Everybody's Gone to War

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"Everybody's Gone to War"
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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.

Contents

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 ]

Chart performance

After the album proved a commercial flop, Nerina Pallot toured as a support act for an array of other artists, and in 2006, she was signed to 14th Floor Records, impressed by reaction to her live sets.[ citation needed ] They reissued the album to greater success in the spring, and released "Everybody's Gone to War" as a commercial single on 22 May 2006, [1] on the back of performances on Top of the Pops and GMTV .[ citation needed ] The single charted at number 37 on download sales alone and jumped to number 14 the following week, making it Pallot's highest chart peak in the UK. [2]

Track listing

UK CD and 7-inch single [3] [4]

  1. "Everybody's Gone to War" – 3:54
  2. "Mr. King" – 4:22

Australian CD single [5]

  1. "Everybody's Gone to War" – 3:54
  2. "Mr. King" – 4:22
  3. "Everybody's Gone to War" (strings version) – 3:53

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK 7-inch single sleeve. [4]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom2004Promotional CDIdaho [12]
22 May 2006CD14th Floor [1]
Australia28 August 2006 [13]

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  2. 1 2 "Nerina Pallot: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
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  4. 1 2 Everybody's Gone to War (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Nerina Pallot. 14th Floor Records. 2006. 14FLR13V, 5051011-4340-7-5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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