Coming Back to Life - wikipedia Coming Back to Life This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2009 ) `` Coming Back to Life '' Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Division Bell Published Pink Floyd Music ( 1987 ) Ltd Released 28 March 1994 ( UK ) 5 April 1994 ( US ) Recorded Genre Progressive rock Length 6 : 19 Label EMI ( UK ) Columbia ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) David Gilmour Producer ( s ) Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour `` Coming Back to Life '' is a song from Pink Floyd 's 1994 album The Division Bell, and is credited solely to David Gilmour. Contents 1 Composition 2 Personnel 3 Live performances 3.1 Live personnel 3.2 Live releases 4 References Composition Gilmour has said ( as can be heard on the David Gilmour in Concert DVD ) that the song was written about his wife, Polly Samson. The song is played in C major. It opens with a synth droning a C major chord, leading to a slow guitar solo played with a clean sound. The first verse is then sung slowly over synth chords, before the main rhythm of the song appears, and the rest of the band join the arrangement. Another verse is sung, and followed by a guitar solo. After this guitar solo, the last few lines of the verse are sung again, and then a guitar solo is played until the end of the song. Personnel David Gilmour -- vocals, guitars Richard Wright -- Kurzweil synthesisers, Hammond organ Nick Mason -- drums, cowbell with : Guy Pratt -- bass guitar Live performances The song has been a staple in Gilmour 's performances from 1994 - 2006. It was one of the songs performed on rotation during the 1994 Division Bell Tour, at every one of Gilmour 's semi-acoustic shows in 2001 and 2002, at Gilmour 's performance at the Fender Stratocaster 50th anniversary concert in London in 2004, and was played at most shows during his solo 2006 On an Island Tour. It has currently been played at a handful of shows only during the current 2015 - 16 Rattle That Lock Tour. Live personnel Pink Floyd, 1994 tour David Gilmour -- electric guitar, lead vocals Richard Wright -- organ Nick Mason -- drums with : Guy Pratt -- bass Tim Renwick -- acoustic guitar Jon Carin -- synthesiser Gary Wallis -- percussion Sam Brown -- backing vocals Claudia Fontaine -- backing vocals Durga McBroom -- backing vocals David Gilmour, 2006 and 2015 - 16 tours David Gilmour -- electric guitar, lead vocals Richard Wright -- organ ( 2006 only ) Phil Manzanera -- electric guitar Guy Pratt -- bass Jon Carin -- synthesiser Steve DiStanislao -- drums Kevin McAlea -- organ ( 2015 - 16 only ) Bryan Chambers -- backing vocals ( 2015 - 16 only ) Lucita Jules -- backing vocals ( 2015 - 16 only ) Louise Clare Marshall -- backing vocals ( 2015 - 16 only ) Chester Kamen -- electric guitar ( 2016 second leg only ) Chuck Leavell -- organ ( 2016 second leg only ) Greg Phillinganes -- synthesiser ( 2016 second leg only ) Live releases The song appears on the following live albums, DVDs or Blu - rays : Pulse ( album ) ( Pink Floyd, 1995 ) Pulse ( VHS / DVD ) ( Pink Floyd, 1995 ( VHS ), 2003 ( DVD ) ) David Gilmour in Concert ( DVD ) ( David Gilmour, 2002 ) Remember That Night ( DVD / Blu - ray ) ( David Gilmour, 2007 ) Live in Gdańsk ( album, deluxe edition bonus CD ) ( David Gilmour, 2008 ) Live at Pompeii ( album, DVD / BD ) ( David Gilmour, 2017 ) References The Division Bell Songs Side one `` Cluster One '' `` What Do You Want from Me '' `` Poles Apart '' `` Marooned '' `` A Great Day for Freedom '' `` Wearing the Inside Out '' Side two `` Take It Back '' `` Coming Back to Life '' `` Keep Talking '' `` Lost for Words '' `` High Hopes '' Related articles The Division Bell Tour Publius Enigma The Piper at the Gates of Dawn A Saucerful of Secrets More Ummagumma Atom Heart Mother Meddle Obscured by Clouds The Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here