We Don't Know Where We're Going Explained

We Don't Know Where We're Going
Published:1944
Composer:Noel Gay

"We Don't Know Where We're Going (Until We're There!)" is a popular song written by British composer Noel Gay and lyricist Ralph Butler, and published in 1944.

It was introduced by Tommy Handley on the BBC radio show ITMA,[1] and became popular among evacuees.[2] The song was later used to great effect during war scenes in the 1975 movie Overlord.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.musicbythescore.co.uk/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=71427&CLSN_1368=129681699213685b2c73847ca31ada70 MusicByTheScore.com
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/59/a7806459.shtml BBC: WW2 People's War: essay by Brian E. Dowden
  3. http://www.lucidscreening.com/2007/04/other_wars_other_worlds_and_ou.html Review of Overlord at Lucid Screening