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| Name = The Nile Song
| name = The Nile Song
| Cover = TheNileSong.jpg
| cover = TheNileSong.jpg
| Artist = [[Pink Floyd]]
| alt =
| Album = [[More (soundtrack)|More]]
| type = single
| artist = [[Pink Floyd]]
| B-side = "[[Ibiza Bar]]" <small>(France and New Zealand)</small><br>"[[Main Theme]]" <small>(Japan)</small>
| Released = {{Start date|1969|03}}
| album = [[More (soundtrack)|More]]
| B-side = {{ubl|"[[Ibiza Bar]]" <small>(France and New Zealand)</small>|"[[Main Theme]]" <small>(Japan)</small>}}
| Format = [[7" single]]
| Recorded = February 1969
| released = {{Start date|1969|03}}
| Genre = {{Flatlist|
| format = [[7" single]]
| recorded = February 1969
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{Flatlist|
* [[Hard rock]]
* [[Hard rock]]
* [[acid rock]]
* [[acid rock]]
* [[traditional heavy metal|heavy metal]]
* [[traditional heavy metal|heavy metal]]
}}
}}
| Length = {{Duration|m=3|s=26}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=26}}
| Label = {{Flatlist|
| label = {{Flatlist|
* [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]]
* [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]]
* [[Harvest Records|Harvest]]
* [[Harvest Records|Harvest]]
}}
}}
| Writer = [[Roger Waters]]
| writer = [[Roger Waters]]
| Producer = Pink Floyd
| producer = Pink Floyd
| Last single = "[[Point Me at the Sky]]"<br />(1968)
| prev_title = [[Point Me at the Sky]]
| prev_year = 1968
| This single = "'''The Nile Song'''"<br />(1969)
| Next single = "[[One of These Days (instrumental)|One of These Days]]"<br />(1971)
| next_title = [[One of These Days (instrumental)|One of These Days]]
| Misc =
| next_year = 1971
}}
}}
"'''The Nile Song'''" is the second song from [[Pink Floyd]]'s 1969 album, ''[[More (soundtrack)|More]]'', the soundtrack to [[More (1969 film)|the film of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite book| last = Strong| first = Martin C.| title = The Great Rock Discography| publisher = [[Canongate Books]]| location = Edinburgh| isbn = 1-84195-551-5| page = 1177| year = 2004| edition = 7th}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last = Mabbett| first = Andy| title = The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd| publisher = [[Omnibus Press]]| location = London| isbn = 0-7119-4301-X| year = 1995}}</ref> Released as a single in 1969 (only in France, Japan and New Zealand),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkfloyd.com/music/singles.php |title=The Official Site |publisher=Pink Floyd |date= |accessdate=2016-10-02}}</ref> it was written by [[Roger Waters]] and sung by [[David Gilmour]]. It is similar to another song on the album, "[[Ibiza Bar]]". While the song was never performed live by Pink Floyd, the song was played by [[Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets]] in 2018.<ref>https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nick-mason/2018/the-half-moon-london-england-3bed3048.html</ref>
"'''The Nile Song'''" is the second song from [[Pink Floyd]]'s 1969 album, ''[[More (soundtrack)|More]]'', the soundtrack to [[More (1969 film)|the film of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite book| last = Strong| first = Martin C.| title = The Great Rock Discography| publisher = [[Canongate Books]]| location = Edinburgh| isbn = 1-84195-551-5| page = 1177| year = 2004| edition = 7th}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last = Mabbett| first = Andy| title = The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd| publisher = [[Omnibus Press]]| location = London| isbn = 0-7119-4301-X| year = 1995}}</ref> Released as a single in 1969 (only in France, Japan and New Zealand),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinkfloyd.com/music/singles.php |title=The Official Site |publisher=Pink Floyd |date= |accessdate=2016-10-02}}</ref> it was written by [[Roger Waters]] and sung by [[David Gilmour]]. It is similar to another song on the album, "[[Ibiza Bar]]". While the song was never performed live by Pink Floyd, the song was played by [[Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets]] in 2018.<ref>https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nick-mason/2018/the-half-moon-london-england-3bed3048.html</ref>

Revision as of 16:52, 22 October 2018

"The Nile Song"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album More
B-side
ReleasedMarch 1969 (1969-03)
RecordedFebruary 1969
Genre
Length3:26
Label
Songwriter(s)Roger Waters
Producer(s)Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Point Me at the Sky"
(1968)
"The Nile Song"
(1969)
"One of These Days"
(1971)

"The Nile Song" is the second song from Pink Floyd's 1969 album, More, the soundtrack to the film of the same name.[1][2] Released as a single in 1969 (only in France, Japan and New Zealand),[3] it was written by Roger Waters and sung by David Gilmour. It is similar to another song on the album, "Ibiza Bar". While the song was never performed live by Pink Floyd, the song was played by Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets in 2018.[4]

While the rest of the More album was issued in true stereo, "The Nile Song" was mixed in mono and processed into Duophonic stereo for release. A proper mono mix was eventually issued on the album's 2011 CD remaster.[citation needed]

Composition

Andy Kellman of AllMusic declared 'The Nile Song' to be "one of the heaviest songs the band ever recorded".[5] The chord progression is a series of modulations, beginning at A and then rising a whole step with each repeat, cycling through six different keys, returning to the starting point of A and continuing this pattern as the song fades out.[6] The song's style has been described as heavy metal[7][8] and hard rock.[9][10]

Personnel

Covers

"The Nile Song" was covered by:

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
  2. ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  3. ^ "The Official Site". Pink Floyd. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  4. ^ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nick-mason/2018/the-half-moon-london-england-3bed3048.html
  5. ^ Kellman, Andy. Pink Floyd - Relics at AllMusic. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  6. ^ Pink Floyd: Anthology (1980 Warner Bros. Publications, Inc., Secaucus N.J.)
  7. ^ Andy Mabbett (28 September 2010). Pink Floyd- The music and the mystery: The Music and the Mystery. Omnibus Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-85712-418-0.
  8. ^ Pink Floyd- Uncensored on the Record. Coda Books Ltd. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-908538-27-7.
  9. ^ Mark Fogarty (14 August 2008). Went to See the Gypsy. Lulu.com. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-4357-5140-8.
  10. ^ Riley Haas (13 September 2013). The Beatles Are the Greatest Rock Band of All Time and I Can Prove It. Riley Haas. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-9921513-0-0.
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