The Carnival Is Over
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| “The Carnival Is Over” | |||||
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 single cover | |||||
| Single by The Seekers | |||||
| B-side | "We Shall Not Be Moved" | ||||
| Released | 1965 | ||||
| Format | 7" 45rpm | ||||
| Genre | folk rock | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Writer(s) | Tom Springfield | ||||
| The Seekers singles chronology | |||||
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"The Carnival Is Over" was written by Tom Springfield for the Australian group The Seekers, and The Seekers close their concerts with the song. At its peak, the song was selling 93,000 copies per day and is No 30 of the biggest selling singles of all time in the United Kingdom.
"The Carnival Is Over", being sung by The Seekers, has also become a tradition to close some of the special events within Australia.
"The Carnival Is Over" was sung, by The Seekers Athol Guy, Keith Potger and Bruce Woodley (with singer Julie Anthony taking the place of Judith Durham), at the end of the Expo '88 closing ceremony.
The Seekers were supposed to have sung "The Carnival Is Over" at the end of the closing ceremony for the Sydney Olympic Games, except that Judith Durham had broken her hip and was not able to take part, so the song was cancelled for the Sydney Olympics — however, the Seekers sang the song at the conclusion of the 2000 Summer Paralympics, with Judith Durham seated in a wheelchair.
The tradition of the song's being sung at conclusions of special celebrations in Australia is so well known that the cast of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation comedy series The Games, which was about the forthcoming Sydney 2000 Olympics, imitated the group singing "The Carnival Is Over" at the 'closing ceremony' of 'their' version of the Sydney Olympic Games.
"The Carnival Is Over" was covered by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds on their 1986 album Kicking Against The Pricks. This cover of the song featured in the final episode and scene of the Australian TV Series Underbelly, based on the Melbourne gangland killings when Senior Contsable Steve Owen arrested Carl Williams for murder.
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