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Synonymous with European nights at Anfield, Liverpool fans have long belted out Gerry and the Pacemaker's version of You'll Never Walk Alone in the terraces before games begin.
It has became one of the most well known and loved songs in football fan culture, but what are the songs origins when it comes to being so beloved on the red part of Merseyside - and why did it become Liverpool's own?
Written by Michael Walker, illustrated by Philippe Fenner.
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#liverpool #anfield #premierleague
Klopp for the Kop and Arsene for Arsenal. Matches made in heaven.
Back then,i legit thought that Arsenal were named after Arsene Wenger
@@zakihidayat468 lol
@@zakihidayat468It was. Used to be called London Red before. Look at old PES games
@@zakihidayat468 I think everyone thought that at least once
😂@@IMMERSIVEVOICE
Not a coincidence that klopp ended up in Liverpool 😅
The matrix sometimes glitches and gives something good.
@@thefacelessquestion3333 what do you mean? Elaborate
as a Dortmund fan the song just means community for me. standing in the crowd, you are not just an individual but one part of a huge fan culture of the biggest sport in the world. the song belongs to liverpool, yes, but I think this is THE football song that unites all of us. we love football and no matter what colours we support, we are one family. football is a sport that needs two teams to be played. this means you need to give everything to support your team and you also have to pay respect for your opponent at any time. only together can football, the thing we love, be realized
Thats a Liverpool song clearly adopted it first. Just curious why doesn’t Dortmund singing German songs or sing it in German??
@@BeitBridg Dortmund sing a bunch of songs. do you really think they only sing YNWA? :D YNWA is the only non-german song sung by Dortmund supporters as far as I know.
@@6ch6ris6 I don't know thats why Im asking..
Same for me I’m a Celtic fan YNWA alone is spectacular every-time we sing it
would u say doetmund or german fans in general create a better atmosphere than lfc fans people always talk about going to anfield is rhe hardest place to go in europe
Because singing “You’ll Always Walk Alone” sounds too nihilistic.
Lmfao
Its not quite me.... I believe and practice ynwa but I believe I will always walk alone.
@Florentino Perez it works with both
how about you'll sometimes walk alone?
😆🤣
Im a real madrid fan but after liverpool fans aplauded real wins in anfield the had my respect forever they respect beautiful football was there team or othere
Been a Liverpool fan my entire life, and so was my dad. He passed away when I was 12, back in 2012. YNWA has so much meaning for my family and we sing it every year in celebration of him. Still gets me emotional when I watch the games week in and out. I hope I get to Anfield one day to experience it myself
Omg same
Where are you from
@@bhanuvedantam2413 U.S., dad from Ireland originally
I'm headed to Anfield to watch the Liverpool legends v Celtic legends match on the 25h of this month. My dad first took me to Anfield 20 years ago, when I was 15. I've always wanted to go back. I'm happy that I finally get to go back after all these years :)
Mickey, message me if you need help. Tickets are nigh on impossible to get but I might be able to help.
Klopp should coach at Celtic and Feyenoord to complete the set
Ange and Klopp job swap will happen
@Regi Blinkered While it's almost guaranteed that Ange will manage a top EPL club, there's no chance Klopp will end up at Celtic Park🍀
Bearing in mind that Klopp is said to be on FIFTEEN million a year, while Ange is on somewhere between £2 - £2.5m. Klopp isn't coming to Glasgow for that...besides the SPL offers nothing for a guy in his position.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 nice wee retirement job for Klopp
@Regi Blinkered ikyku7pb j.⁸...if he's inclined, and Celtic were happy to knowingly enter into that kind of agreement. I'd be perfectly happy to drop down to £2.5m a year🤪 to add to my retirement fund, though I can't speak for Klippity Klopp. Dunno how attractive he'd find the job though - I suppose it'd depend on when the position came up and where he was in his career 🍀
In germany the first club that adopted Youll never Walk Alone was Kaiserslautern in the early 90s.
St Pauli still sings it too, which Seb should know.
