Another Brick in the Wall - wikipedia Another Brick in the Wall `` Another Brick in the Wall '' Song series by Pink Floyd from the album The Wall Published Pink Floyd Music Publishers Released 30 November 1979 Recorded April -- November 1979 Genre Progressive rock Length 9 : 08 ( All three parts ) 3 : 21 ( Part 1 ) 3 : 59 ( Part 2 ) 1 : 48 ( Part 3 ) 5 : 43 ( Radio Edit ) Label Harvest ( UK ) Columbia ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Roger Waters Producer ( s ) Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters `` Another Brick in the Wall '' is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme, on Pink Floyd 's 1979 rock opera, The Wall, subtitled Part 1 ( working title `` Reminiscing '' ), Part 2 ( working title `` Education '' ), and Part 3 ( working title `` Drugs '' ). All parts were written by Pink Floyd 's bassist, Roger Waters. Part 2 is a protest song against rigid schooling in general and boarding schools in the UK in particular. It was also released as a single and provided the band 's only number - one hit in the United Kingdom, the United States, West Germany and many other countries. In addition, in the US, along with the tracks, `` Run Like Hell '', and `` Do n't Leave Me Now '', `` Another Brick in the Wall '' reached number fifty - seven on the disco chart. In the UK, Part 2 was Pink Floyd 's first single since 1968 's `` Point Me at the Sky '' ; the song was also the final number - one single of the 1970s. For Part 2, Pink Floyd received a Grammy nomination for Best Performance by a Rock Duo or Group and lost to Bob Seger 's `` Against the Wind ''. In addition, Part 2 was number 375 on Rolling Stone 's list of `` The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. The single sold over 4 million copies worldwide. That single, as well as the album The Wall, were banned in South Africa in 1980 after the song was adopted by supporters of a nationwide school boycott protesting racial inequities in education under the apartheid regime. Contents 1 Concept 1.1 `` Part 1 '' 1.2 `` Part 2 '' 1.2. 1 Charts and certifications 1.2. 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2. 1.2 Year - end charts 1.2. 1.3 Sales and certifications 1.3 `` Part 3 '' 2 Award 3 Personnel 4 Cover versions 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Concept Each of the three parts has a similar tune, and lyrical structure ( though not lyrics, aside from the `` all in all '' refrain ), and each is louder and more enraged than the one before, rising from the sadness of Part I to the protesting Part II to the furious Part III. `` Part 1 '' `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 1 ) '' Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Wall Published Pink Floyd Music Publishers Released 30 November 1979 ( UK ) 8 December 1979 ( US ) Recorded April -- November 1979 Genre Progressive rock Length 3 : 21 Label Harvest ( UK ) Columbia ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Roger Waters Producer ( s ) Bob Ezrin David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters Composition Part 1 of the song is very quiet dynamically and features a long, subdued guitar solo. The vocals are softer and gentler in tone than in Parts 2 and 3, although there is a short, sharp rise in dynamics and tone for a brief period towards the end of the lyrical portion. Sniffing, shouting, wailing, calling, and children can be faintly heard in the background. The song 's beginning coincides with the final chord of `` The Thin Ice '', and the echoing multi-guitar solo ( after the lyrics ) crossfades into the helicopter and yelling - teacher sounds of `` The Happiest Days of Our Lives ''. Plot `` The Thin Ice '' discussed during the previous song breaks when Pink becomes older and learns of the death of his father. Pink is devastated by this reality and begins to build The Wall. Film version Pink 's mother is seen praying in a church after the death of her husband overseas. Pink, however, is, at this point, oblivious of his death, and can be seen playing with a toy aeroplane. The song continues with Pink playing in a public park after his mother leaves him to go shopping. He sees a man who he takes a liking to in the absence of his own father. The man gives Pink a lift onto a ride, and it 's clear Pink feels as if this man is his real father. Pink follows the man 's son around, copying him, but does n't understand why the other boy 's father is n't paying attention to him. He grabs the man 's hand but is shooed away, only to grab the man 's hand again. The