"Everyone" is the penultimate track on Van Morrison's 1970 album Moondance.
| "Everyone" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Van Morrison | |
| from the album Moondance | |
| Released | February 1970 |
| Genre | Baroque Pop |
| Length | 3:31 |
| Label | Warner Bros. Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Van Morrison |
| Producer(s) | Van Morrison and Lewis Merenstein |
| Moondance track listing | |
10 tracks
| |
The song is the fastest on the album. It is in 12/8 time and features more prominent acoustic guitar than other tracks on Moondance where the piano is the main instrument. A notable feature of the intro is a clavinet. A hard but sparse drumbeat is offset by a melody played on the flute throughout the song, including a solo after the second chorus.
Morrison has said "'Everyone' is just a song of hope, that's what that is."[1]
The song was used for the final shot of the film The Royal Tenenbaums,[2] but did not appear on any of the film's soundtrack releases.