That is perfect timing for Liverpool big win 😎
Impossible to not get chills from that rendition of YNWA at the end of Pink Floyd's Fearless, if it doesn't stir any emotion in you I swear your not human.
rubbish. Plenty of better anthems than the tourist club LFC
@@TheAlphaDingo it’s not a competition. It’s a feeling.
@@shardulniraula8846 It's not but plastics, glory hunters and casuals seem to think LFC is the only club who does it or that it's somehow unique to them which is a load of Salah sized camel dung
@@TheAlphaDingo jealousy is not a nice trait to have.
You pick the place and I'll choose the time - and I'll climb, that hill in my own way...
Possibly the greatest, and certainly most moving rendition of YNWA was sung at Celtic Park, when Kenny Dalglish brought Liverpool to Glasgow for the Hillsborough benefit match. The crowd was unsegregated, which only added to the occasion.
Yeah, that one brought tears to grown men
The one after 4-0 barcelona hits incredibly hard as well
Has to be Dortmund in the Europa League in April 2016 for me. Literally the whole stadium singing in unison, so close to the anniversary of Hillsborough and less than 2 weeks before the publication of the inquest declaring the 97 unlawfully killed. It really hit home that day what it meant to be fans together in a stadium
Liverpool and Celtic have always been buddies. Up the Liverpool and celtic 🔴☘️
Well, you have just described how culture forms and gains significance. Beautiful.
Pink Floyd also incorporated the Liverpool YNWA chant in their song Fearless from the early 70's, a very good one I must say
I always thought they mixed liverpool and Everton fans together, to me it always sounded like everpool?
It's amazing how organically it became their anthem.
What I love about YNWA is, it's not really a football song but a song about the up-and-down of life, about gathering the strength to get through setbacks, tragedies in life, and during that process we realize that there are people who will be with you and help you overcome those setbacks. That's what life should be, it won't never be easy-going but you and your families, your friends, your comrades will be better after heartbreaks. And Liverpool had so many difficult moments in its history, and it still stays strong after those. It simply resonates with me than other songs (especially the "Glory, Glory" song that Spurs, Man Utd and Leeds have), I always get emotional when listening to it.
I’ve figured out why Joe’s narration is the best: he doesn’t speedrun the voiceover and he enunciates each word separately.
Just not able to listen with the voiceover. The previous was so much more legible and so clear.
Amazing Video, eventho very fast pasted. The arts have a big impact on the football world and makes the culture of certain clubs stand out! Would be interestin to explore the overlap more in the future.
Seb, I'm digging the work, but it feels like you're almost rushing through everything. Just add a bit more pause at periods and ESPECIALLY at the end of paragraphs/sections and it'd be significantly better. These videos feel almost like a verbal sprint to get through them, and the speed doesn't really let the words sink in.
You're so right. I could hardly catch up with what he was saying
Such a blessing city for giving the world beautiful music and a great football team. Fans chanting started to emerge in the 60s the first club to put a records on PA speaker is Liverpool
The city of Liverpool also designed and created goal nets. If it wasn’t for the scousers, we’d still be chasing after our footballs after every goal 😂
@@joshg2603 By an Everton supporter*
@@TacitusKilgore165 I never said anything about clubs? More the city of Liverpool. Just think the first ever goal nets were trialed in Stanley park, Liverpool. Which didn’t just influence football, but many other sports.
@@TacitusKilgore165 No by a scouser. Him supporting Everton is irrelevant. Nice try tho "Manc" 🤢
@@TacitusKilgore165 Mancs have contributed nothing to football but cheating
Very well presented. The previous guy’s voice became synonymous with this channel. Something about his voice made me subscribe to this channel
I miss the old guy tbh new guy still doesn’t sound comfortable
@@KlassicLoL Joe should be back narrating videos soon, I think. Jon has filled in for him admirably while Joe's on holiday.
