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Wellerman

October 27, 2023

"Soon May the Wellerman Come", also known as "Wellerman" or "The Wellerman", is a folk song in ballad style[2] first published in New Zealand in the 1970s. The song refers to the "wellermen", pointing to supply ships owned by the Weller brothers, who were amongst the earliest European settlers of Otago.

"Soon May the Wellerman Come"
Song
Recorded1971[1]
GenreFolk

In early 2021, a cover by Scottish singer Nathan Evans became a viral hit on the social media site TikTok, leading to a "social media craze" around sea shanties and maritime songs.[2][3][4]

Historical background edit

 
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The history of whaling in New Zealand stretches from the late eighteenth century to 1965. In 1831, the British-born Weller brothers Edward, George and Joseph, who had immigrated to Sydney in 1829, founded a whaling station at Otakou near modern Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand, seventeen years before Dunedin was established.[5] Speaking at centennial celebrations in 1931, New Zealand's Governor General Lord Bledisloe recalled how the Weller brothers had on their voyage to New Zealand "brought in the 'Lucy Ann' (the Weller brothers' barque) a good deal of rum and a good deal of gunpowder...and some at least were rum characters".[5] From 1833, the Weller brothers sold provisions to whalers in New Zealand from their base at Otakou, which they had named "Otago" in approximation of the local Māori pronunciation.[5] Their employees became known as "wellermen".[6][5] Unlike whaling in the Atlantic and northern Pacific, whalers in New Zealand practised shore-based whaling which required them to process the whale carcasses on land.[7] The industry drew whalers to New Zealand from a diverse range of backgrounds encompassing not just the British Isles but also Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Pacific Islanders and Indigenous Australians.[7] The whalers depended on good relations with the local Māori people and the whaling industry integrated Māori into the global economy and produced hundreds of intermarriages between whalers and local Māori, including Edward Weller himself, who was twice married to Māori women,[7] thus linking the Wellers to one of the most prominent local Māori families, the Ellisons.

At its peak in 1834, the Otakou station was producing 310 tons of whale oil a year[5] and became the centre of a network of seven stations that formed a highly profitable enterprise for the Wellers, employing as many as 85 people at Otago alone.[8] From the Otakou base the Wellers branched out into industries as diverse as "timber, spars, flax, potatoes, dried fish, Māori artefacts, and even tattooed Māori heads which were in keen demand in Sydney".[9] However, given that the Colony of New Zealand would not be declared until 1840, the Wellers were treated as foreign traders and were affected by protectionist British import tariffs on whale oil.[8] By 1835, the year that Joseph Weller died in Otago, the brothers became convinced of the need to abandon the station even as they branched out into massive land purchases in New Zealand, which amounted to nearly 3 million acres (12,000 km2) by 1840.[9] The Weller brothers' success in the whaling industry was fleeting, and they were declared bankrupt in 1840 after failed attempts at large-scale land purchase in New South Wales.[8] The Otakou station closed in 1841.[5] In 1841, the Court of Claims in New South Wales ruled that the Weller brothers' purchases of land in New Zealand were legally invalid, after which the Wellers "slipped unobtrusively out of the pages of New Zealand history".[9] Commercial whaling in New Zealand continued until the 1960s.

Synopsis edit

The song's lyrics describe a whaling ship called the Billy o' Tea and its hunt for a right whale. The song describes how the ship's crew hope for a "wellerman" to arrive and bring them supplies of luxuries.

"Soon may the Wellerman come
To bring us sugar and tea and rum
One day, when the tonguin' is done
We'll take our leave and go"

"Wellerman" chorus

According to the song's listing on the website New Zealand Folk Song, "the workers at these bay-whaling stations (shore whalers) were not paid wages, they were paid in slops (ready made clothing), spirits and tobacco."[6] The chorus continues with the crew singing of their confidence that the "tonguin'" will be the last step of their plight. Tonguing in this context refers to the practice of cutting strips of whale blubber to render into oil.[7] Subsequent verses detail the captain's determination to bring in the whale in question, even as time passes and the quartet of whaling boats is lost in the fight. In the last verse, the narrator conveys how the Billy o' Tea is still considered locked in an ongoing struggle with the whale, with the wellerman making "his regular call" to strengthen the captain and crew.

