Everyone (Van Morrison song)

"Everyone" is the penultimate track on Van Morrison's 1970 album Moondance.

"Everyone"
Song by Van Morrison
from the album Moondance
ReleasedFebruary 1970
GenreBaroque Pop
Length3:31
LabelWarner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s)Van Morrison
Producer(s)Van Morrison and Lewis Merenstein
Moondance track listing

The song is the fastest on the album. It is in 12/8 time and features more prominent acoustic guitar than other tracks on Moondance where the piano is the main instrument. A notable feature of the intro is a clavinet. A hard but sparse drumbeat is offset by a melody played on the flute throughout the song, including a solo after the second chorus.

Morrison has said "'Everyone' is just a song of hope, that's what that is."[1]

The song was used for the final shot of the film The Royal Tenenbaums,[2] but did not appear on any of the film's soundtrack releases.

Personnel on original release

Notes

  1. Yorke. Into the Music, p.80
  2. "Van Morrison filmography". imdb.com. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
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References

  • Yorke, Ritchie (1975). Into The Music, London:Charisma Books, ISBN 0-85947-013-X
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