Animals The Wall The Final Cut A Momentary Lapse of Reason The Division Bell The Endless River Pink Floyd Nick Mason Roger Waters Richard Wright Syd Barrett David Gilmour Studio albums The Piper at the Gates of Dawn A Saucerful of Secrets More Ummagumma Atom Heart Mother Meddle Obscured by Clouds The Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here Animals The Wall The Final Cut A Momentary Lapse of Reason The Division Bell The Endless River Live albums Ummagumma Delicate Sound of Thunder Pulse Is There Anybody Out There ? The Wall Live 1980 -- 81 Singles `` Arnold Layne '' / `` Candy and a Currant Bun '' `` See Emily Play '' / `` The Scarecrow '' `` Flaming '' / `` The Gnome '' ( US ) `` Apples and Oranges '' / `` Paint Box '' ( UK ) `` It Would Be So Nice '' / `` Julia Dream '' `` Let There Be More Light '' / `` Remember a Day '' ( US ) `` Point Me at the Sky '' / `` Careful with That Axe, Eugene '' ( UK ) `` One of These Days '' / `` Fearless '' ( US ) `` Free Four '' `` Money '' / `` Any Colour You Like '' ( US ) `` Time '' / `` Us and Them '' ( US ) `` Have a Cigar '' / `` Welcome to the Machine '' ( US ) or `` Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part I '' ( Europe ) `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part II ) '' / `` One of My Turns '' `` Run Like Hell '' / `` Do n't Leave Me Now '' ( Europe / some US ) or `` Comfortably Numb '' ( later US ) `` Comfortably Numb '' / `` Hey You '' ( US ) `` Pink Floyd The Wall - Music From The Film '' ( `` When the Tigers Broke Free '' / `` Bring the Boys Back Home '' ) `` Not Now John '' / `` The Hero 's Return ( Parts 1 and 2 ) '' `` Learning to Fly '' / `` Terminal Frost '' and / or `` One Slip '' `` On the Turning Away '' / `` Run Like Hell ( live ) '' ( UK ) `` One Slip '' / `` Terminal Frost '' / `` The Dogs of War '' ( UK ) `` Take It Back '' / `` Astronomy Domine ( live ) '' ( US ) `` High Hopes '' / `` Keep Talking '' / `` Marooned '' `` Wish You Were Here ( Live ) '' / `` Coming Back to Life ( live ) / `` Keep Talking ( live ) '' ( UK ) `` Louder than Words '' Compilations The Best of the Pink Floyd / Masters of Rock Relics A Nice Pair A Collection of Great Dance Songs Works 1967 : The First Three Singles Echoes : The Best of Pink Floyd The Best of Pink Floyd : A Foot in the Door 1965 : Their First Recordings Box sets Shine On Oh, by the Way Discovery The Early Years 1965 -- 1972 Films Concerts London ' 66 -- ' 67 Live at Pompeii Delicate Sound of Thunder Pulse Narratives The Wall The Final Cut Documentaries The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story London ' 66 -- ' 67 The Story of Wish You Were Here Soundtracks San Francisco The Committee Tonite Lets All Make Love in London More Zabriskie Point Obscured by Clouds Pink Floyd -- The Wall La Carrera Panamericana Tours World Tour 1968 The Man and The Journey Tour Atom Heart Mother World Tour Meddle Tour Dark Side of the Moon Tour Wish You Were Here Tour In the Flesh The Wall Tour A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour The Division Bell Tour Related media and tributes 19367 Pink Floyd The Amazing Pudding The Australian Pink Floyd Show Barn Jams Brit Floyd The Dark Side of the Moo `` Embryo '' Inside Out : A Personal History of Pink Floyd The Man and The Journey Music from The Body Pinkfloydia `` Proper Education '' Synalpheus pinkfloydi Umma gumma Their Mortal Remains Other topics Discography Videography Song list Unreleased material Members Bootleg recordings Pink Floyd live performances The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream Azimuth Co-ordinator Blackhill Enterprises Britannia Row Studios Dark Side of the Rainbow EMS Synthi A Games for May Midsummer High Weekend Pink Floyd pigs Publius Enigma Why Pink Floyd... ? 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Question: who wrote coming back to life pink floyd
Answer: David Gilmour