nicht dass das das Original ist, Super 👍🏼

@alexisgabrielpadillaperez7860

7y↑3

deberían escuchar está rola todos los ochenteros se van a cordar dé algo grato

@peterquil282

4y↑1

Where the Vets at?? 🤘🏻😎 #hooah

@amateurwave3593

5y↑2

That beat drop! Brooooo

@robertogiullarini2509

Top

@rfj1156

4y↑3

The bassist at 3:12 looks like he's having some intense flashback

@ivans.191

Vietnam flashback

@sandorfintor

HOLY. SHIT.

@jalanis1980

7y↑39

Matt Damon!

@widgetfilms

5y↑3

That's not Matt Damon bro.

@mirkomanfredi192

5y↑1

Wyvernblue but really a great resemblance!

@mirkomanfredi192

5y↑1

jalanis1980 really! a haircut and they are identical

@steveguy3

5y↑2

@@widgetfilms check your eyes, that's definitely Matt Damon

@biskutnation

Hahaha, glad to see matt damon comment here, i was coming from a comparing video of cover & orginal version

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@edgarbalogh947

2y↑1

the original

@CptCool-xt8ht

3y↑2

Information Society sample this beat on Fire Tonight.

@lazn9863

2y↑1

Perfect song

@Liam-uh3pr

2y↑4

Unpopular opinion: the original is better.

@Nomercy123

3y↑2

Ο uncle Sam που λέει στην αρχή, άραγε το βίσμα του ήταν;

@Danno1983

Quo knockd this outta of the park

@user-md4fn1gu9c

4y↑7

Я пришел от лонгплей. Узнал ребят от кавера status quo

@zx48k65

Круть.

@mosku5106

keyboar man is playing at South african band Clout

@woodman3451

2:20 pianist SUPER

@robertmangl6954

OMFG the original! :)

Thinking about the song … well. I was subject ot the conscrption to the Austrian Bundesheer. Until this day I think I would gladly defend Austria with a weapon in hand if attacked, but I would also treat anyone who wants to come peacefully in a peaceful, respectful way. Even if I have to refuse him entry afterwards.

@leesawford

3y↑1

I thought the singer was that ‘window cleaner’ bloke from 70’s comedies !!

@mr.y.mysterious.video1

So did I from the thumbnail

@marcustorres8921

5y↑10

Sabaton is, my opinion, the best remake of this song. Status Quo made this a little less bland. But sabaton made this like something else.

@Blaster1995.

I disagree
Status quo version is way better than Sabaton.
Sabaton made this something different, doesn't mean something better.
Even tho I like all versions

@gpweaver

5y↑4

Status Quo made an anti-war protest song into a pro-war rah-rah-establishment song. Slimy, at best.

@timjowitt4882

@@gpweaver because Status Quo are a bunch of boomer bootlickers.

@howardbaxter2514

4y↑1

I agree. Sabaton made the song a lot more serious and personal. You get a sense that the song is sung from a soldier instead of an entity promoting pro-war or anti-war sentiments.