„Poppy Day (2 Minutes Silence)“ is based on John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields.

The poem was written in 1915 after he lost a friend during a battle in World War I.

„Join Hands“ Remaster Liner Notes 2006:

The mantra-like ‚Poppy Day‘, which included lyric snatches from First World War poet John McCrae’s ‚In Flanders‘ Fields‘, had been conceived after Severin had observed the televised two-minute’s silence on Remembrance Sunday 1978.  „We wanted to write a song that would fittingly fill that gap,“ he said.

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