Everybody's Gone to War
Everybody's Gone to War is the best-selling single song by British singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot .
The song from their second album Fires was sent in advance and released as a download in March 2005. After the album became an independent success and was reissued, Everybody's Gone to War came on May 22, 2006 on the new record label 14th Floor Records (a sub-label of Warners ) a second time. It belongs to the pop-rock genre and was the first of her songs to reach number 14 on the British singles charts.
meaning
Everybody's Gone to War was created at the time of the Iraq war in 2003 and is considered a protest or anti-war song . Pallot composed it himself, like all of her songs on the Fires album .
As the album threatened to be a flop due to a small budget and the associated low promotion effort, Pallot began touring the UK as an opening act for established musicians. Through concert sales and online trading via MySpace , it was able to sell over 11,000 copies by spring 2006. Spurred on by this independent success, she was able to sign with the 14th Floor Records label. Then Fires was re-recorded and Everybody's Gone to War was released as a single on May 22, 2006. In addition to appearances on Top of the Pops and GMTV ( Good Morning Television , a British morning broadcaster) Pallot was also able to record a success in the radio UK airplay charts. The song climbed to number 3, making it the third most-played song in the country. The single entered the UK singles chart at number 37 and peaked at number 14.
Music video
For music television, a music video was shot for the single, in which the director Marc Klasfeld relocated the war scenario conveyed in the song to a supermarket. Fights with food between customers are staged in an ironic way.
production
Pallot composed the song in 2003 on bass guitar. During the production of their original album, it was re-recorded at Red Bus Studios London with the assistance of producer Howard Willing . The download version was released under Pallot's self-founded label Idaho Records . The song was re-released as a single on the 14th Floor Records label . Both tracks of the new single were taken from the re-released re-issue version of Fires and produced by Willing. Willing mixed Mr. King , the second track of the single. Chris Lord-Alge mixed the main track Everybody's Gone to War at Resonate Studios Los Angeles .
List of titles
The song was released as a download, in the form of a single song, as well as a CD and 7 ″ vinyl single with a newly recorded piece as well as the additional song Mr. King . The limited LP version ( Limited Edition ) contains a colored vinyl and a poster.
- Everybody's Gone to War (3:54)
- Mr. King (4:22)
occupation
- Lyle Workman - guitar in Everybody's Gone to War
- Tim Van der Kuil - bass guitar and guitar for Everybody's Gone to War, acoustic guitar for Mr. King
- Damon Wilson - drums in Everybody's Gone to War
- Susannah Melvoin - backing vocals on Everybody's Gone to War
- Roger Manning Jr. - Hammond B3 at Everybody's Gone to War
- Kevin Churko - keyboards for Everybody's Gone to War, sequencers for Mr. King
- Lenny Castro - percussion on Everybody's Gone to War
- Howard Willing - Sequencer at Everybody's Gone to War, Mr. King
- David Walsh - electric guitar for Mr. King
- Nerina Pallot - leading voice, backing vocals and piano on both tracks, electric guitar on Everybody's Gone to War, keyboards on Mr. King
Chart placements
The single topped the charts: number 14 in the United Kingdom, number 41 in Australia and number 48 in the Netherlands. In Germany, Pallot's Everybody's Gone to War - despite increasing popularity through appearances in the opening act of the James Blunt Tour - was not able to book a chart entry for himself, but was often played on many radio stations.
| week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| position | 37 | 14th | 15th | 23 | 37 | 46 | 51 | 52 | 66 | 9 |
Web links
- Everybody's Gone to War on MusicBrainz
- NDR 2 : Song review ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- hr3 : song review , August 2, 2006
- Digital Spy: Song Review ( Memento from April 21, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (English), March 27, 2006 - (
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Individual evidence
- ↑ SWR3 : Everybody's Gone to War Unplugged ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( Flash )
- ↑ 14th Floor Records (audio sample, 50 s): Everybody's Gone to War ( memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( WMA ), Everybody's Gone to War ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( RealAudio )
- ↑ Amateur video: Nerina Pallot presents Everybody's Gone to War @ Borders (Flash; Birmingham , May 24, 2006)
- ↑ Music video: Everybody's Gone to War (Flash), 14th Floor Records ( WMV ), 14th Floor Records ( memento of the original from October 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( RealVideo )
