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"The Show Must Go On" (working titles "Who's Sorry Now", "(It's) Never Too Late") is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, from their 1979 album The Wall.[1][2] It was written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour.[2]

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"The Show Must Go On"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album The Wall
Published	Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd
Released	30 November 1979 (1979-11-30) (UK) 8 December 1979 (US)
Recorded	April – November 1979
Genre	Art rock, progressive rock, rock opera
Length	1:36
Label	Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters

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, but this was only after the Beach Boys themselves had agreed to do so, only to cancel at the last possible moment (the morning of the session, 2 October 1979). 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[2] nor in Waters' post-Pink Floyd 1990 concert The Wall – Live in Berlin.[2] It also has an extra verse that was cut from the studio album, but is nevertheless included in the lyrics printed on its sleeve.

After this, the line "There must be some mistake..." starts.

The full song was performed live in concert, and as such appears on Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81.[2] It was also included on Waters' 2010-2013 solo Wall tour, and is included in the concert film and album of that tour.

It's the only song from the album which Waters does not perform any kind of instrument and vocal, although his voice is audible on unofficially released recordings of the demo. He is heard 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

Music & lyrics by Roger Waters

• David Gilmour – vocals, guitars, bass guitar, roto toms
• Nick Mason – drums
• Richard Wright – synthesiser

with:

• Bob Ezrin – synthesiser, 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.[4]

References

Further reading

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

На других языках

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- [en] The Show Must Go On (Pink Floyd song)

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[es] The Show Must Go On (canción de Pink Floyd)

The Show Must Go On (títulos anteriores: Who's Sorry Now, (It's) Never Too Late), es una canción de la banda de rock progresivo Pink Floyd, que salió en el álbum de 1979, The Wall, y fue excluida de la película Pink Floyd – The Wall, basada en el álbum. Fue escrita por Roger Waters y cantada por David Gilmour. Roger Waters quería crear un sonido parecido al de los "Beach Boys" para las voces, y consiguió que Bruce Johnston lo ayudara en el proceso. Los acordes de la canción son similares a los de "Mother", "In the Flesh", y "Waiting for the Worms". La canción también se asimila a los patrones de las canciones de Queen no sólo en la armonización de las voces sino también por su letra y título. (Queen grabaría una canción del mismo nombre en 1991, la cual empieza con la frase "Empty Spaces", nombre de otra canción del álbum "The Wall"). La pista no aparece en la versión fílmica de 1982 de The Wall ni en el posterior concierto de Roger Waters de 1990 "The Wall Live in Berlin". Incluso tiene un verso extra que fue cortado en la edición del álbum de estudio, pero igualmente aparece en la escritura del álbum:

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