Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

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“Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”
Single by Paul and Linda McCartney from the album Ram
B-side	"Too Many People"
Released	1971
Format	7"
Recorded	1970
Genre	Rock
Length	4:49
Label	Parlophone
Writer(s)	Paul McCartney Linda McCartney
Producer	Paul McCartney
Paul and Linda McCartney singles chronology
"Eat at Home" (1971) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (1971) "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 September 1971. 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, while Admiral "Bull" Halsey was a World War II figure). The sophisticated arrangement, production, sound effects, and vocal treatments strongly recall The Beatles during their psychedelic phase.

[edit] Song 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.

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Preceded by "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" by Bee Gees

Billboard Hot 100 number one single September 4, 1971

Succeeded by "Go Away Little Girl" by Donny Osmond