History edit

New Zealand–based music teacher and folk music compiler Neil Colquhoun claimed to have collected the song around 1966[11] from one F. R. Woods. Woods, who was in his 80s at the time, had allegedly heard the song, as well as the song "John Smith A.B.", from his uncle. The song "John Smith A.B." was printed in a 1904 issue of The Bulletin, where it was attributed to one D.H. Rogers. David Hunter Rogers was a first-generation Scottish immigrant who worked in the Union Company beginning in 1880; Wellerman does not resemble "John Smith A.B." or his other published poems.[6][unreliable source?] In 1973, "Soon May the Wellerman Come" was included in Colquhoun's book of New Zealand folk songs, New Zealand Folksongs: Songs of a Young Country.[12]

Recordings edit

The song has been frequently performed and remixed, with over 10 recorded renditions between 1971 and 2005.[citation needed] In 1990, the New England–based folk trio of Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, and Ed Trickett recorded and released a version on their studio album And So Will We Yet, produced by Folk-Legacy Records of Sharon, Connecticut.[13]

In 2013, the Wellington Sea Shanty Society released a version of the song on their album Now That's What I Call Sea Shanties Vol. 1.[3] A particularly well-known rendition of the song was made by the Bristol-based a cappella musical group the Longest Johns on their collection of nautical songs Between Wind and Water in 2018.[14] In the wake of the "ShantyTok" social media sensation in 2021, Wellington Sea Shanty Society member Lake Davineer remarked that their recording had experienced a new burst of popularity.[3]

In 2021, two pirate metal bands covered "Wellerman"; Alestorm and Storm Seeker.[15][16]

Popular culture adaptations and references edit

The Longest Johns version edit

"Wellerman"
 
Song by the Longest Johns
from the album Between Wind and Water
ReleasedJune 8, 2018
GenreFolk
Length2:18
LabelDecca
Producer(s)The Longest Johns

The version of the song recorded by British folk group the Longest Johns (under the name "Wellerman") features as the third track on the group's second studio album, Between Wind and Water (2018). A remix of the song was released on January 12, 2021.[14][10][17]

Chart (2021) Peak
position
Canadian Digital Songs (Billboard)[18] 38
UK Singles (OCC)[19] 37

Nathan Evans version edit

"Wellerman (Sea Shanty)"
 
Single by Nathan Evans
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2021[20]
GenreFolk, pop
Length2:35
LabelPolydor
Producer(s)Saltwives
Nathan Evans singles chronology
"Wellerman (Sea Shanty)"
(2021) 		"Told You So"
(2021)
Videos
"Wellerman" (music video) on YouTube
"Wellerman (220 Kid x Billen Ted Remix)"
 
Single by Nathan Evans
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2021
GenreDeep house, pop, electronic
Length1:56
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
  • Nathan Evans
  • Alexander Oriet
  • David Phelan
  • William Graydon
  • Samuel Brennan
  • Tom Hollings
Producer(s)
  • 220 Kid
  • Billen Ted
Nathan Evans singles chronology
"Throw It Away"
(2020) 		"Wellerman (220 Kid x Billen Ted Remix)"
(2021)
220 Kid singles chronology
"Too Many Nights"
(2020) 		"Wellerman (220 KID x Billen Ted Remix)"
(2021) 		"Unconditional"
(2021)
Billen Ted singles chronology
"Satisfied"
(2020) 		"Wellerman (220 KID x Billen Ted)"
(2021)
Music video
"Wellerman" (220KID x Billen Ted Remix music video on YouTube

A version by Scottish musician Nathan Evans further increased the song's exposure. Popularized as a sea shanty despite being more accurately described as a ballad, there was a surge in interest in sea shanties and a multitude of remixes and new versions. Evans's version has been praised for its "authentic sense of stoic forbearance" that has appealed to young people in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, who like 19th-century whalers "are similarly marking time". In the Rolling Stone article discussing his success, Evans cited the Albany Shantymen version of the song as inspiration.[21]  Because of its origins on TikTok, the trend of performing sea shanties like "Soon May the Wellerman Come" on social media has been called "ShantyTok".[22] The song, jointly credited to Nathan Evans and remixers 220 Kid and Billen Ted by the Official Charts Company (OCC), reached number one on the UK Singles Chart.[23] A new version of "Wellerman" with German folk band Santiano was released as a single on 19 February 2021.[24] This version was included on the track listing of Santiano's EP Sea Shanties – Wellerman, which was released digitally on 26 February 2021.[25]

