{{Infobox song | name = And I Will Kiss | cover = | alt = | type = song | artist = [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] featuring [[Evelyn Glennie|Dame Evelyn Glennie]] | album = [[Isles of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games]] | released = 28 July 2012 | recorded = | studio = | genre = [[Electronica]], [[new-age music|new age]] | length = {{Duration|m=17|s=15}} | label = [[Decca Music Group]] | writer = [[Rick Smith (Underworld)|Rick Smith]], [[Karl Hyde]] | producer = }}
"'''And I Will Kiss'''" is a [[song]] written by [[Rick Smith (Underworld)|Rick Smith]] and [[Karl Hyde]]<ref name=music-credits>{{cite web|title=And in the end...|url=http://olympicopeningceremony.tumblr.com/tagged/music|work=London 2012 Opening Ceremony website music credits|accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref> of [[electronic music|electronic group]] [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] for the ''Isles of Wonder'' [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony of the 2012 summer Olympics]] in London, and the fourth track on the [[Isles of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games|official soundtrack]]. The title makes reference to a speech given by [[Caliban]] in Act 2, Scene 2 of ''[[The Tempest]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]]:
<blockquote> <poem> I'll show thee every fertile inch o' the island; And I will kiss thy foot. I prithee, be my god. </poem> </blockquote>
The choice of title was one of several references to ''The Tempest'' throughout the ceremony. The track accompanied the ''Pandemonium'' section of the ceremony, which depicted the [[Industrial Revolution]] in Britain.
==Writing and recording== Rick Smith started work on the music "And I Will Kiss" in June 2011. His brief from [[Danny Boyle]], the creative director of the Olympics opening ceremony was simple: "Danny wanted to frighten people. He was certain that by the end [of the ''Pandemonium'' section], people had to be going: 'Christ, you can't possibly do that to us for the next three hours.' All the way along, he'd leave you with a sentence like that. That's the kind of direction that leaves you empowered."<ref name=Graun>{{cite web|title=Underworld's brief to 'frighten people' at the London 2012 opening ceremony|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/02/underworld-london-2012-opening-ceremony?commentpage=2#start-of-comments|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Robin|last=Turner|date=2 August 2012|accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref> Smith also said of the track: "There was to be nothing half-hearted or polite about it."<ref name=QNov2012>{{Citation | last = Lynskey | first = Dorian | title = Oblivion with Bells | journal = [[Q (magazine)|Q]] | volume = 318 | pages = 82–88 | date = January 2013}}</ref>
{{quote box|quote="[For "And I Will Kiss"] the statistics are mind-boggling: 1200 musicians were recorded in dozens of sessions, yielding two dozen Pro Tools projects containing several thousand tracks in total. Three months' work on a 1000-channel desk was needed to condense all this material into a 200+ track mix session, and then to several different stereo and 5.1 mixes. All just to create one 17-minute piece of music. If there was a Guinness Book Of Records entry for World's Largest Recording Session, 'And I Will Kiss' would win hands down."<ref name=SOS>{{cite news |title=Peter Cobbin & Kirsty Whalley Inside Track: Secrets Of The Mix Engineers |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec12/articles/it-1212.htm |publisher=Sound on Sound |first=Paul|last=Tingen|date=December 2012 |accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref>|width=21%|align=right}} {{quote box|1=<div style="zoom:80%;"><score sound="1"> \layout { line-width = #80 } \absolute { \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"drums" \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \magnifyStaff #5/7 \clef bass \override Lyrics.LyricText.font-size = #-2 \tempo 4 = 105 \partial 8 g,16g,|g,8g,16g,g,8g,16g,~|g,g,g,g,g,8 g,16g,|g,8g,16g,g,8g,16g,~|g,g,g,g,g,8 } \addlyrics { Play the drum so your mum can see you on T V } </score></div> ''Groove'' drum pattern played by the<br />Pandemonium Drummers <ref>http://thetimes.com/sport/olympics/article/my-bosh-and-rumble-at-the-opening-ceremony-jdkjbttqk5q</ref><ref>http://telegraph.co.uk/tv/2020/07/17/spirit-london-2012-has-never-left</ref> }} The track was recorded at [[Abbey Road Studios]],<ref name=Graun/> apart from the shouts at the start of the track, which were recorded after one of the open-air rehearsals for the ceremony, as Smith recalls: "One night we'd run out of time and it was pouring with rain. We said, Look, can any of you just stay behind for a little while? We need to do some recording. And something like 1500 people stayed behind, getting pissed down on, and shouted for us. Those moments are beyond words."