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Everyone (Van Morrison song)
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Wikipedia article
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| artist = Van Morrison
| album = Moondance
| released = February 1970
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| genre = Baroque Pop
| length = 3:31
| label = Warner Bros. Records
| writer = Van Morrison
| producer = Van Morrison and Lewis Merenstein
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'"Everyone"' is the penultimate track on Van Morrison's 1970 album 'Moondance'.
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."Yorke. 'Into the Music', p.80
The song was used for the final shot of the film 'The Royal Tenenbaums', but did not appear on any of the film's soundtrack releases.
Personnel on original release
*Van Morrison vocals
*John Klingberg bass
*Jeff Labes clavinet
*Gary Mallaber drums
*John Platania guitar
*Jack Schroer soprano saxophone
*Collin Tilton flute
Notes
References
*Yorke, Ritchie (1975). 'Into The Music', London:Charisma Books,
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