"Generals and Majors" is a song written by Colin Moulding of the English rock band XTC, released as the first single from their 1980 album Black Sea.

Moulding accordingly wrote the song as a satirical take on the phrase "oh, what a lovely war".

The track was initially released as a double 7" single with a gatefold sleeve, limited to 15,000 copies.

[4] The additional record featured Moulding's "Smokeless Zone" and Partridge's "The Somnambulist".

The music video shows the band playing servers and a group of men in military uniforms; one of them is Richard Branson, driving a Go-kart and jumping on a bouncy castle.