Louder than Words (Pink Floyd song)

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"Louder than Words"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Endless River
Released14 October 2014 (2014-10-14)
Recorded1993/2014 on the
Astoria (London, England)
GenreProgressive rock[1]
Length
  • 6:37 (album)
  • 4:40 (Promo edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Proper Education"
(2007) 		"Louder than Words"
(2014) 		"Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
(2022)
Music video
"Louder than Words" on YouTube

"Louder than Words" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, written by David Gilmour and Polly Samson. The song, featuring lyrics written by Samson to accompany a composition by Gilmour, was recorded by the band as the closing track of their fifteenth studio and final album, The Endless River. The track features a posthumous appearance by former keyboardist and founder member of Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, and an appearance by electronic string quartet Escala. "Louder than Words" is the only song on the album with lyrics, which were sung by Gilmour.[2]

The track was released to US mainstream rock radio on 14 October 2014, serving as the first and only release in promotion of The Endless River.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stereogum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "About". Pink Floyd. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.