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"Chapter 24" | |
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Song by Pink Floyd | |
from the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | |
Released | 5 August 1967 |
Recorded | 27 February 1967 |
Genre | Psychedelic pop |
Length | 3:42 |
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Songwriter(s) | Syd Barrett |
Producer(s) | Norman Smith |
"Chapter 24" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd released on their 1967 album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn . [1] [2] This song was one of several to be considered for the band's "best of" album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd . [3] It was the second song recorded for the album.
It was written by Syd Barrett and its lyrics are inspired by text from chapter 24 of the ancient Chinese tome I Ching (The Book of Changes). [4] [5]
The translation Barrett referenced is not known, but phrases from the lyric can be found in the Richard Wilhelm and Cary Baynes translation of 1950, [4] [6] and the Legge translation of 1899. [7] The former is more poetic, but the latter has greater detail. Chapter 24 explains the significance of the Fû (复, means "returning") hexagram. [4]
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