Vera (song)

"Vera"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album The Wall
Published	Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd
Released	30 November 1979 (UK) 8 December 1979 (US)
Recorded	April–November 1979
Genre	Art rock
Length	1:35
Label	Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter	Roger Waters
Producers	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters
Official audio
"Vera" on YouTube

"Vera" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd that appears on their eleventh studio album, The Wall (1979). ^{[1] [2]}

Title

The title is a reference to Vera Lynn, an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during the Second World War, with a popular song being 1939's "We'll Meet Again", that's referenced in this song.

The song's intro features a collage of superimposed audio excerpts from the British war film Battle of Britain (1969). Among the used clips are a piece of dialogue ("Where the hell are you, Simon?"), a BBC broadcast and battle sound effects.

Personnel

Pink Floyd

• Roger Waters – vocals, acoustic guitar
• David Gilmour – acoustic guitar, bass guitar
• Richard Wright – Prophet-5 synthesiser

with:

• The New York Symphony Orchestra

Personnel per Fitch and Mahon. ^[3]

Further reading

• Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN   1-894959-24-8.

See also

• List of anti-war songs

References

1. Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN   1-84195-551-5.
2. Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN   0-7119-4301-X.
3. Fitch, Vernon and Mahon, Richard, Comfortably Numb — A History of The Wall 1978–1981, 2006, p. 96.