Flaming (song)

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"Flaming"
Flaming by Pink Floyd US single.png
A-side of US retail single
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
B-side "The Gnome"
Released6 November 1967
Recorded16 March 1967
Studio Abbey Road Studios, London, UK
Genre
Length2:46
Label Tower (US)
Songwriter(s) Syd Barrett
Producer(s) Norman Smith
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"See Emily Play"
(1967)		"Flaming"
(1967)		"Apples and Oranges"
(1967)

"Flaming" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, featured on their 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn . [1] [2] Written and sung by Syd Barrett, the song remained in their set until late 1968; David Gilmour sang the lead vocal after Barrett's departure.

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Writing

The song was originally titled "Snowing". [3] Barrett's lyrics describe a childlike game with fantastical imagery, including a line "here we go, ever so high". [4]

Single

"Flaming" was also the third US Pink Floyd single (Tower 378) and was released by Tower Records, but it did not chart. The mono US single mix of "Flaming" is slightly edited from other stereo or mono versions of the recording. This US single was released in place of the UK single, "Apples and Oranges" (backed with "Paint Box"), which had then just failed to break into the UK charts. [5]

It was the first of two US Pink Floyd singles released on Tower that were not released on a single in the UK. The other US single that was not released in the UK was "Let There Be More Light" b/w "Remember a Day" (Tower 440). [6]

Live performances

A live version of "Flaming" (at that time known as "Snowing") was played in London's All Saints Hall in 1966. [7] The song remained a live staple until the end of 1968, with David Gilmour singing the lead vocal after Barrett left the band early in the year. [8] A version performed at the Paradiso, Amsterdam on 31 May was broadcast on NTS, [9] while a performance in L'Antene du Chapiteau du Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, on 31 October was broadcast on ORTF. [10]

Personnel

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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. ↑ Chapman, Rob (2010). "Distorted View – See Through Baby Blue". Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head (Paperback ed.). London: Faber. p.  152. ISBN   978-0-571-23855-2.
  4. ↑ Mabbett 2010, p. 40.
  5. ↑ Manning 2006, p. 43.
  6. ↑ Povey 2007, p. 343.
  7. ↑ "Pink Floyd on Twitter: "Pink Floyd played London's All Saints Hall today in 1966. Tracks included Flapdoodle Dealing, I Can Tell, and Snowing..."". Twitter . Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Povey 2007, p. 99.
  9. ↑ Povey 2007, p. 95.
  10. ↑ Povey 2007, p. 102.
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