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Vocal written and composed past Hughie Charles and Ross Parker, first recorded by Vera Lynn

1939 vocal by Vera Lynn

"We'll Meet Over again"
Sail music embrace
Song by Vera Lynn
Released	1939
Characterization	Michael Ross Limited
Songwriter(s)	Ross Parker, Hughie Charles
Producer(s)	Norman Dandy

"Nosotros'll Run across Once again" is a 1939 song by English singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by English language songwriters Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. The song is i of the most famous of the Second Globe War era, and resonated with soldiers going off to fight as well every bit their families and loved ones.

The song was published past Michael Ross Express, whose directors included Louis Carris, Ross Parker and Norman Keen. Cracking, an English pianist also collaborated with Parker and Hughie Charles on "We'll Meet Again" and many other songs published past the company, including "At that place'll Always Exist an England" and "I'm In Love For The Last Fourth dimension". The song'south original recording featured Lynn accompanied by Arthur Young on Novachord (an early on synthesizer), while a rerecording in 1953 featured a more than lavish instrumentation and a chorus of British War machine personnel.^[1] ^[two]

The song gave its name to the 1943 musical film We'll See Once again in which Lynn played the pb role (see 1943 in music). Lynn'due south 1953 recording is featured in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's 1964 picture show Dr. Strangelove – with a bitter irony, as the song accompanies a nuclear holocaust that wipes out humanity. It was also used in the closing scenes of the 1986 BBC television serial The Singing Detective. British director John Schlesinger used the song in his 1979 World State of war II motion picture Yanks, which is about British citizens and American soldiers during the war machine buildup in the UK as the Allies prepare for the Normandy landings.

During the Common cold War, Lynn's recording was included in the package of music and programmes held in 20 cloak-and-dagger radio stations of the BBC'south Wartime Broadcasting Service (WTBS), designed to provide public information and morale-boosting broadcasts for 100 days after a nuclear attack.^[3] The song reached number 29 on the U.S. charts. Lynn sang the song in London on the 60th anniversary of VE Solar day in 2005.

In April 2020, a charity duet with Katherine Jenkins, released in 2014, reached number 72 on the Britain Singles Chart, with gain going to National Health Service charities. In May 2020 following the 75th Anniversary celebrations of VE Twenty-four hour period, the solo version by Lynn also reached number 55 in the Uk chart.^[four]

Other performances [edit]

Numerous artists accept recorded this song.^[5]
Traditionally, this vocal is played on 5 May as a closure to the Liberation Day Concert in Amsterdam, to marking the end of Globe War II in the netherlands, as the monarch leaves the concert on a canal boat.^[6]
The Byrds recorded the vocal every bit the closing track of their debut album Mr. Tambourine Man in 1965, inspired by the song's use in Dr. Strangelove. The credit reversed their first names.^[7]
In 1980 the Viennese vocalizer Margot Werner released a German version called Muß ich auch geh'n. Different Lilli Marlene, which was popular with troops on both sides during World War Two, Muß ich auch geh'n is fiddling known in Germany.
Johnny Greenbacks recorded a comprehend version every bit part of his 2002 album American IV: The Homo Comes Around, the last album released in his lifetime.
The Ink Spots recorded a cover^[8]

In film and tv set [edit]

On the final episode of The Colbert Written report, the song was sung past Stephen Colbert in a more upbeat tempo with members of his family and an assembled crowd of many of his most prominent guests.^[9] ^[10]
The song was sung past Alfie Boe and Katherine Jenkins during the last performance at VE Day lxx: A Party to Call back at Horse Guards Parade in London in 2015.^[11]
On the picture Kong: Skull Island, John C. Reilly's character starts singing the song to a picture of his wife whom he has not seen in decades, as he is on the way to be rescued. Vera Lynn'due south version then starts playing and is also featured in the soundtrack album.^[12]
The kickoff trailer of season 3 of Westworld uses the song every bit the theme of the trailer.^[13] A vocal with same name composited by Ramin Djawadi is also used in the last episode of season 2.
On the blithe idiot box prove Gravity Falls, the principal antagonist of the series, Bill Cipher, sings information technology in the episode "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls".
In Episode half dozen of the French blithe series The Long Long Holiday, Colonel Douglas sings the vocal to Gaston.
At the end of the pic Dr. Strangelove, the song is played over footage of nuclear detonations.
In the last episode to the animated serial Freakazoid, "Normadeus", it ends with the entire bandage coming out in a group rendition of the vocal.
During season three of the show Stranger Things, the Vera Lynn recording plays during the stop of episode 4.^[14]
During episode 1 of season 5 of Gotham the song plays at the beginning
Pennyworth flavor 02 episode 07: the clubgoers all take over the song to shut the fascist soldiers up, while those are singing "Rule, Britannia!" in the club.
In Why Women Impale season 2 episode 3: the episode ends with the Vera Lynn recording.
The Johnny Cash recording is used in the trailer for the motion-picture show Jackass Forever
The song's featured in a scene in the 2019 motion-picture show The All-time of Enemies.
The Vera Lynn recording plays over the last cutscene of the Zombies fashion of Call of Duty: Black Ops Common cold State of war.
The song plays at the get-go of the credits in Far Weep 5, after attaining the Nuclear Catastrophe.
In Castle season 6 episode 9, the Vera Lynn recording is heard on a tape left behind for Castle and Beckett.^[15]

