All Together Now (The Farm song)

"All Together Now"
Single by The Farm
from the album Spartacus
Released
  • 26 November 1990 (original)
  • May 1995 (Everton release)
  • 31 May 2004 (Euro 2004 version)
Recorded1990
GenreMadchester[1]
Length
  • 3:59
  • 5:41 (album/12" version)
Label
Composer(s)Johann Pachelbel
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)Suggs
The Farm singles chronology
"Groovy Train"
(1990) 		"All Together Now"
(1990) 		"Sinful!"
(1991)
Music video
"All Together Now" on YouTube

"All Together Now" is a song by British band the Farm and the second single from their debut album, Spartacus (1991). The song was released in November 1990 by Produce, Jive, Sire, and Reprise. Vocalist of the band 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.[2] 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. Its accompanying music video received heavy rotation on MTV Europe.[3] "All Together Now" has been used by numerous football teams since, as well as by the Labour Party for their 2017 general election campaign, often played during rallies.

  1. ^ McLean, Craig (January 1998). "Essentials: Madchester". Spin. p. 98. ISSN 0886-3032.
  2. ^ Ken Garner (15 December 2010). The Peel Sessions: A story of teenage dreams and one man's love of new music. Ebury Publishing. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4090-7483-0.
  3. ^ "Station Reports > TV > MTV/London" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 13. 30 March 1991. p. 24. Retrieved 12 December 2022.