The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door

This article is about the 2011 compilation album. For other uses, see The Best of Pink Floyd.

The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door
Greatest hits album by Pink Floyd
Released	7 November 2011 [1]
Recorded	1967–1993
Genre	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock
Length	79:39
Label	EMI
Producer	James Guthrie Pink Floyd
Compiler	David Gilmour Nick Mason Roger Waters [2]
Pink Floyd chronology
Discovery (2011) The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door (2011) The Endless River (2014)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Best of Pink Floyd: A Foot in the Door is a greatest hits album by English rock band Pink Floyd, that was released as part of the Why Pink Floyd...? 2011–12 remastering campaign. ^[2] It was later released on vinyl on 26 September 2018.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Hey You"	Roger Waters	The Wall (1979)	4:40
2.	"See Emily Play"	Syd Barrett	Non-album single (1967); appears on Relics (1971) and original US/Japan versions of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)	2:48
3.	"The Happiest Days of Our Lives"	Waters	The Wall	1:32
4.	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"	Waters	The Wall	3:48
5.	"Have a Cigar"	Waters	Wish You Were Here (1975)	5:08
6.	"Wish You Were Here"	David Gilmour, Waters	Wish You Were Here	5:05
7.	"Time" (Edited version on CD, Full version on vinyl)	Gilmour, Nick Mason, Waters, Richard Wright	The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)	6:20
8.	"The Great Gig in the Sky"	Wright, Clare Torry	The Dark Side of the Moon	4:36
9.	"Money"	Waters	The Dark Side of the Moon	6:34
10.	"Comfortably Numb"	Gilmour, Waters	The Wall	6:19
11.	"High Hopes" (Edited version)	Gilmour, Polly Samson	The Division Bell (1994)	6:55
12.	"Learning to Fly"	Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, Jon Carin	A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)	4:49
13.	"The Fletcher Memorial Home"	Waters	The Final Cut (1983)	4:11
14.	"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Edited version of parts 1–5)	Wright, Waters, Gilmour	Wish You Were Here	11:05
15.	"Brain Damage"	Waters	The Dark Side of the Moon	3:46
16.	"Eclipse" (Early fade-out)	Waters	The Dark Side of the Moon	1:53
Total length:				79:39

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2011) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] 25 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [5] 16 Canadian Albums Chart [6] 22 Croatian Foreign Albums Chart [7] 14 French Albums (SNEP) [8] 28 Greek Albums Chart [9] 21 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [10] 34 Irish Albums Chart [11] 14 Italian Albums (FIMI) [12] 4 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico) [13] 72 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [14] 8 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [15] 16 Portuguese Albums (AFP) [16] 10 Scottish Albums Chart [17] 12 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [18] 27 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 7 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 23 UK Albums (OCC) [21] 14 US Billboard 200 [22] 50 Chart (2012) Peak position Australian Albums Chart [23] 15 Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart [24] 23 Danish Albums Chart [25] 11 Dutch Albums Chart [26] 21 Norwegian Albums Chart [27] 4 Chart (2024) Peak position Greek Albums (IFPI) [28] 14

Year-end charts Chart (2011) Peak position Australian Albums Chart [29] 64 Danish Albums Chart [30] 47

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [31]	Platinum	70,000‡
France (SNEP) [32]	Gold	50,000*
Italy (FIMI) [33]	2× Platinum	100,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [34]	Platinum	15,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [35]	Platinum	20,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [36]	Gold	7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI) [37]	Platinum	300,000‡
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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External links

• Why Pink Floyd...? Official Site ^[usurped]