man pushes Pink away again, and dejectedly he sits on a swing ( which is too far off the ground for him to swing himself ). He looks over at the other parents swinging their kids, feeling even more alone. `` Part 2 '' `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 2 ) '' Single by Pink Floyd from the album The Wall B - side `` One of My Turns '' Released 23 November 1979 ( UK ) 8 January 1980 ( US ) Format 7 - inch single Recorded April -- November 1979 Genre Progressive rock disco Length 3 : 11 ( single version ) 3 : 59 ( album version ) 3 : 54 ( A Collection of Great Dance Songs version ) Label Harvest ( UK ) Columbia ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Roger Waters Producer ( s ) Bob Ezrin David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters Pink Floyd singles chronology `` Have a Cigar '' ( 1975 ) `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 2 ) '' ( 1979 ) `` Run Like Hell '' ( 1980 ) Audio sample file help Composition In the album version of The Wall, `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 2 ) '' segues from `` The Happiest Days of Our Lives ''. The song has strong drums, a well - known bass line and distinctive guitar parts in the background with a smooth, yet edgy guitar solo. The song also features a choir of schoolchildren singing in the second verse : as the song ends, the sounds of a school yard are heard, along with a Scottish teacher who continues to lord it over the children 's lives by shouting `` Wrong ! Do it again ! '', and `` If you do n't eat yer meat, you ca n't have any pudding ! How can you have any pudding if you do n't eat yer meat ? ! '', and `` You ! Yes ! You behind the bikesheds ! Stand still, laddie ! '', all of it dissolving into the dull drone of a phone ringing. It trails off into the next song, ending with a deep sigh. School choir Producer Bob Ezrin had immediately recognised the hit potential of this song, but it took some manoeuvring behind the band 's back until `` Part II '' took its eventual form. Waters originally rejected the idea, saying `` Go ahead and waste your time doing silly stuff. '' It was Ezrin 's idea to use a school choir for this song, as he explained to Guitar World in 2009 : The most important thing I did for the song was to insist that it be more than just one verse and one chorus long, which it was when Roger wrote it. When we played it with the disco drumbeat I said : `` Man, this is a hit ! But it 's one minute 20. We need two verses and two choruses. '' And they said, `` Well you 're not bloody getting them. We do n't do singles, so fuck you. '' So I said, `` Okay, fine '', and they left. And because of our two ( tape recorder ) set up, while they were n't around we were able to copy the first verse and chorus, take one of the drum fills, put them in between and extend the chorus. Then the question is what do you do with the second verse, which is the same ? And having been the guy who made Alice Cooper 's School 's Out I 've got this thing about kids on record, and it is about kids after all. So while we were in America, we sent ( recording engineer ) Nick Griffiths to a school near the Floyd studios ( in Islington, North London ). I said, `` Give me 24 tracks of kids singing this thing. I want Cockney, I want posh, fill ' em up '', and I put them on the song. I called Roger into the room, and when the kids came in on the second verse there was a total softening of his face, and you just knew that he knew it was going to be an important record. Griffiths approached music teacher Alun Renshaw of Islington Green School, around the corner from Pink Floyd 's Britannia Row Studios, about the choir. Though the school received a lump sum payment of £ 1000, there was no contractual arrangement for royalties from record sales. Under a 1996 UK copyright law, they became eligible for royalties from broadcasts, and after royalties agent Peter Rowan traced choir members through the website Friends Reunited and other means, they lodged a claim for royalties with the Performing Artists ' Media Rights Association in 2004. Disco beat The idea for the disco beat came likewise from Ezrin. As David Gilmour explained in 2009 : It was n't my idea to do disco music, it was Bob 's. He said to me, `` Go to a couple of clubs and listen to what 's happening with disco music, '' so I forced myself out and listened to loud, four - to - the - bar bass drums and stuff and thought, Gawd, awful ! Then we went back and tried to turn one of the ( song 's ) parts into one of those so it would be catchy. Of