Let There Be More Light

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"Let There Be More Light"

Single by Pink Floyd
from the album A Saucerful of Secrets
B-side(s)	Remember a Day
Released	June 29, 1968 (UK) July 27, 1968 (US) August 19, 1968 (US single) ??? (Japanese single)
Format	7"
Recorded	January, March, May 1968 Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	5:39 3:00 (US single) 5:27 (Japanese single)
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Norman Smith
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"It Would Be So Nice" (1968)	"Let There Be More Light" (1968)	"Point Me at the Sky" (1968)
A Saucerful of Secrets track listing
Begining of Album	"Let There Be More Light" (Track 1)	"Remember a Day" (Track 2)

"Let There Be More Light" is the first song on Pink Floyd's second album, A Saucerful of Secrets and describes a close encounter with an alien spacecraft. The song was entirely written by Roger Waters. It begins with an iterative bass line before the vocals start. The first, gentler vocals are performed by Richard Wright with Roger Waters whispering, the following, harder refrain by David Gilmour. The last two minutes feature for the first time a guitar solo from Gilmour in a Pink Floyd album, featuring his style and "trade mark": he plays single notes and the sound of his guitar is treated through a chain of sound effects, such as distortion and echo. According to the Echoes FAQ, the songs lyrics were inspired by various Science Fiction sources and historic persons, including; The Rhull, Mildenhall, Hereward the Wake and Carter's father.