In February 2021, Evans, 220 Kid, and Billen Ted performed the song for the CBBC television programme Blue Peter.[26] In March 2021, Evans performed the song for the "End of the Show Show" segment on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, "Soon When the Saturday Come" along with the programme's presenters.[27] The performance included altered lyrics for the occasion and was accompanied by video footage of sing-alongs by celebrities, including Joan Collins, Josh Groban, Laura Whitmore and Dermot O'Leary.[28] Crew members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, including those from Portishead and Sheringham, also submitted video for the performance, and Queen guitarist Brian May provided a guitar solo.[29][30] In the seven countries where the remix has reached the top of the record charts, 200 non-fungible tokens were sold, which each include a new dance track, digital art, and a password redeemable for a future asset, with part of their proceeds going to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and a scholarship by 220 Kid.[31]

The version sparked multiple parodies, both on and off TikTok, including a Taylor Swift hit sung to the tune of Evans' version of "Wellerman" performed by the United States Navy Band, a Roman Catholic priest who changed the shanty's lyrics to explain Ash Wednesday, and a parody called Waiting for the Vaccine by Rainer Hersch. [32][33][34]

In 2022, the Seattle Mariners used the 220 Kid and Billen Ted remix of the Evans track as a rally song for attendees at T-Mobile Park.[35]

Track listings edit

Digital download[20]
No.TitleLength
1."Wellerman (Sea Shanty)"2:35
Digital download – karaoke version[36]
No.TitleLength
1."Wellerman" (Sea Shanty / karaoke version)2:34
Digital download – 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix[37]
No.TitleLength
1."Wellerman" (Sea Shanty / 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix)1:56
Digital download – 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix karaoke version[38]
No.TitleLength
1."Wellerman" (Sea Shanty / 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix / karaoke version)1:57
Digital download – Argules version[39]
No.TitleLength
1."Wellerman" (Sea Shanty / Nathan Evans x Argules)1:47
Digital download – The Kiffness remix[40]
No.TitleLength
1."Wellerman" (Sea Shanty / The Kiffness remix)3:03
Digital download – Santiano version[41]
No.TitleLength
1."Wellerman" (with Santiano)3:11
CD maxi single[42]
No.TitleLength
1."Wellerman" (Sea Shanty)2:36
2."Wellerman" (Sea Shanty / 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix)1:57
3."Wellerman" (with Santiano)3:11

Personnel edit

Credits adapted from Discogs.[43]

  • Saltwives – producer, engineer, studio personnel
  • Alex Oriet
  • David Phelan
  • Nathan Evans – associated performer, vocals
  • Samuel Brannan
  • Tom Hollings
  • William Graydon
  • Mike Hillier – mastering engineer, studio personnel
  • James Reynolds – mixer, studio personnel

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[101] 3× Platinum 90,000‡
Belgium (BEA)[102] Gold 20,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[103] Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP)[104] Platinum 200,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[105] Diamond 1,000,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[106] Gold 50,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[107] Platinum 50,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[108] Gold 10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[109] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[110] Gold 500,000‡
Streaming
Sweden (GLF)[111] Platinum 8,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

In April 2022, Evans helped publicise the Doctor Who story Legend of the Sea Devils with an adaptation of "Wellerman".[112]

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External links edit

  • Notes and Lyrics to Soon May The Wellerman Come On New Zealand Folk Song.
  • Wellerman adapted to explain the Palestine situation. History of Palestine Shanty on the Independent May 2021.(video)

