| "What Do You Want from Me" | ||||
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| Song by Pink Floyd from the album The Division Bell | ||||
| Released | March 28, 1994 (UK) April 5, 1994 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, Chicago blues, funk rock | |||
| Length | 4:21 | |||
| Label | EMI (UK) Columbia Records (US) |
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| Writer | David Gilmour, Rick Wright, Polly Samson | |||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin and David Gilmour | |||
| The Division Bell track listing | ||||
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"What Do You Want from Me" is a song by Pink Floyd featured on their 1994 album, The Division Bell.[1][2] It was composed by Richard Wright, David Gilmour, and his then-girlfriend and subsequently wife Polly Samson.
The song is a slow, yet rocking ballad. It has a drum roll introduction, and then a guitar solo. David Gilmour has agreed with an interviewer that it is a "straight Chicago blues tune", while mentioning he is still a blues fan.[3]
In an interview, David Gilmour was asked if the song returned to the theme of alienation from the audience. He responded by saying that it "actually had more to do with personal relationships but drifted into wider territory".[4]
There is also speculation that the lyrics are a message to Floyd fans from Gilmour expressing how he feels the fans are always wanting more and more from the band, such as "Should I sing until I can't sing anymore? Play these strings 'til my fingers are raw?", "You're so hard to please", and (song title) "What do you want from me?"
The song references the miracle of walking on water as a sarcastic metaphor.[5]
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