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The song was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls about the process of death in modern warfare and the bloody Spanish Civil War.Specific allusions are made to the scene described in Chapter 27 of the book, in which five soldiers are obliterated during an airstrike after taking a defensive position on a hill.
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" made its debut on the UK Singles Chart at number 38 on 27 November. The song continued to climb the chart, entering the top 10 on 11 December. The song reached a peak of number 4 on Christmas Day 1993, where it remained for two consecutive weeks.
The title of the song references the 1940 novel For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway. [1] The novel tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American engaged in guerrilla warfare during the Spanish Civil War. The novel focuses on themes of death and suicide. [2] "For Whom the Bell Tolls" also features background vocals from Kay Foxx. [3]
Andrews' style of composing owes much to the ground-breaking Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) by Henryk Górecki, to which Cherita mimes on stage. An excerpt of "For Whom the Bell Tolls", as composed by Steve Baker and Carmen Daye, starts the credit sequence at the end of the film. This music was however not included in the album ...
For Whom the Bell Tolls" was released as a promotional single in two versions, an edit on side A and the album version on side B. " Fade to Black " is a power ballad with lyrics about suicide. Hetfield wrote the words because he felt powerless after the band's equipment was stolen before the January 1984 show in Boston. [ 5 ]
The protagonist of Ernest Hemingway’s novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is Robert Jordan, a young American who left his job to fight with the Republican side, against the Nazi-supported ...
Far from being "just another Christmas song," "Jingle Bell Rock" turned out to be one of the defining holiday songs of the rock 'n' roll era, as instantly recognizable today as Bing Crosby's ...
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