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Soon May the Wellerman Come also known as Wellerman or The Wellerman is a folk song in ballad style 2 first published in New Zealand in the 1970s The song refers to the wellermen pointing to supply ships owned by the Weller brothers who were amongst the earliest European settlers of Otago Soon May the Wellerman Come SongRecorded1971 1 GenreFolkIn early 2021 a cover by Scottish singer Nathan Evans became a viral hit on the social media site TikTok leading to a social media craze around sea shanties and maritime songs 2 3 4 Contents 1 Historical background 2 Synopsis 3 History 4 Recordings 5 Popular culture adaptations and references 5 1 The Longest Johns version 5 2 Nathan Evans version 5 2 1 Track listings 5 2 2 Personnel 5 2 3 Charts 5 2 4 Certifications 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistorical background edit nbsp Wellerman source source source Problems playing this file See media help The history of whaling in New Zealand stretches from the late eighteenth century to 1965 In 1831 the British born Weller brothers Edward George and Joseph who had immigrated to Sydney in 1829 founded a whaling station at Otakou near modern Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand seventeen years before Dunedin was established 5 Speaking at centennial celebrations in 1931 New Zealand s Governor General Lord Bledisloe recalled how the Weller brothers had on their voyage to New Zealand brought in the Lucy Ann the Weller brothers barque a good deal of rum and a good deal of gunpowder and some at least were rum characters 5 From 1833 the Weller brothers sold provisions to whalers in New Zealand from their base at Otakou which they had named Otago in approximation of the local Maori pronunciation 5 Their employees became known as wellermen 6 5 Unlike whaling in the Atlantic and northern Pacific whalers in New Zealand practised shore based whaling which required them to process the whale carcasses on land 7 The industry drew whalers to New Zealand from a diverse range of backgrounds encompassing not just the British Isles but also Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pacific Islanders and Indigenous Australians 7 The whalers depended on good relations with the local Maori people and the whaling industry integrated Maori into the global economy and produced hundreds of intermarriages between whalers and local Maori including Edward Weller himself who was twice married to Maori women 7 thus linking the Wellers to one of the most prominent local Maori families the Ellisons At its peak in 1834 the Otakou station was producing 310 tons of whale oil a year 5 and became the centre of a network of seven stations that formed a highly profitable enterprise for the Wellers employing as many as 85 people at Otago alone 8 From the Otakou base the Wellers branched out into industries as diverse as timber spars flax potatoes dried fish Maori artefacts and even tattooed Maori heads which were in keen demand in Sydney 9 However given that the Colony of New Zealand would not be declared until 1840 the Wellers were treated as foreign traders and were affected by protectionist British import tariffs on whale oil 8 By 1835 the year that Joseph Weller died in Otago the brothers became convinced of the need to abandon the station even as they branched out into massive land purchases in New Zealand which amounted to nearly 3 million acres 12 000 km2 by 1840 9 The Weller brothers success in the whaling industry was fleeting and they were declared bankrupt in 1840 after failed attempts at large scale land purchase in New South Wales 8 The Otakou station closed in 1841 5 In 1841 the Court of Claims in New South Wales ruled that the Weller brothers purchases of land in New Zealand were legally invalid after which the Wellers slipped unobtrusively out of the pages of New Zealand history 9 Commercial whaling in New Zealand continued until the 1960s Synopsis editThe song s lyrics describe a whaling ship called the Billy o Tea and its hunt for a right whale The song describes how the ship s crew hope for a wellerman to arrive and bring them supplies of luxuries Soon may the Wellerman come To bring us sugar and tea and rum One day when the tonguin is done We ll take our leave and go Wellerman chorus According to the song s listing on the website New Zealand Folk Song the workers at these bay whaling stations shore whalers were not paid wages they were paid in slops ready made clothing spirits and tobacco 6 The chorus continues with the crew singing of their confidence that the tonguin will be the last step of their plight Tonguing in this context refers to the practice of cutting strips of whale blubber to render into oil 7 Subsequent verses detail the captain s determination to bring in the whale in question even as time passes and the quartet of whaling boats is