Pigs on the Wing

"Pigs on the Wing"
Promotional French single, "Pigs on the Wing" backed with an edit of "Sheep"
Promotional single by Pink Floyd
from the album Animals
B-side"Sheep"
PublishedPink Floyd Music Publishers
Released
  • 21 January 1977 (1977-01-21) (UK)
  • 2 February 1977 (1977-02-02) (US)
RecordedNovember 1976
GenreFolk rock
Length
  • 2:48 (combined)
  • 1:24 (individually)
  • 3:26 (8-track version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Roger Waters
Producer(s)Pink Floyd

"Pigs on the Wing" is a two-part song by English rock band Pink Floyd from their 1977 concept album Animals, opening and closing the album.[1] According to various interviews, it was written by Roger Waters as a declaration of love to his new wife Carolyne Christie. The song is significantly different from the other three songs on the album, "Dogs," "Pigs" and "Sheep," in that the other songs are dark, whereas this one is lighter-themed, as well as also being much shorter in duration, with each part at under a minute and a half while the others are all at least 10 minutes in length.[1]

The title comes from an expression used by British pilots during World War II to describe enemy fighters in a plane's blindspot.[2]

  1. ^ a b Mabbett 2010
  2. ^ "Pigs on the Wing by Pink Floyd". Songfacts. Retrieved 23 February 2023.