The Scarecrow (song)

"The Scarecrow"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
A-side"See Emily Play"
Released16 June 1967
Recorded22 March 1967
StudioAbbey Road, London
Genre
Length2:11
Label
Songwriter(s)Syd Barrett
Producer(s)Norman Smith
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Arnold Layne"
(1967)
"The Scarecrow"
(1967)
"Apples and Oranges"
(1967)

"The Scarecrow" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd on their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,[2][3] though it first appeared as the B-side of their second single "See Emily Play" (as "Scarecrow") two months before. It was written by Syd Barrett and recorded in March 1967. This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd.[4]

  1. ^ a b Wild, Andrew (2017). Pink Floyd: Song by Song. Fonthill Media. pp. 48–49.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
  3. ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  4. ^ Guthrie, James. "James Guthrie: Audio: Building A Compilation Album". Pink Floyd. Archived from the original on 2 June 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2013.