lost in the fight In the last verse the narrator conveys how the Billy o Tea is still considered locked in an ongoing struggle with the whale with the wellerman making his regular call to strengthen the captain and crew History editThis section possibly contains inappropriate or misinterpreted citations that do not verify the text The reason given is www folksong org nz 6 seems to be only source direct and indirect and is characterized in 10 as Google guesswork Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by checking for citation inaccuracies February 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message New Zealand based music teacher and folk music compiler Neil Colquhoun claimed to have collected the song around 1966 11 from one F R Woods Woods who was in his 80s at the time had allegedly heard the song as well as the song John Smith A B from his uncle The song John Smith A B was printed in a 1904 issue of The Bulletin where it was attributed to one D H Rogers David Hunter Rogers was a first generation Scottish immigrant who worked in the Union Company beginning in 1880 Wellerman does not resemble John Smith A B or his other published poems 6 unreliable source In 1973 Soon May the Wellerman Come was included in Colquhoun s book of New Zealand folk songs New Zealand Folksongs Songs of a Young Country 12 Recordings editThe song has been frequently performed and remixed with over 10 recorded renditions between 1971 and 2005 citation needed In 1990 the New England based folk trio of Gordon Bok Ann Mayo Muir and Ed Trickett recorded and released a version on their studio album And So Will We Yet produced by Folk Legacy Records of Sharon Connecticut 13 This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Wellerman news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message In 2013 the Wellington Sea Shanty Society released a version of the song on their album Now That s What I Call Sea Shanties Vol 1 3 A particularly well known rendition of the song was made by the Bristol based a cappella musical group the Longest Johns on their collection of nautical songs Between Wind and Water in 2018 14 In the wake of the ShantyTok social media sensation in 2021 Wellington Sea Shanty Society member Lake Davineer remarked that their recording had experienced a new burst of popularity 3 In 2021 two pirate metal bands covered Wellerman Alestorm and Storm Seeker 15 16 Popular culture adaptations and references editThe Longest Johns version edit Wellerman nbsp Song by the Longest Johnsfrom the album Between Wind and WaterReleasedJune 8 2018GenreFolkLength2 18LabelDeccaProducer s The Longest JohnsThe version of the song recorded by British folk group the Longest Johns under the name Wellerman features as the third track on the group s second studio album Between Wind and Water 2018 A remix of the song was released on January 12 2021 14 10 17 Chart 2021 PeakpositionCanadian Digital Songs Billboard 18 38UK Singles OCC 19 37Nathan Evans version edit Wellerman Sea Shanty nbsp Single by Nathan EvansReleasedJanuary 22 2021 20 GenreFolk popLength2 35LabelPolydorProducer s SaltwivesNathan Evans singles chronology Wellerman Sea Shanty 2021 Told You So 2021 Videos Wellerman music video on YouTube Wellerman 220 Kid x Billen Ted Remix nbsp Single by Nathan EvansReleasedJanuary 22 2021GenreDeep house pop electronicLength1 56LabelPolydorSongwriter s Nathan EvansAlexander OrietDavid PhelanWilliam GraydonSamuel BrennanTom HollingsProducer s 220 KidBillen TedNathan Evans singles chronology Throw It Away 2020 Wellerman 220 Kid x Billen Ted Remix 2021 220 Kid singles chronology Too Many Nights 2020 Wellerman 220 KID x Billen Ted Remix 2021 Unconditional 2021 Billen Ted singles chronology Satisfied 2020 Wellerman 220 KID x Billen Ted 2021 Music video Wellerman 220KID x Billen Ted Remix music video on YouTubeA version by Scottish musician Nathan Evans further increased the song s exposure Popularized as a sea shanty despite being more accurately described as a ballad there was a surge in interest in sea shanties and a multitude of remixes and new versions Evans s version has been praised for its authentic sense of stoic forbearance that has appealed to young people in lockdown during the COVID 19 pandemic who like 19th century whalers are similarly marking time In the Rolling Stone article discussing his success Evans cited the Albany Shantymen version of the song as inspiration 21 Because of its origins on TikTok the trend of performing sea shanties like Soon May the Wellerman Come on social media has been called ShantyTok 22 The song jointly credited to Nathan Evans and remixers 220 Kid and Billen Ted by the Official Charts Company OCC reached number one on the UK Singles Chart 23 A new version of Wellerman with German folk band Santiano was released as a single on 19 February 2021 24 This version was included on the track