In the musical, the song is sung after the death Billy Bigelow to give courage to Julie Jordan, and is sung in a later scene to encourage a graduation class of which Louise (their daughter) is a member. As a result, it has become a standard, sung by graduation classes in the United States .
Before the first leg of the 2002/2003 UEFA Cup tie between Celtic and Liverpool at Celtic Park , all the fans were led in the singing of "You'll Never Walk Alone" by Gerry & The Pacemakers frontman Gerry Marsden , who became entangled in his microphone lead. Marsden was to do the same at the return leg at Anfield , but was unable due to a scheduling conflict.
The song reached #1 in the UK charts for a third time when it was released by Robson And Jerome . The song reached number one on the November 31996 and remained there for two weeks selling in excess of 300,000 copies. The song was released as a single along with ''What Becomes of the Broken Hearted'' and ''Saturday Night at the Movies''.
It is also the Than At John's", which is sung by rival Colleges.
It also played by the Western Illinois University Marching Leathernecks at the end of every performance. The band faces each other in a large circle with a quartet in center. The members play and sing "Never Walk" as reminder of the strength of the bond between members. This tradition was started by the late Dale Hopper.
