| Released | November 30, 1979(UK) December 8, 1979(US) |
| Recorded | April - November, 1979 |
| Genres | Art rock • progressive rock |
| Studio | Britannia Row • Super Bear • Miraval • 30th Street • Producers Workshop • Cherokee |
| Length | 1:26(The Wall) 2:35(Is There Anybody Out There?) 2:31(Roger Waters: The Wall) |
| Label | Harvest(UK) Columbia/CBS(US) |
| Vocalists | David Gilmour |
| Songwriters | Roger Waters |
| Producers | Roger Waters • David Gilmour • Bob Ezrin • James Guthrie |
"The Show Must Go On" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd which features as the twentieth track on their 1979 rock opera The Wall, marking the beginning of the fourth quarter of the album as a segue into the fascism-themed "In the Flesh". It is the only song on the album not to feature songwriter Roger Waters as a performer. The song was one of three excluded from both the film adaptation of The Wall and the only song not to be performed during the 1990 Berlin concert staged by Waters, although "Outside the Wall" was excluded from the album version.
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"The Show Must Go On" is one of the three songs from The Wall that does not appear on its film adaptation, alongside "Empty Spaces" (which is instead replaced by the extended "What Shall We Do Now?") and "Hey You". It is the only song from the album that was not performed during the 1990 Berlin concert by Roger Waters.