the final outcome, Roger Waters has commented : It was great -- exactly the thing I expected from a collaborator. David Gilmour said : And it does n't, in the end, not sound like Pink Floyd. Plot After being insulted by the teacher, Pink dreams that the kids in his school begin to protest against their abusive teachers. The song talks about how he had a personal wall around him from the rest of the world, and the teachers were just another brick in the wall. Film version Following `` The Happiest Days of Our Lives '' Pink starts to daydream during his class. He imagines several students marching in unison to the beat of the song, following a path until they enter a steamy tunnel section to re-emerge as putty - faced clones void of individual distinction and proceed to fall blindly into an oversized meat - grinder. Starting with Gilmour 's guitar solo, the children destroy the school building using hammers ( foreshadowing the subsequent neo-fascist Nazi - like animated sequence with its marching hammers ) and crowbars, creating a bonfire, dragging their teacher out of the burning school kicking and screaming while chanting `` We do n't need no education. '' The song ends with Pink rubbing his hand, which the teacher slapped with a ruler in the song previously. During the song, the teacher 's `` meat and pudding '' lines are folded into the first few lines of the school choir 's lines ( with the instrumental breaks between shortened by a bar in 2 places ), and are performed by the teacher in the film, played by Alex McAvoy. Music video Prior to the film, the first video for the track, directed by album / concert / film art designer Gerald Scarfe, depicted students running in a playground ( Kings Square Gardens, Islington ) and the teacher puppet from The Wall concerts was used. The video also mixed in some animated scenes later used in `` The Trial '' and `` Waiting for the Worms ''. The opening shot, a pan across the London skyline was filmed from the top of Turnpike House in Islington, both St Lukes Church and St Clements Church ( the one overlooking the playground ) are both clearly visible in the shot. After the media furore surrounding the song, the Islington Green school head teacher Margaret Maden refused permission for the children who sang on the song to appear in the video or on Top of the Pops, although at the time they were told it was because they did n't hold Equity Cards. Once the film was completed, the actual scenes of `` The Happiest Days of Our Lives '' and `` Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 '' were combined into a new video, which now represents the music video for `` Another Brick in the Wall ''. Live Versions When performed as part of the various live shows of The Wall, the teacher is represented by a giant inflatable puppet, based on the figure from Scarfe 's animations. This puppet duly becomes the focus of the song 's anger and frustration. Alternative versions The single version has a short 4 - bar rhythm guitar and drum intro before the first verse, but fades out earlier, just before the playground ending of the studio version. The compilation A Collection of Great Dance Songs ( 1981 ) includes a hybrid ( 3 : 54 ) version, which like the single version omits the segue from `` The Happiest Days of Our Lives '' and includes the 4 - bar guitar / drum intro, but retains the longer playground ending of the studio version, fading out just before the telephone sounds. The versions from live albums and videos Delicate Sound of Thunder and Pulse ( recorded after Waters ' departure from the band ) feature the main guitar solo by David Gilmour, followed by an additional tapping guitar riff by touring guitarist Tim Renwick. These are backed by Guy Pratt 's slap bass lines. On Delicate Sound of Thunder, the children 's choir part is played from a tape, while on Pulse, it is performed by the backing singers. The version on Delicate Sound of Thunder starts right after `` Money '' with the single four - bar intro, then stops, until the vocals start after a short break. The ending is also similar to the one on The Wall but without the shouting and other sound effects. In contrast, the version on Pulse is more of a reworked version with excerpt from all three parts : It starts with the telephone from the end of Part 2, then a helicopter can be heard, before David Gilmour starts playing the main guitar riff of Part 1 and the band join in for a couple of bars. Then the end part of Happiest Days comes up and the transition into the actual song is the same as on the