listing of Santiano s EP Sea Shanties Wellerman which was released digitally on 26 February 2021 25 In February 2021 Evans 220 Kid and Billen Ted performed the song for the CBBC television programme Blue Peter 26 In March 2021 Evans performed the song for the End of the Show Show segment on Ant amp Dec s Saturday Night Takeaway Soon When the Saturday Come along with the programme s presenters 27 The performance included altered lyrics for the occasion and was accompanied by video footage of sing alongs by celebrities including Joan Collins Josh Groban Laura Whitmore and Dermot O Leary 28 Crew members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution including those from Portishead and Sheringham also submitted video for the performance and Queen guitarist Brian May provided a guitar solo 29 30 In the seven countries where the remix has reached the top of the record charts 200 non fungible tokens were sold which each include a new dance track digital art and a password redeemable for a future asset with part of their proceeds going to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution and a scholarship by 220 Kid 31 The version sparked multiple parodies both on and off TikTok including a Taylor Swift hit sung to the tune of Evans version of Wellerman performed by the United States Navy Band a Roman Catholic priest who changed the shanty s lyrics to explain Ash Wednesday and a parody called Waiting for the Vaccine by Rainer Hersch 32 33 34 In 2022 the Seattle Mariners used the 220 Kid and Billen Ted remix of the Evans track as a rally song for attendees at T Mobile Park 35 Track listings edit Digital download 20 No TitleLength1 Wellerman Sea Shanty 2 35 Digital download karaoke version 36 No TitleLength1 Wellerman Sea Shanty karaoke version 2 34 Digital download 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix 37 No TitleLength1 Wellerman Sea Shanty 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix 1 56 Digital download 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix karaoke version 38 No TitleLength1 Wellerman Sea Shanty 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix karaoke version 1 57 Digital download Argules version 39 No TitleLength1 Wellerman Sea Shanty Nathan Evans x Argules 1 47 Digital download The Kiffness remix 40 No TitleLength1 Wellerman Sea Shanty The Kiffness remix 3 03 Digital download Santiano version 41 No TitleLength1 Wellerman with Santiano 3 11 CD maxi single 42 No TitleLength1 Wellerman Sea Shanty 2 362 Wellerman Sea Shanty 220 Kid x Billen Ted remix 1 573 Wellerman with Santiano 3 11 Personnel edit Credits adapted from Discogs 43 Saltwives producer engineer studio personnel Alex Oriet David Phelan Nathan Evans associated performer vocals Samuel Brannan Tom Hollings William Graydon Mike Hillier mastering engineer studio personnel James Reynolds mixer studio personnelCharts edit Weekly chart performance for Wellerman Chart 2021 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 44 62Austria O3 Austria Top 40 45 1Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 46 1Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 47 21Canada Canadian Hot 100 48 54Czech Republic Radio Top 100 49 5Czech Republic Singles Digital Top 100 50 8Denmark Hitlisten 51 10Finland The Official Finnish Charts 52 6France SNEP 53 36Germany Official German Charts 54 1Germany Airplay BVMI 55 2Global 200 Billboard 56 16Hungary Radios Top 40 57 1Hungary Single Top 40 58 4Hungary Stream Top 40 59 7Iceland Music of Iceland 60 19Ireland IRMA 61 2Latvia European Hit Radio 62 1Lithuania AGATA 63 12Netherlands Dutch Top 40 64 1Netherlands Single Top 100 65 1New Zealand Hot Singles RMNZ 66 39Norway VG lista 67 1Poland Polish Airplay Top 100 68 5Portugal AFP 69 154Romania Airplay 100 70 81Slovakia Radio Top 100 71 31Slovakia Singles Digital Top 100 72 13Sweden Sverigetopplistan 73 9Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 74 1UK Singles OCC 75 1UK Dance OCC 76 1US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Billboard 77 16US Digital Songs Billboard 78 4 2021 year end chart performance for Wellerman Chart 2021 PositionAustria O3 Austria Top 40 79 1Belgium Ultratop Flanders 80 14Belgium Ultratop Wallonia 81 91Denmark Tracklisten 82 40France SNEP 83 104Germany Official German Charts 84 1Global 200 Billboard 85 66Hungary Radio Top 40 86 16Hungary Single Top 40 87 30Hungary Stream Top 40 88 19Ireland IRMA 89 35Netherlands Dutch Top 40 90 17Netherlands Single Top 100 91 12Norway VG lista 92 12Poland ZPAV 93 59Sweden Sverigetopplistan 94 25Switzerland Swiss Hitparade 95 1UK Singles OCC 96 112022 year end chart performance for Wellerman Chart 2022 PositionAustria O3 Austria Top 40 97 26Germany Official German Charts 98 32Global Excl US Billboard 99 189Switzerland Swiss Hitparade 100 31 Certifications edit Region Certification Certified units salesAustria IFPI Austria 101 