Daily Mirror stated that it is one of 1990's "most memorable songs" and "such a catchy song". Larry Flick from American magazine Billboard described it as "anthemic". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic called "All Together Now" "goofily endearing" and a "truly memorable" single. It was also the last video shown on The Power Station on 8 April 1991.
Its single cover showed a subbuteo figure wearing an army uniform and brandishing a Bren machine gun. It was originally released on 26 November 1990 peaking at No. The song has a chord sequence taken directly from Johann Pachelbel's " Canon". The lyrics were written about the Christmas Day Truce in World War I where, on Christmas Day 1914, soldiers from both sides put their weapons down, and met in no mans land to exchange gifts and play football. The song was produced by Suggs, a founding member of the band Madness, and recorded at Mayfair Studios. It has been used by numerous football teams since, as well as by the Labour Party for their 2017 general election campaign, often played during rallies. To shorten the song for radio, the producer Suggs cut the song to three verses from its original six. In 1990, Hooton wrote the chorus after Steve Grimes suggested putting the lyrics of "No Man's Land" to the chord progression of Pachelbel's Canon.
The song was first recorded under the title "No Man's Land" for a John Peel session in 1983.
Peter Hooton wrote the lyrics in his early 20s, after reading about the Christmas truce of 1914. " All Together Now" is a song by British band The Farm from their 1991 album Spartacus. Johann Pachelbel, Peter Hooton and Steve Grimes 1990 single by The Farm "All Together Now"
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