References in other works [edit]

On her last radio show, NPR host Liane Hansen quoted the song in her farewell address to listeners.^[sixteen]
On 5 April 2020, Queen Elizabeth II referenced the song in a rare televised accost that aired to United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the Commonwealth, where she expressed her gratitude for the efforts people are taking to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic virus and best-selling the severe challenges being faced by families across the world.^[17] The reference spurred covers by Westward End theatre stars with Lynn,^[xviii] Katherine Jenkins with Lynn,^[19] and by drag queens.^[twenty] Jenkins' version was released on iTunes equally a do good for the NHS Charities Together.^[nineteen]
A reference to the song appears on the 1979 Pink Floyd album The Wall. The vocal "Vera" invokes the themes of "Nosotros'll Meet Over again", request the listener: "Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? / Remember how she said that we would meet once more? / Some sunny solar day".

References [edit]

^ "Cover versions of We'll Meet Again by Vera Lynn with Arthur Young on the Novachord". Secondhandsongs.com.
^ "Vera Lynn – We'll Meet Over again / I'm Praying To St. Christopher". Discogs.com.
^ Hellen, Nicholas (xi July 1999). "Julie Andrews to sing to Brits during nuclear attack". The Sunday Times. London.
^ "Vera Lynn | full Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com.
^ "secondhandsongs.com". Secondhandsongs.com . Retrieved 29 January 2021.
^ "May 4 and five 2017 Amsterdam (Commemoration Day and Liberation Twenty-four hours)". Simplyamsterdam.nl . Retrieved seven Jan 2020.
^ Rogan, Johnny (1998). The Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited (ii ed.). Rogan House. pp. 81–87. ISBN0-9529540-i-X.
^ "The Ink Spots - Nosotros'll Meet Once again - YouTube". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 7 Jan 2021 – via YouTube.
^ "Stephen & Friends: "We'll Meet Again"". Thecolbertreport.cc.com . Retrieved 19 December 2014.
^ Thompson, Catherine (19 December 2014). "Here's Every Cameo In The Epic Finale Of 'The Colbert Report'". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 19 Dec 2014.
^ de Peyer, Robin (9 May 2015). "VE Mean solar day Concert Katherine Jenkins, Pixie Lott, Status Quo Lead Political party". Standard.co.uk . Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ Fane Saunders, Tristram (18 June 2020). "Nosotros'll Come across Once again: how Vera Lynn's song inspired everyone from Kubrick to the Queen". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ "Westworld Season 3 Trailer Breakdown: We'll Meet Once again – Film". Slashfilm.com. 22 July 2019.
^ "SERIES REVIEW — Stranger Things 3". Notveryprofoundfilm.medium.com. five July 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^ ""Castle" Disciple (Idiot box Episode 2013)". IMDb.com . Retrieved 24 February 2022.
^ Hansen, Liane (29 May 2011). "Farewell From Host Liane Hansen". NPR. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ "The Queen'due south coronavirus accost: 'We will meet over again'". BBC News. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ Hewitt, Phil (24 April 2020). "Matriarch Vera Lynn promises Britain theatre will thrive over again "some sunny day" – VIDEO". Littlehampton Gazette . Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Katherine Jenkins and Dame Vera Lynn'south "We'll See Again" reaches number one on iTunes charts". ITV. xvi Apr 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ Hudson, David. "WATCH: Drag queens perform powerful 'We'll See Again' to assistance elders". Queerty.com . Retrieved 24 Feb 2022.