Russians & Americans is the tenth studio album by Al Stewart released in 1984.

[1] The album was re-released on the Collector's Choice label in 2007, with all tracks from both issues.

However, instead of the romantic lyrics put forth with the original, Stewart has altered them using the context of political overreach and how such victimises other nations and indigenous peoples.

In fact, very few of the song's lines escape change excepting: "One, two, three, that's how elementary it's gonna be" and "...Like taking candy from a baby."

Known for his songs that use historical events as inspiration, Stewart instead focused on the very real tensions between the two superpowers of 1983.