Everybody's Gone to War

"Everybody's Gone to War"
Single by Nerina Pallot
from the album Fires
B-side"Mr. King"
Released22 May 2006 (2006-05-22)
Studio
  • Sage and Sound (Los Angeles)
  • Eastcote, Nerina's House (London)
Length3:54
Label
Songwriter(s)Nerina Pallot
Producer(s)Howard Willing
Nerina Pallot singles chronology
"All Good People"
(2005)
"Everybody's Gone to War"
(2006)
"Sophia"
(2006)

"Everybody's Gone to War" is a song written and performed by British singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot. The song, an anti-war protest, was written during the early stages of the Iraq War in 2003 and was composed on bass guitar by Pallot.[citation needed] Originally distributed as a promotional CD in 2004, the song was commercially issued as the third single from Pallot's second album, Fires, on 22 May 2006, reaching number 14 on the UK Singles Chart the same month.

The accompanying music video features Pallot and other shoppers engaging in a 'food fight' in a busy supermarket. Directed by Marc Klasfeld, it received heavy rotation on British music channels with many people praising the humorous setting despite depicting a darker message within.[citation needed]