studio album. After the second guitar solo, the keyboard staccato from Part 3 can be heard while the helicopter comes back shortly before the track ends with a cold stop. On the Pulse DVD, the vocal echo from the song Dogs can be heard during that final part, but it is not audible on the CD. The version from Is There Anybody Out There ? The Wall Live 1980 -- 81 ( from the 1980 -- 81 concerts at Earls Court, London ) also features an extended solo by Snowy White and an organ solo by Richard Wright. In 1990, prior to The Wall -- Live in Berlin a rare, limited edition promo CD titled `` The Wall Berlin ' 90 '' was issued to radio stations ( Columbia CSK 2126 ) which included `` When the Tigers Broke Free '' and a new version of `` Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 '' credited as a `` New Recording by The Bleeding Heart Band / June 1990 ''. The version from The Wall Live in Berlin has Cyndi Lauper singing lead vocals, and features Rick DiFonzo playing the original solo, Snowy White playing a second guitar solo, Peter Wood playing an organ solo, and Thomas Dolby playing a synthesiser solo. The song was included with `` The Happiest Days of Our Lives '' in the compilation Echoes : The Best of Pink Floyd, and segues into the first note of an edited version of `` Echoes ''. Roger Waters ' 2000 US tour, In the Flesh -- Live ( released on CD and DVD in 2006 ), featured the song -- segued in from `` The Happiest Days of Our Lives '' -- with live backup singers and the taped children 's choir singing with Waters in the second verse, and -- after two guitar solos -- a third verse ( same lyrics as second verse ). During The Wall Live tour 2011, Waters added an acoustic coda to `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 2 ) '' with brand new lyrics referring to the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. According To the 2012 tour program this song is called `` The Ballad of Jean Charles de Menezes ''. All in all it 's just another brick in the wall All in all you 're just another brick in the wall Just another blunder Just another lousy call Just another clap of thunder And apologies ring hollow From the guilty in Whitehall And there 's no hint of sorrow Just the whitewash on the wall Just one man dead And nothing is gained Nothing at all And Jean Charles de Menezes remains Just another brick in the wall Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 1979 -- 80 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canadian RPM Top Singles Denmark ( Hitlisten ) Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) France ( SNEP ) Germany ( Official German Charts ) Ireland ( IRMA ) Israel Singles Chart Italy ( FIMI ) Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) Norway ( VG - lista ) Portugal Singles Chart South African Chart Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 Chart ( 2012 ) Peak position France ( SNEP ) 118 Year - end charts Chart ( 1980 ) Rank Australia Canadian RPM Top Singles New Zealand 5 US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Sales and certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales France ( SNEP ) Gold 841,000 Germany ( BVMI ) Gold 250,000 Italy ( FIMI ) Gold 15,000 Spain ( PROMUSICAE ) Gold 50,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Platinum 1,100,000 United States ( RIAA ) Platinum + Gold 1,500,000 Total available sales : 3,711,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone `` Part 3 '' `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 3 ) '' Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Wall Published Pink Floyd Music Publishers Released 30 November 1979 ( UK ) 8 December 1979 ( US ) Recorded April -- November 1979 Genre Progressive rock hard rock Length 1 : 48 Label Harvest ( UK ) Columbia ( US ) Songwriter ( s ) Roger Waters Producer ( s ) Bob Ezrin David Gilmour James Guthrie Roger Waters Composition This song is louder than the previous two parts, expressing Pink 's rage. It is also the shortest part of `` Another Brick in the Wall '', and cross-fades into `` Goodbye Cruel World ''. On the live version the song gets an extended ending seguing into the instrumental `` The Last Few Bricks '' which continues its keyboard staccato. Plot Pink decides to finish this wall as a result of his rage after his wife 's betrayal. He states that he has seen `` the writing on the wall ''. He concludes that he no longer needs anything at all, dismissing the people in his life as just `` bricks in the wall ''. The song also contains the line `` I do n't need no drugs to calm me '', possibly foreshadowing what is going to happen in the song `` Comfortably Numb '', although Waters has stated that `` Comfortably Numb '' is not about drugs. Film version In the film, the song is accompanied by a montage of events that contributed to the construction of the wall. This version was also completely re-recorded with a faster tempo. Award The song, part number unspecified, won Waters the 1983 British Academy Award for ' Best Original Song ' from the movie of The Wall. Personnel Personnel per The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia. Part I Roger Waters -- lead vocals, bass David Gilmour -- guitar, harmony vocals Richard Wright -- Prophet - 5 synthesiser, minimoog Part II Roger Waters -- bass, vocals ( unison with Gilmour ) David Gilmour -- guitar, vocals ( unison with Waters ) Nick Mason -- drums Richard Wright -- Hammond organ, Prophet - 5 synthesiser with : Islington Green School students ( organised by Alun Renshaw ) -- vocals Part III Roger Waters -- bass, vocals, rhythm guitar David Gilmour -- lead guitar Nick Mason -- drums Richard Wright -- Prophet - 5 synthesiser Cover versions `` Another Brick in the Wall, Pts. 1 -- 3 '' Single by Korn from the album Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Released Recorded Genre Progressive metal Length 7 : 08 Label Epic Songwriter ( s ) Roger Waters Producer ( s ) Jonathan Davis Korn Frank Filipetti Korn singles chronology `` Word Up ! '' ( 2004 ) `` Another Brick in the Wall, Pts. 1 -- 3 '' ( 2004 ) `` Twisted Transistor '' ( 2005 ) In 1982, the Italian disco band Pink Project scored a major hit in Italy and Switzerland with `` Disco Project '' : a mashup of Pink Floyd 's `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 2 ) '' and The Alan Parsons Project 's `` Mammagamma ''. In the wake of The Wall 's release, a teacher in Chicago cut his own record as a rebuttal to Pink Floyd, changing the lyrics to `` We all need an education. '' In 1999, Tournesol turned Parts I and II into an acoustic thump. See also Proper Education The Logical Song - a Supertramp song also criticizing the education system References Citations Jump up ^ `` ' Wall ' a perfect mix of rock, film ''. The State News. Archived from the original on 15 July 2003. Retrieved 11 May 2011. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Hot Dance / Disco : 1974 -- 2003. Record Research. p. 203. 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Aired 3 October 2007. Roger Waters 's take of Las Mañanitas in one of the Mexico City concerts on YouTube. December 2010. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Walking on the Moon '' by The Police UK number - one single ( Pink Floyd version ) 15 December 1979 -- 12 January 1980 Succeeded by `` Brass in Pocket '' by The Pretenders Preceded by `` Crazy Little Thing Called Love '' by Queen Billboard Hot 100 number - one single ( Pink Floyd version ) 22 March 1980 -- 12 April 1980 Succeeded by `` Call Me '' by Blondie The Wall Songs Side one `` In the Flesh ? '' `` The Thin Ice '' `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 1 ) '' `` The Happiest Days of Our Lives '' `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 2 ) '' `` Mother '' Side two `` Goodbye Blue Sky '' `` Empty Spaces '' `` Young Lust '' `` One of My Turns '' `` Do n't Leave Me Now '' `` Another Brick in the Wall ( Part 3 ) '' `` Goodbye Cruel World '' Side three `` Hey You '' `` Is There Anybody Out There ? '' `` Nobody Home '' `` Vera '' `` Bring the Boys Back Home '' `` Comfortably Numb '' Side four `` The Show Must Go On '' `` In the Flesh '' `` Run Like Hell '' `` Waiting for the Worms '' `` Stop '' `` The Trial '' `` Outside the Wall '' Related tracks `` What Shall We Do Now ? '' `` The Last Few Bricks '' `` Is n't This Where We Came In ? '' `` When the Tigers Broke Free '' Related albums Is There Anybody Out There ? The Wall Live 1980 -- 81 The Wall -- Live in Berlin Roger Waters : The Wall The Final Cut The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking Tribute albums Back Against the Wall Rebuild the Wall Us and Them : Symphonic Pink Floyd Videos Pink Floyd -- The Wall Roger Waters : The Wall The Final Cut Tours The Wall Tour The Wall Live Adaptations Another Brick in the Wall : The Opera 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 Syd Barrett David Gilmour Nick Mason Roger Waters Richard Wright 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 Bootleg recordings 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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