The Great Gig in the Sky
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| The Great Gig in the Sky | ||
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| Not Released as single | ||
| LP and CD by Pink Floyd | ||
| From the album The Dark Side of the Moon | ||
| Released | March 1973. | |
| Recorded | Unknown | |
| Genre | Psychedelic rock | |
| Length | 4 min, 48 s | |
| Record label | Capitol Records | |
| Producer | Richard Wright | |
| Dark Side of the Moon track listing | ||
| Time (04) | The Great Gig in the Sky (05) | Money (06) |
The fourth track on Pink Floyd's epic Dark Side of the Moon album, "The Great Gig in the Sky" features soaring voice instrumental music by Clare Torry. The song was called "The Religion Song" during recording.
During live performances by Pink Floyd, up to three singers were used, each taking different parts of the song.
Aside from the words at the beginning of the song, spoken by "Gerry" (an Irish Abbey Road Studios doorman at the time), a very faint voice can be heard just after the three-and-a-half minute mark, though many insist there are 2 voices and that the one at the 3:33 mark says "if you hear this whisper, you are dying", which is completely false.
Lyrics
(At the beginning)
"And I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do; I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it - you've gotta go sometime."
- Gerry
(3:33, very faintly)
"I never said I was frightened of dying."