All Together Now (The Farm song)
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| Single by The Farm | ||||
| from the album Spartacus | ||||
| Released | 26 November 1990 (original) May 1995 (Everton release) 31 May 2004 (Euro 2004 version) |
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| Format | 7", 12", CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Madchester | |||
| Length | 5:41 | |||
| Label | Sire | |||
| Writer(s) | Johann Pachelbel, Peter Hooton and Steve Grimes | |||
| Producer(s) | Suggs | |||
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| "All Together Now (Strong Together)" | |
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"All Together Now (Strong Together)" cover
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| Promotional single by Goleo VI and Atomic Kitten | |
| Released | 13 May 2006 |
| Recorded | 2006 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Writer(s) | Hooton, Grimes |
"All Together Now" is a song by Liverpudlian baggy band The Farm from their album Spartacus, and links some of the band's favourite themes: socialism, brotherhood and football.
Peter Hooton wrote the lyrics in his early 20s after reading about the Christmas truce of 1914. The song was first recorded under the title "No Man's Land" for a John Peel session in 1983. In 1990, Hooton wrote the chorus after Steve Grimes suggested putting the lyrics of No Man's Land to the chord progression of Pachelbel's Canon. To shorten the song for radio, the producer Suggs cut the song to three verses from its original six. It has been used by numerous football teams since.
The song was produced by Suggs, a founding member of the band Madness, and recorded at Mayfair Studios. It took its inspiration from the Christmas Day Truce in World War I where on Christmas Day 1914 soldiers from both sides put their weapons down and met in no-mans-land to exchange gifts and play football. The music is similar to Johann Pachelbel's "Canon".
It was originally released on 26 November 1990 peaking at no.4 on the UK Singles Chart, no.1 in the NME Independent chart and no.7 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and its single cover showed a subbuteo figure wearing an army uniform and brandishing a Bren machine gun. It was also the last video shown on The Power Station on 8 April 1991.
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