"Vera" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd that appears on their eleventh studio album, The Wall (1979).
Title
The title is a reference to Vera Lynn, an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during the Second World War, with a popular song being 1939's "We'll Meet Again", that's referenced in this song.
The song's intro features a collage of superimposed audio excerpts from the British war film Battle of Britain (1969). Among the used clips are a piece of dialogue ("Where the hell are you, Simon?"), a BBC broadcast and battle sound effects.
Personnel
Pink Floyd
- Roger Waters – vocals, acoustic guitar
- David Gilmour – acoustic guitar, bass guitar
- Richard Wright – Prophet-5 synthesiser
with:
- The New York Symphony Orchestra
Personnel per Fitch and Mahon.
Further reading
- Fitch, Vernon. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia (3rd edition), 2005. .
See also
- List of anti-war songs