<ref name=QNov2012/> The toll of the [[Olympic Bell]], which also features on the track, was also recorded at night, in the rain and during rehearsals for the ceremony at the stadium; the sound engineers had to ask for the work to stop for half an hour so that they could successfully record it.<ref name=SOS/>
The track features performances by percussionist [[Evelyn Glennie|Dame Evelyn Glennie]], (with her drum score arranged by Paul Clarvis and Rick Smith); drummers Paul Clarvis, Mike Dolbear, John Randall, Frank Ricotti, Ralph Salmins, Corrina Silvester and Ian Thomas; drum captains Barnaby Archer, Oliver Blake, Daniel Bradley, Rebecca Celebuski, Jason Chowdhury, Jonathan Colgan, Oliver Cox, Fabio de Oliveira, Mike Dolbear, Robert Eckland, Daniel Ellis, [[Ric Elsworth]], David Holmes, Oliver Lowe, Nicola Marangoni, James O’Carroll, Gerard Rundell, Ramon Sherrington, Corrina Silvester, Alex Smith, Owain Williams and Justin Woodward; the 965 Pandemonium Drummers, made up of volunteers.<ref name=OOCVB>{{cite web |title=London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony Volunteers Booklet |url=http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/General/01/30/27/74/OOCVolunteers_Neutral.pdf |date=27 July 2012 |accessdate=9 October 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Rick Smith initially had doubts about using amateur drummers, but drum arranger Paul Clarvis convinced him that every one of them was capable of the job in hand. "That was the journey that we took together", Smith said "We can do this, we can be heroes."<ref name=QNov2012/>
The LSO On Track orchestra was conducted by François-Xavier Roth, with assistant conductor Matthew Gibson, and was orchestrated by Geoffrey Alexander. The solo violin was played by Sonia Slany. The brass band was the [[Grimethorpe Colliery Band]] orchestrated and conducted by Sandy Smith, and the Nostalgia Steel Band also played on the track.<ref name=NSB>{{cite web|title=London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony|url=http://www.nostalgiasteelband.co.uk/#/as-seen-on/4555188942|accessdate=15 March 2013|archive-date=3 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603045726/http://www.nostalgiasteelband.co.uk/#/as-seen-on/4555188942|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The singers were Paul Ayres, Will Balkwill, Zoe Brown, Ronan Busfield, Pete Challis, Mark Connell, Emily Dickens, Kevin Doody, Elizabeth Drury, Ewan Gillies, James Hall, Johnny Herford, Katy Hill, Jimmy Holliday, Eloise Irving, Gareth John, Oliver Jones, [[Christopher Lowrey]], Drew Mason, Philippa Murray, Sean Needham, Robyn Allegra Parton, Catherine Pope, Alison Rose, Domhnall Talbot, Reuben Thomas, Matt Thorpe and Amy Wood, and the vocal chanting at the start of the recording was from selected volunteers from the Pandemonium working men and women.<ref name=music-credits/><ref name=OOMG>{{cite news|title=London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony media guide|url=http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/Publications/01/30/43/40/OPENINGCEREMONYGUIDE_English.pdf|work=Official Olympic media guide|date=27 July 2012|accessdate=30 July 2012|archive-date=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731215816/http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/Publications/01/30/43/40/OPENINGCEREMONYGUIDE_English.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Smith has talked of how the track took months to get right, in a quest to capture the right atmosphere.<ref name=QNov2012/>
==Olympic opening ceremony performance== [[File:2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Industrial Britain (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|"And I Will Kiss" was the music played during the ''Pandemonium'' section of the 2012 summer Olympics opening ceremony, portraying the [[Industrial Revolution|Industrial Britain]].]]
