Talk:We'll Meet Again

Removed arcana related to HS class
For the second straight day, I just removed non-notable content, related to a high school class in Harrisburg, PA. I am going to leave a notice on Rempe's talk page, as well. Rolando (talk) 00:12, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Novachord
there seem to be two widely known versions of this song, one featuring Arthur Young at the Hammond Novachord (which I believe is the recording played at Walt Disney World and Disney's California Adventure) and the other features a backing band and additional vocalists. does anyone know why the Novachord version exists, and can anyone find a source to support my claim? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.49.251.170 (talk) 10:31, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

i think i'm a reasonably smart guy, but i have no idea what is meant by #29us,1954, apparently referring to vera lynn. perhaps some explanation is in order.Toyokuni3 (talk) 04:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Vera Lynn: 40's original and 50's rerecording
Vera Lynn's original recording was from I believe 1940. It differs very much from the later rerecording she did of the song, with said later recording from sometime in the 1950s. The latter 50's rerecording is the one heard in "Dr. Strangelove" et al. The original is much simpler and lacks the chorus and orchestra and overall the jubilation of the later, and is more a somber song. Someone more knowledgeable of the era's music would likely know proper sources, but I do ask that this be edited into the article.--67.240.156.83 (talk) 05:17, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

German version
The other day I heard a snatch of this song with German lyrics and presume that it was a post WW2 version. Unfortunately, I didn't catch the title (the station was on the 49 metre SW band and there was a lot of noise) but it would be good to find out more and add to the article. I've tried Google but in vain. Does anyone know? Mikeo1938 (talk) 13:16, 7 September 2015 (UTC)

New performances
The D-Day Darlings uploaded this performance in November 2018. Does it warrant inclusion? -- SpareSimian (talk) 09:53, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

This page needs some corrections made: The original recording was made in 1939, featuring Mr. Arthur Young on the “Novachord” (Decca DR3884) The recording used at the end of Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove" was recorded in January 1953, not 1943, (Decca DR17522) and featured the voices of “Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen of Her Majesty’s Forces” (which was the part that puzzled me, because Elizabeth wasn’t crowned until 1953.) (The information about the song on the “Wikipedia” page incorrectly states that the recording was made in 1943.) There is another "Alternate Version" which was recorded in 1953, which seems to be a bit obscure, and I was not able to find much information about it. It can be found on YouTube HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQt17HLaFvI It is interesting to note that the version most familiar to current day listener's is the 1953 recording Kubrick used in "Dr. Strangelove". There were more up-tempo versions performed by Ms. Lynn during the war years, such as this live recording of her performing for RAF troops in 1943: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5C4meGkNyc All of this information was pretty easy to find with some simple Google searches. 03/19/20 Skimohawk```` I will leave it to those more qualified to work this information into the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skimohawk (talk • contribs) 10:15, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Queen E II
Queen Elizabeth just used the phrase in her speech about covid-19. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-52174772/the-queen-s-coronavirus-address-we-will-meet-again Kdammers (talk) 12:11, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Comparison of 1939 Novachord and 1943 WW2 (orchestral) recordings.
The original 1939 recording is on YouTube, here: Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again (1939 Novachord Version)

In the comment section, user Kim Damien Eriksen posted two comments providing interesting background, which someone with more time could usefully use to flesh out this article. (In particular, I was hoping to find the differences in the lyrics between original and later versions actually spelt out here.)

A little later, Kim replied to his own comment with some more information (also adding credibility to him as a source):

There you go. You can possibly imagine my disappointment to find that the Wikipedia article on the song was shorter and less informative than Kim's YouTube comment!

Update -- lyrics differences.

The main difference to the lyrics is in this verse:

Original

Later:

There may be other differences too, but work calls...!

-- EdJogg (talk) 08:17, 19 June 2020 (UTC)  (Flying visit. Message me if you need a response!) 

We'll meet again?
Why on earth are you hellbent on removing the part on the songs appearances on tv shows? a few weeks ago I visited the songs page to figure out where i had heard it before, and found the information i was looking for in that section. And it made me happy. Wikipedia is about the end user experience. and you are not adding to it, you are ruining it. 02:37, 19 July 2022 (UTC) kind regards, your friendly neighbourhood Wabadoodel Wabadoodel (talk) 02:37, 19 July 2022 (UTC)


 * Please read MOS:POPCULT. SImple reference are not enough. Also please see WP:IMDB and WP:RSDISCOGS. They just are not reliable sources are they are user generated.--Egghead06 (talk) 04:36, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I wholly agree with your sentiment. 25galepley (talk) 13:27, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Public Domain Info
This composition will be public domain in 2035, which is 96 years after 1939, since its copyright was renewed under R393552. The 1953 recording by Lynn will be public domain in 2064, which is 111 years after publication, under the Music Modernization Act. SDudley (talk) 00:43, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Dr. Strangelove
We're seriously not going to mention that it's the closing song of Dr. Strangelove, with a montage of nuclear explosions on screen? Nsayer (talk) 23:49, 9 July 2024 (UTC)