Music Hub
Advertisement

You'll Never Walk Alone "is a song written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II for the musical Carousel (1945). The number is variously recorded by different artists, whose version of Gerry & the pacemakers is probably the best known, although this version is affected by the version that has made Gene Vincent . The very first version was by Ferenc Molnár, a novelist and playwright who controls Hong wrote the music for the play ' Liliom ' in 1909.

Content[]

[hide]*1 Gerry & the pacemakers


You'll never walk alone
Single from:

Gerry & the pacemakers

B-side (s) It's all right 

1963 We got the whole world in our hands 1995

Released 19631995
Type of carrier CD single , Vinyl single
Genre Pop Music
Duration 2: 39
Tag Columbia (EMI), White House
Writer (s) Oscar Hammerstein IIRichard Rodgers
Position (s) in the charts
  1. 1 (United Kingdom)
  2. 24 (Dutch Top 40)
  3. 34 (Dutch Single Top 100)
Gerry & the pacemakers
1989

Ferry ' cross the Mersey

1995

You'll never walk alone

-
Portal  [1]   Music

Gerry & the pacemakers[Edit][]

[2][3]The Shankly Gates from Anfield, home of Liverpool FC.

In Europe, the song is best known in the version of the Liverpudlian band Gerry & the pacemakers, which have recorded the song in 1963. This version remained four weeks at number 1 in the British singles chart. It was an instant anthem for the fans of Liverpool FC and the song is sung at every game on a massive scale. Nowadays are the words you'll Never Walk Alone included in the club logo.

In addition to the Liverpool fans have the supporters of a number of other teams included the song in the repertoire, including:

Chart Positions[Edit][]

Dutch Top 40[Edit][]

Chart positions: 04-03-1995 up to and including 08-04-1995
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6
Position: 37 32 27 25 24 32 from

Dutch Single Top 100[Edit][]

Chart positions: 04-03-1995-01-04-1995
Week: 1 2 3 4 5
Position: 43 36 34 37 50 from

Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]

Number (s) with markings

in the Radio 2 Top 2000

' 99 ' 00 ' 01 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 07 ' 08 ' 09 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13
You'll never walk alone 296 504 868 718 526 656 632 632 708 624 646 25 ° 614 731 633

You never walk alone
Single from:

Lee Towers

From the album:

''It's raining in my heart''

B-side (s) It's so hard
Released 1976
Type of carrier Vinyl single
Genre Pop Music
Duration 3: 07 am
Tag Ariola
Writer (s) Oscar Hammerstein IIRichard Rodgers
Position (s) in the charts
  1. 4 (Dutch Single Top 100)
  2. 5 (Dutch Top 40)
Lee Towers
1976

It's raining in my heart

1976

You never walk alone

1976

Everyday

Portal  [4]   Music

Lee Towers[Edit][]

In 1976 brought the Dutch singer Lee Towers a cover of the song under the name You never walk alone. This version number later grew from a favorite among the followers of football club Feyenoord. Towers itself is also supporter of the Rotterdam club.

Chart Positions[Edit][]

Dutch Top 40[Edit][]

Chart positions: 26-06-1976 t/m 07-08-1976
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Position: 16 12 5 6 13 17 36 from

Dutch Single Top 100[Edit][]

Chart positions: 19-06-1976 t/m 31-07-1976
Week: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Position: 23 14 7 4 7 13 24 from

Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]

Number (s) with markings

in the Radio 2 Top 2000

' 99 ' 00 ' 01 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 07 ' 08 ' 09 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13
You never walk alone - 1019 1497 1055 1217 1206 1497 1415 988 1217 1610 1549 1332 1337 1323

You'll never walk alone
Single from:

The Crowd

B-side (s) Messages
Released 1985
Type of carrier Vinyl single
Genre Pop Music
Duration 2: 40
Tag Dureco
Writer (s) Oscar Hammerstein IIRichard Rodgers
Producer (s) Graham Gouldman
Position (s) in the charts
  1. 1 (United Kingdom)
  2. 30 (Dutch Single Top 100)
The Crowd
- 1985

You'll never walk alone

-
Portal  [5]   Music

The Crowd[Edit][]

In 1985 the number reached the number 1 position in the British charts. It was then recorded by occasion formation The Crowd (including Paul McCartneyand Gerry Marsden) for the benefit of the victims of the fire during the Bradford City Stadium disaster on 11 may in the Valley Parade Stadium in Bradford in which 56 people were killed. In the Netherlands reached number one thirtieth place in the Dutch Single Top 100 while the song album to fail and the Dutch Top 40 in the Tipparade at number 3 got stuck.

Chart Positions[Edit][]

Dutch Single Top 100[Edit][]

Chart positions: 27-07-1985-10-08-1985
Week: 1 2 3
Position: 35 30 43 from

Other versions[Edit][]

Trivia[Edit][]

  • Jerry Lewis sings the song at the end of every MDA Telethon.
Advertisement