Coming Back to Life
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| “Coming Back to Life” | |||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd | |||||
| Album | The Division Bell | ||||
| Released | March 30, 1994 (UK) April 5, 1994 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1993 | ||||
| Genre | Progressive rock | ||||
| Length | ~6:19 | ||||
| Label | EMI (UK) Columbia Records (US) |
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| Writer | David Gilmour | ||||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour | ||||
| The Division Bell track listing | |||||
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"Coming Back to Life" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1994 album The Division Bell, and is credited solely to David Gilmour.
[edit] Composition
Gilmour has said (as can be heard in the David Gilmour in Concert DVD) that the song was written about his wife, Polly Samson.
It was also featured on both the video and all versions of the 1995 live album, P*U*L*S*E. The version on the audio release is taken from a different show than the on the video and DVD. David Gilmour's solo live versions are featured on his live DVD's David Gilmour in Concert and Remember That Night.
[edit] Credits
- Music and Lyrics by David Gilmour
- David Gilmour - lead vocals, Fender Stratocaster
- Richard Wright - Kurzweil synthesizers, Hammond organ
- Nick Mason - drums, percussion
- Guy Pratt - bass guitar
- Jon Carin - additional keyboards
Recorded January, 1993 to January 1994 at The Astoria, Britannia Row Studios and Abbey Road Studios in London.