3 Platinum 90 000 Belgium BEA 102 Gold 20 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 103 Platinum 90 000 France SNEP 104 Platinum 200 000 Germany BVMI 105 Diamond 1 000 000 Italy FIMI 106 Gold 50 000 Poland ZPAV 107 Platinum 50 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 108 Gold 10 000 United Kingdom BPI 109 2 Platinum 1 200 000 United States RIAA 110 Gold 500 000 StreamingSweden GLF 111 Platinum 8 000 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Streaming only figures based on certification alone In April 2022 Evans helped publicise the Doctor Who story Legend of the Sea Devils with an adaptation of Wellerman 112 See also editList of number one hits of 2021 Austria List of Ultratop 50 number one singles of 2021 List of number one hits of 2021 Germany List of number one singles of the 2020s Hungary List of top 10 singles in 2021 Ireland List of Dutch Top 40 number one singles of 2021 List of number one songs in Norway List of number one hits of 2021 Switzerland List of Official Audio Streaming Chart number ones of the 2020s List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2021 List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2020s List of UK Singles Downloads Chart number ones of the 2020s List of UK top ten singles in 2021 Lightning Tree songReferences edit Song of a Young Country Kiwi LP 1971 a b Roberts Randall 15 January 2021 Thar she blows up How sea shanty TikTok took over the internet Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on 19 January 2021 Retrieved 19 January 2021 a b c Braae Alex 14 January 2021 Ahoy A sea shanty veteran on why the genre is blowing up on social media The Spinoff Archived from the original on 26 January 2021 Retrieved 25 January 2021 Craven TinaMarie 7 March 2021 TikTok s viral Wellerman isn t a real shanty and more facts about maritime songs Connecticut Post Retrieved 23 March 2021 a b c d e f Asbjorn Jon A 2014 The Whale Road Transitioning from Spiritual Links to Whaling to Whale Watching in Aotearoa New Zealand Australian Folklore 29 99 Archived from the original on 19 January 2021 Retrieved 20 January 2021 a b c d Archer John 9 September 2002 Soon May The Wellerman Come NZ Folk Song Archived from the original on 14 January 2021 Retrieved 15 January 2021 a b c d Stevens Kate 22 January 2021 The viral Wellerman sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand The Conversation Archived from the original on 25 January 2021 Retrieved 25 January 2021 a b c Entwisle Peter 1990 Weller Edward 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2021 Nathan Evans Wellerman in Dutch Ultratop 50 Retrieved 12 March 2021 Nathan Evans Wellerman in French Ultratop 50 Retrieved 2 May 2021 Billboard Canadian Hot 100 Billboard 27 March 2021 Retrieved 23 March 2021 CNS IFPI in Czech Hitparada Radio Top 100 Oficialni IFPI Czech Republic Note Change the chart to CZ RADIO TOP 100 and insert 202126 into search Retrieved 5 July 2021 CNS IFPI in Czech Hitparada Digital Top 100 Oficialni IFPI Czech Republic Note Change the chart to CZ SINGLES DIGITAL TOP 100 and insert 202124 into search Retrieved 21 June 2021 Track Top 40 Week 11 2021 in Danish Hitlisten Retrieved 24 March 2021 Singles Week 12 2021 in Finnish Musiikkituottajat Retrieved 29 March 2021 Top Singles Week 17 2021 in French SNEP Retrieved 3 May 2021 Nathan Evans Wellerman in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved 24 March 2021 Airplay Charts Germany Week 16 2021 GermanCharts de in German Hung Medien amp MusicTrace on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie Retrieved 22 January 2023 Billboard Global 200 Billboard 6 March 2021 Retrieved 3 March 2021 Archivum Slagerlistak MAHASZ in Hungarian Radios Top 40 jatszasi lista Magyar Hanglemezkiadok Szovetsege Retrieved 29 April 2021 Archivum Slagerlistak MAHASZ in Hungarian Single track Top 40 lista Magyar Hanglemezkiadok Szovetsege Retrieved 27 May 2021 Archivum Slagerlistak MAHASZ in Hungarian Stream Top 40 slagerlista Magyar Hanglemezkiadok Szovetsege Retrieved 27 May 2021 The Music Songs Week 11 12 18 March 2021 in Icelandic Music of Iceland Archived from the original on 25 March 2021 Retrieved 4 July 2021 Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company Retrieved 19 March 2021 EHR Top 40 in Latvian European Hit Radio 2 April 2021 Retrieved 30 August 2021 Top 100 Singles Week 8 February 19 25 2021 in Lithuanian AGATA 26 February 2021 Retrieved 27 March 2021 Nederlandse Top 40 week 9 2021 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 27 February 2021 Nathan Evans Wellerman in Dutch Single Top 100 Retrieved 26 February 2021 NZ Hot Singles Chart Recorded Music NZ 1 February 2021 Archived from the original on 29 January 2021 Retrieved 30 January 2021 Singles Week 10 2021 in Norwegian VG lista Retrieved 12 March 2021 Listy bestsellerow wyroznienia Zwiazek Producentow Audio Video Polish