A slightly shortened version of the track was performed for the first time during the ''Pandemonium'' section of the ceremony, representing the [[Industrial Revolution]] in Britain, and includes a musical representation of [[Moment of silence|a minute's silence]], with whistling, during which time in the ceremony all action stopped and the dead of all wars were remembered. This motif that was whistled was used again at the end of the section as the Olympic rings came together in the sky, and is also featured in "[[Caliban's Dream]]", the track that accompanied the lighting of the [[Olympic Flame#Cauldron|Olympic cauldron]] near the end of the ceremony.
The track is featured on the soundtrack of the ceremony, ''[[Isles of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games|Isles of Wonder]]''. It was digitally released as a downloadable track on iTunes at midnight on 28 July after the ceremony.<ref name=NME>{{cite news |title=Arctic Monkeys' Olympic cover of The Beatles' 'Come Together' climbs download charts |url=https://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/65210|work=[[NME]] |date=30 July 2012 |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref> A slightly modified version, featuring more emphasis on the percussive work from the live performance, features on a compilation entitled "Underworld A Collection 2", released in 2016.
==Reviews== The ''[[London Evening Standard]]'' remarked on "the 17 thrilling, Industrial Revolution-charting minutes of "And I Will Kiss", as thumped out by Dame Evelyn Glennie."<ref name=LES>{{cite news|title=Isles of Wonder: Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games (Decca), Various Artists - review|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/arts/music/isles-of-wonder-music-for-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-london-2012-olympic-games-decca-various-artists--review-7987229.html|work=[[London Evening Standard]]|first=John|last=Aizlewood|date=30 July 2012|accessdate=31 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801210216/http://www.standard.co.uk/arts/music/isles-of-wonder-music-for-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-london-2012-olympic-games-decca-various-artists--review-7987229.html|archive-date=1 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The ''[[San Francisco Bay Guardian]]'' said "At 17 minutes, “And I Will Kiss” provided the backdrop for a shrewdly choreographed performance-art piece, chronicling Britain's historic transition from pastoral wonderland to industrial superpower. Recalling [[Peter Gabriel]]’s similarly high-concept ''[[OVO (album)|OVO]]: The Millennium Show'', held in London 12 years ago, the spectacle combined elaborate set-design and an extensive cast with a loud and pulsating, yet moody and subdued soundtrack. Industrialization represented a sense of forward progress, as well as a loss of innocence, for the British people, and Underworld's musical contribution aptly reflected this emotional complexity."<ref name=SFBG>{{cite news |title=Underworld's dynamic opening ceremony soundtrack |url=http://www.sfbg.com/noise/2012/07/31/underworlds-dynamic-opening-ceremony-soundtrack|work=[[San Francisco Bay Guardian]] |first=Taylor|last=Kaplan|date=1 August 2012 |accessdate=2 August 2012}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' called it "17 minutes of gloriously euphoric controlled chaos".<ref name=Graun/> Reviewing the album ''Isles of Wonder'', on which the track features, the ''[[New Zealand Herald]]'' wrote "It's 'And I Will Kiss', which features percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie's rousing and often breathtaking drum score, that is the highlight of this vast and diverse musical landscape", calling the track "epic" and "Underworld's 17-minute pulsing synth and percussion-driven masterpiece",<ref name=NZH>{{cite news |title=Album review: Isles of Wonder - Various |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10824408|work=[[New Zealand Herald]] |date=4 August 2012 |accessdate=4 August 2012}}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' called the track "hair-raising."<ref name=QNov2012/> while ''[[NME]]'' said it was "a formidable start to an epic show. A stunning piece."<ref name=NME2>{{cite news |title=Underworld - And I Will Kiss (Edit) (London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony) video|url=https://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/i1jPRQOkuWw|work=[[New Musical Express]] |accessdate=25 November 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvqycshtOG8 Official London 2012 video of rehearsals by the 1,000 Pandemonium Drummers for ''And I Will Kiss''] *[http://www.nostalgiasteelband.co.uk/ Nostalgia Steel Band official website, featuring audio of their contribution to the track on the home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603045726/http://www.nostalgiasteelband.co.uk/ |date=2013-06-03 }}
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