All Together Now (The Farm song)

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"All Together Now" is a song by the British band the Farm and the second single from their debut album, Spartacus (1991). The song was released in November 1990 by Produce Records. 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. 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 in March 1991. "All Together Now" has been used by numerous football teams since, including being the theme song to Sky Sports' coverage of The Football League between 2004 and 2009, as well as by the Labour Party for their 2017 general election campaign, often played during rallies. Plus, it...

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