Money (Pink Floyd song)

"Money"
French single picture sleeve
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Dark Side of the Moon
B-side"Any Colour You Like"
Released7 May 1973 (1973-05-07)
Recorded6 June 1972 – 9 January 1973[1]
StudioEMI, London
Genre
Length
  • 6:22 (album version)
  • 3:59 (single edit)
LabelHarvest
Songwriter(s)Roger Waters
Producer(s)Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd US singles chronology
"Free Four"
(1972)
"Money"
(1973)
"Time"
(1974)
Audio sample
Roger Waters' bassline, described by Adrian Ashton as "one of the most memorable classic bass riffs ever recorded."[2]

"Money" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd from their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. Written by Roger Waters, it opened side two of the original album. Released as a single, it became the band's first hit in the United States, reaching number 10 in Cash Box magazine and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Distinctive elements of the song include its unusual 7
4
time signature, and the tape loop of money-related sound effects (such as a ringing cash register and a jingle of coins). These effects are timed right on the beats, and act as a count-in at the beginning to set the tempo and are heard periodically throughout the song.

The song was regularly performed by Pink Floyd and played on most tours since 1972, and has since been performed by David Gilmour and Waters on their respective solo tours. Gilmour re-recorded the song in 1981, while Waters released a re-recording of the song in 2023.

  1. ^ Guesdon & Margotin 2017, pp. 358–359.
  2. ^ Adrian Ashton (2006), The Bass Handbook, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-872-9.