Airplay Top 100 Retrieved 17 May 2021 Nathan Evans Wellerman AFP Top 100 Singles Retrieved 16 April 2021 Arvunescu Victor 10 May 2021 Top Airplay 100 UnSiteDeMuzica ro in Romanian Retrieved 10 May 2021 CNS IFPI in Slovak Hitparada Radio Top 100 Oficialna IFPI Czech Republic Note insert 202114 into search Retrieved 12 April 2021 CZ Singles Digital Top 100 Week 24 2021 in Czech Czech national group of the IFPI Retrieved 26 April 2021 Weekly Singles List Week 8 2021 in Swedish Sverigetopplistan Retrieved 26 February 2021 Nathan Evans Wellerman Swiss Singles Chart Retrieved 28 February 2021 Official Singles Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 20 March 2021 Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company Retrieved 30 January 2021 Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Billboard 20 March 2021 Retrieved 16 March 2021 Digital Song Sales Chart Billboard 6 February 2021 Retrieved 14 February 2021 Annual singles charts 2021 in German OE3 Austria Top 40 8 November 2019 Archived from the original on 1 January 2022 Retrieved 2 January 2022 Annual overviews 2021 in Dutch Ultratop Retrieved 5 January 2022 Annual reports 2021 in French Ultratop Retrieved 5 January 2022 Top Track 100 2021 in Danish Hitlisten Retrieved 6 January 2022 Best of the Year Top Singles 2021 in French SNEP Retrieved 15 April 2022 Official German Annual Charts Wellerman is the most successful hit in 2021 ABBA wins the albums in German GfK Entertainment charts 10 December 2021 Retrieved 10 December 2021 Year End 2021 Billboard Global 200 Billboard Retrieved 3 December 2021 Radio Top 100 2021 based on audience data in Hungarian MAHASZ Retrieved 2 February 2022 Single Top 100 2021 based on the number of units sold in Hungarian MAHASZ Retrieved 1 February 2022 Stream Top 100 by quantity 2021 in Hungarian MAHASZ Retrieved 1 February 2022 Griffiths George 9 January 2022 Ireland s official biggest songs of 2021 Official Charts Company Retrieved 9 January 2022 Top 100 Annual Review of 2021 in Dutch Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 4 January 2022 Annual overviews Single 2021 in Dutch MegaCharts Retrieved 4 January 2022 Topplista Annual list Single 2021 in Norwegian IFPI Norway 3 December 2019 Archived from the original on 31 January 2022 Retrieved 26 April 2022 Airplay Top 100 in 2021 in Polish Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry Retrieved 27 January 2022 Annual Singles List 2021 in Swedish Sverigetopplistan Retrieved 14 January 2022 Swiss Annual Hitparade 2021 Swiss Hitparade in German Retrieved 26 December 2021 Griffiths George 4 January 2022 The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2021 Official Charts Company Retrieved 4 January 2022 Annual Singles Charts 2022 in German O3 Austria Top 40 8 November 2019 Archived from the original on 2 January 2023 Retrieved 2 January 2023 Annual Charts 2022 in German GfK Entertainment charts Retrieved 16 December 2022 Year End 2022 Billboard Global Excl U S Billboard Retrieved 3 December 2022 Swiss Annual Hitparade 2022 Swiss Hitparade in German Retrieved 27 December 2022 Austrian single certifications Nathan Evans 220 Kid amp Billen Ted Wellerman in German IFPI Austria Retrieved 25 November 2021 Ultratop Goud en Platina singles 2021 Ultratop Hung Medien Danish single certifications Nathan Evans Wellerman IFPI Danmark Retrieved 19 April 2022 French single certifications Nathan Evans Wellerman in French Syndicat National de l Edition Phonographique Retrieved 3 May 2022 Gold Platin Datenbank Nathan Evans 220 Kid amp Billen Ted Wellerman in German Bundesverband Musikindustrie Retrieved 30 June 2023 Italian single certifications Nathan Evans 220 Kid amp Billen Ted Wellerman in Italian Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana Retrieved 28 September 2022 Wyroznienia Platynowe plyty CD Archiwum Przyznane w 2021 roku in Polish Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry Retrieved 30 September 2021 The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community Awards Nathan Evans Wellerman IFPI Switzerland Hung Medien Retrieved 23 June 2021 British single certifications Nathan Evans 220Kid Billen Ted Wellerman British Phonographic Industry Retrieved 14 March 2023 American single certifications Nathan Evans Wellerman Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved 24 August 2021 Veckolista Singlar vecka 31 2021 Sverigetopplistan in Swedish Sverigetopplistan Retrieved 9 August 2021 Scroll to position 54 to view certification Nathan Evans Wellerman Sea Devils Version Doctor Who channel YouTube 13 April 2022 Retrieved 16 April 2022 External links editNotes and Lyrics to Soon May The Wellerman Come On New Zealand Folk Song Wellerman adapted to explain the Palestine situation History of Palestine Shanty on the Independent May 2021 video Retrieved from https 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