St Pauli also... its an amazing anthem, and for it to be told its organic roots like this is wonderful..cheers TIFO
Hey Tifo can you make a video Basque managers in the premier league , currently there is 4 basque coaches ( emery , arteta, lopetegui and javi Garcia) is very peculiar that small region in Spain can have that many coaches
wow thats actually very interesting, i didnt know they were all basques..thats a great idea for a video
Isn't Guardiola Basque too? Catalans are Basque, no?
@@fromthefountofyouth no catalans are not basque the basque teams in la liga are Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Deportivo Alavés.
@@dagzey Thanks for your response. I thought they were culturally the same given their similar separatist ideals.
it was sung on an episode of Cheers season 1 episode "Father Knows Last" - Carla was pregnant again without a husband or partner to help her
This wonderful club is really Klopp's faith. Great video^^
Probably the best Tifo video, Who is cutting onions at this auspicious time...
We miss the old TIFO voice 😥
I believe Joe is ill.
he’ll be back, he’s on a break at the moment
i am honestly having a hard time to understand the new voice
@@6ch6ris6 me too
@@cabhan he's always on a break
We miss you Bovine!
What a great video ❤
Liverpool-7 Manchester United -0,what a night it was!
Recommend you looking into the Cunard Yanks, lads from the Merchant Navy who would bring records back from the US to Liverpool and were there at the start of the musical revolution that was Merseybeat.
Loads of clubs used to sing YNWA. From Celtic to Leeds. Some like Celtic still do.
Watch the video
Borussia Dortmund also
This video is specifically about Liverpool not about loads of clubs
Liverpool sang it first as the video explains
They all sing it because of Liverpool.
I’m Liverpool fan and Real Madrid because Ronaldo became my favourite player all time when he was at Real Madrid, but when he went back to Manchester United, I only liked Ronaldo but not man united, when Ronaldo lost his child, I just loved when my fellow Liverpool Supporters did for him at the 7th minute. Also with how much respect as Liverpool supporters has shown to Real Madrid, and Real Madrid has shown to Liverpool makes me delighted as a fan of both clubs in separate leagues.
I read about this story first in John Green‘s wonderful book „The Anthropocene Reviewed“.
I'd love to have Ange as Klopp's successor
Liverpool has the best rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone, in my opinion. I myself am a Feyenoord fan, but I prefer to sing some of our other songs. Though the Towers' version of You'll Never Walk Alone we adopted in late 1970s is fantastic too.
As a music teacher, it's agonising to listen to the crowds at Anfield sing it, because the song is in a 6/8 time signature, but the crowd always tries to squeeze it into 4/4, and ends up doing neither. I always wish there was someone there with a megaphone or a drum keeping them in time. Please count to six. Count to siiiiiiiiix.
You’d get laughed out of anfield if you brought in a megaphone or a drum 😂
That’s the problem with music teachers ,they are too stiff arsed to appreciate the difference between just singing a song & delivering it with soul .
You can just about take your bottle of water in, never mind a whole band of instruments 😂
7-0
Bring the old voiceover guy back please😢😢😢
This new narrator is.. different. Certainly not Joe Devine, but I can get used to this.
He's Seb, Joe's on vacation.
You've never watched/listened to the podcast?
BRO WHY IS SEB TALKING SO FAST ?!?! DOES HE NEED TO GO TO THE TOILET OR SOMETHING ?!?!
Thank you Seb🤌🏼
Do this again, but for Glad all Over and Crystal Palace
The connection with Klopp's former clubs is pretty damn special. YNWA
Thanks, Tifo! Hearing Seb doing the voiceover is a nice change!
We at Feyenoord are well aware of the fact that it is made in Liverpool, and can never be done the way they do it there. But the message is the same, even across the sea.
I could be wrong, but I reckon Gerry Marsden knew this song from Gene Vincent’s 1957 version rather than the original musical.
a bit late, but please can you make a video explaining the fixing saga on going at Barcelona?
And theres a country music band long ago....singing a lovely version....in usa...check it out. ❤
Genoa CFC also adopted You'll Never Walk Alone
Great song anyway, I hope the other underground band’s Hey Jude will become our song next season! Na Na Na nanana!
Great Manifestation
Hopefully not. Awful song.
