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"The Show Must Go On" (working titles "Who's Sorry Now", "(It's) Never Too Late") is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, from their 1979 album The Wall. It was written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour.




Recording and lyrics


Roger Waters wanted to create a Beach Boys type sound for the backing vocals, and got Bruce Johnston to come and help create it. The song's chord patterns closely resemble those found in "Mother", "In the Flesh", and "Waiting for the Worms".
The track does not appear in the 1982 film version of The Wall nor in Waters' post-Pink Floyd 1990 concert The Wall – Live in Berlin. It also has an extra verse that was cut from the studio album, but is included in the lyrics printed on its sleeve.

After this, the line "There must be some mistake..." appears.
The full song was performed live in concert, and as such appears on Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81. It was also included on Waters' 2010-2013 solo Wall tour, the concert film, and the album of that tour.
It is the only song from the album on which Waters does not perform any instrument or vocal, although his voice is on unofficially released recordings of the demo. He is singing a verse that was cut from the final version and has never been played live, located right before David Gilmour's bridge:




Plot


As with the other songs on The Wall, "The Show Must Go On" tells a segment of the story of Pink, the story's protagonist. This song leads into "In the Flesh", where the show is performed by Pink as he begins to mentally unravel and hallucinate that he is a fascist dictator.




Personnel


Pink Floyd

David Gilmour – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, roto toms
Nick Mason – drums
Richard Wright – Prophet-5, backing vocals
Additional musicians

Bob Ezrin – Prophet-5, piano
Bruce Johnston – backing vocals
Joe Chemay – backing vocals
Stan Farber – backing vocals
Jim Haas – backing vocals
John Joyce – backing vocals
Toni Tennille – backing vocals
Personnel per Fitch and Mahon.




References






Further reading


Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. ISBN 1-894959-24-8.

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