| "Time" | ||||
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Pink_Floyd_-_Time_(label).png) US Harvest Records single | ||||
| Single by Pink Floyd | ||||
| from the album The Dark Side of the Moon | ||||
| A-side | "Us and Them" | |||
| Released | 4 February 1974 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 3 June 1972 – 1 February 1973[1] | |||
| Studio | EMI, London | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock[2] | |||
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| Label | Harvest | |||
| Composer(s) | ||||
| Lyricist(s) | Roger Waters | |||
| Producer(s) | Pink Floyd | |||
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"Time" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd. It is included as the fourth track on their eighth album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) and was released as a single in the United States. With lyrics written by bassist Roger Waters, guitarist David Gilmour shares lead vocals with keyboardist Richard Wright (his last until "Wearing the Inside Out" on the band's 1994 album The Division Bell).
The lyrics deal with the passage of time. Waters got the idea when he realised he was no longer preparing for anything in life, but was right in the middle of it. He has described this realisation taking place at ages 28 and 29 in various interviews.[3] It is noted for its long introductory passage of clocks chiming and alarms ringing. The sounds were recorded in an antique store made as a quadrophonic test by engineer Alan Parsons, not specifically for the album.[4]
The album track also includes a reprise of the song "Breathe". It is the only song on the album to credit all four principal members for songwriting, and the last to do so in the band's discography.[5]
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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Murphy, Sean (22 May 2011). "The 25 Best Progressive Rock Songs of All Time". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "PINK FLOYD'S DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 4". Utopia.knoware.nl. Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ Schaffner, Nicholas (2005). "The Amazing Pudding". Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey (New ed.). London: Helter Skelter. p. 157. ISBN 1-905139-09-8.
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