@@aaronadams9625 I think that was a joke.
Voice over quality is low on this one...
Tox-teth 🤣🤣 lol. That gave me a laugh
Please make an analysis video about LIVMAN the historic 7-0 victory/defeat sir
Genoa also sing ynwa and have a banner across the g nord
Telemundo here in America and the rest of Latin America at the bottom the screen wrote in the small box that in 1945 Liverpool adopted the song and the one's who created it where from Liverpool. Chilling video.
Alberto Moreno: You’ll Never Wallalone
I hope the ORIGINAL "owners" of this song still gets royalties from it.
St. Puali sing it also lads
I don't like Liverpool much, But YNWA gives me chills and the atmosphere at Anfield is something else🔥...
That’s great, when did you visit anfield?
You’re joking right? They don’t make a sound after YNWA is blasted through the PA system… liverpool is a tourist club, one of the worst atmosphere I have ever experienced was at anfield
@@vangledosh I don’t believe you’ve ever been in a English football club.. same for varsha above..
YNWA ❤️
"That's how it is"😂
Ask Karius if he walked alone after that CL final...
The previous voice over was so much better... What happened to him? 😕🤷🏽♀️
Liverpool FC 🔥🔥🔥
As a non-native speaker of the English language I am having a hard time understanding what the narrator is saying. I didn't have this issue with the previous narrator.
Hahahaaaa. Gerry Marsden born in where. Never heard Toxteth pronounced like tha
Who did the voiceover? His voice is not clear. Had to turn on CC.
Today they can sing You'll never score alone....
Lovely visuals on that video. YNWA
klopp ❤
You forgot the The Pink Floyd connection. I think it was on their Meddle album, featuring the Kop singing it.
Klopp to Celtic next? Not for a long time hopefully tho.
When is Joe back?
didn't understand a word of what was just said🙂
Just commenting here that Feyenoord also use YNWA as anthem. Proly why they choose Arne Slot to be their next manager after Klopp 😂
Klopp was born to manage Liverpool
Because it gets the people GOING
It's provocative
@@ogkage exactly 🤣🤣🤣
Klopp should matchmake Liverpool, Dortmund and Mainz to become Football alliance. Helping each other to achieve great things.
Youll never walk again 🦿
The forefathers of football
When is Joe narrating again?
When Liverpool wins the title again..
The previous voice overs were much better
YNWA at Anfield is football heritage.
More like ancient history.
@@ThomasThomasAndrew 7
@@ThomasThomasAndrew Cry more bitter old manc
Oh dear
Because a speaker plays it and about 300 people there know the words
the pacing and intonation in the narration is impossible to follow
Alberto Aqualani was not a recepient of YNWA.
Here after 7-0
Would've loved for it to have been a Beatles song
I like Seb on podcasts, but in these narrated videos, he seems to just quickly rattle through the text without much articulation
Seriously Liverpool FC needs to change their anthem to “One Kiss Is All It Takes” LFC’s anthem in 1945: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” LFC’s anthem in 2018: “One Kiss Is All It Takes”
In the 70s, every team in England sang it, including England matches.
I doubt liverpool were as hated back then
@@indiekiddrugpatrol3117 Liverpool were nothing in 70s...
@@taskinkhan5197 yes they were they were well successful in the 70s
@@taskinkhan5197 You're right, absolutely nothing. So what if they won a couple of European cups, some league titles, an FA Cup, couple of UEFA Cups and a few other littler things. Absolutely nothing 🤡
They only just started to be successful in th 70s
Great video once you set the playback speed to x0.5
I dont know if it was just me but I feel like the talking happened at 100mph
Bring the other guy back.
Dortmund and Liverpool shared the same song together
Stolen from celtic
@@blackniall8509 try watching the video
@@blackniall8509 Celtic got it from Liverpool pal
Coz it’s the only chant they have
Just not true tho is it. So many bitter comments. Love it
Rip
Klopp was made for the kopp. Ynwa
Because no matter how bad our season is, we still beat the mancs to pulp haha