Lost for Words (Pink Floyd song)
| "Lost for Words" | ||||
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| Single by Pink Floyd | ||||
| from the album The Division Bell | ||||
| Released | 26 March 1994 | |||
| Recorded |
1993 at Astoria (London, United Kingdom) | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 5:14 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Gilmour, Polly Samson | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Ezrin, David Gilmour | |||
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"Lost for Words" is a song recorded by English rock band Pink Floyd, written by guitarist and lead singer David Gilmour and his spouse Polly Samson for the band's fourteenth studio album, The Division Bell. It appears as the penultimate track on the album. The lyrics, mostly penned by Samson, are a bitterly sarcastic reflection on Gilmour's then-strained relationship with former bandmate Roger Waters . The song was released to US rock radio the week of the album's release,[1] succeeding "Keep Talking", the previous promotional release, released the week before. The song reached #53 in the Canadian singles chart.[2]
Track listing
| US promotional single (CSK 6228) | ||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Lost For Words" (Clean version) | David Gilmour, Polly Samson | Bob Ezrin, Gilmour | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Lost For Words" (Album version) | Gilmour, Samson | Ezrin, Gilmour | 5:14 |
Personnel
- Pink Floyd
- David Gilmour – acoustic guitar, additional electric guitar, bass, lead vocals
- Richard Wright – synths, piano, Hammond organ
- Nick Mason – drums, tambourine
Charts
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Album Rock Tracks[3] | 21 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalog no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States[4] | March 26, 1994 | CD-R (Modern rock/Alternative radio) | Columbia Records | CSK 6228 |
Trivia
The second-to-last line, "But they tell me to please go fuck myself", is just the fifth instance of the word "fuck" being used in a Pink Floyd lyric within the band's official discography and, indeed, just the eighth instance of a Pink Floyd lyric using any profanity at all (the other ones being "I've got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from" in "Nobody Home" from their 1979 album The Wall, "You little shit" in "The Trial", also from The Wall, "Oh don't talk with me/Please just fuck with me" in "Candy and a Currant Bun", the B-side to Pink Floyd's first single, Arnold Layne, "You fucked up old hag" in "Pigs (Three Different Ones)", a song from the 1977 album Animals, "Don't give me that do goody good bullshit" in "Money", a song on the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon, Speak to Me (the opening track on Dark Side) has the phrase "I've been mad for fucking years"[5] and the repeated line "Fuck all that" in "Not Now John", from 1983's The Final Cut).
References
- ↑ "Lost For Words (CD, Single, Promo)". Pink Floyd Discography. Discogs. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ Library and Archives Canada: Top Singles - Volume 61, No. 1, February 06 1995, February 6, 1995, retrieved 12 July 2014
- ↑ "Artist Chart History (Singles) – Pink Floyd". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
- ↑ "US CD Singles". Pink Floyd Discography Archive. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ↑ "Pink Floyd – Speak to Me".
