Who sang each of the Pink Floyd songs?
The Beatles get all the credit for spearheading psychedelic rock, but really, it’s Pink Floyd who deserve recognition for the title. Given the level of swirling artistry they would go on to stoke up in their midst, the members of the band hailed from relatively humble beginnings, and it was their connections with each other that gave Pink Floyd its status more than anything, whether that proved to be for better or worse.
Of course, Pink Floyd started out as a very different outfit than what they would eventually go on to become, at least in terms of personnel. The blazing enigma of Syd Barrett was what initially reeled the fans in, and kept them there even long after he had exited the scene. Then there was the fact of Roger Waters and David Gilmour’s searing feuds – a highly entertaining soap opera if ever there was one, but an insurmountable battle that ultimately tore the band apart indefinitely.
Yet through it all, across Pink Floyd’s seismic songbook, consisting of no less than 15 albums ranging from 1967 to 2014, what made the band unique in places was their ability to share the load. There may have been frontrunners, granted, but each member of the band, past and present, all took their turns leading the charge, reflected in the diversity that their discography holds.
At their heart, Pink Floyd were, and still are, a band of brothers. Despite what their bravado and protestations might make you think, they would never allow for one man to fall behind, reflected in the way they split the load across all their sonic efforts. However, with a back catalogue so prolific and extensive, it can be hard to keep track of a timeline, so here’s the essential guide to which member of Pink Floyd sang each and every one of their songs.
Who sang each of the Pink Floyd songs?
Syd Barrett
- ‘Astronomy Domine’
- ‘Lucifer Sam’
- ‘Matilda Mother’
- ‘Flaming’
- ‘The Gnome’
- ‘Chapter 24’
- ‘The Scarecrow’
- ‘Bike’
- ‘Jugband Blues’
David Gilmour
- ‘Let There Be More Light’
- ‘Corporal Clegg’
- ‘Cirrus Minor’
- ‘The Nile Song’
- ‘Crying Song’
- ‘Green Is the Colour’
- ‘Ibiza Bar’
- ‘A Spanish Piece’
- ‘Astronomy Domine’
- ‘Careful With That Axe, Eugene’ – spoken part
- ‘The Narrow Way – Parts 1, 2 & 3’
- ‘Fat Old Sun’
- ‘A Pillow of Winds’
- ‘Fearless’
- ‘Echoes’
- ‘Burning Bridges’
- ‘The Gold It’s in the…’
- ‘Wot’s… Uh the Deal?’
- ‘Childhood’s End’
- ‘Breathe (In the Air)’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Money’
- ‘Us and Them’
- ‘Welcome to the Machine’
- ‘Wish You Were Here’
- ‘Dogs’
- ‘The Thin Ice’
- ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2’
- ‘Mother’
- ‘Goodbye Blue Sky’
- ‘Young Lust’
- ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’
- ‘Hey You’
- ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’
- ‘Comfortably Numb’
- ‘The Show Must Go On’
- ‘Run Like Hell’
- ‘Waiting for the Worms’
- ‘Not Now John’
- ‘Learning to Fly’
- ‘The Dogs of War’
- ‘One Slip’
- ‘On the Turning Away’
- ‘Yet Another Movie’
- ‘A New Machine (Part 1)’
- ‘A New Machine (Part 2)’
- ‘Sorrow’
- ‘What Do You Want from Me’
- ‘Poles Apart’
- ‘A Great Day for Freedom’
- ‘Wearing the Inside Out’
- ‘Take It Back’
- ‘Coming Back to Life’
- ‘Lost for Words’
- ‘High Hopes’
- ‘Louder Than Words’
Nick Mason
- ‘Corporal Clegg’
Roger Waters
- ‘Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk’
- ‘Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun’
- ‘Astronomy Domine’
- ‘Careful With That Axe, Eugene’ – scream part
- ‘Grantchester Meadows’
- ‘Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict’
- ‘If’
- ‘San Tropez’
- ‘Free Four’
- ‘Brain Damage’
- ‘Eclipse’
- ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ (Parts I–V)
- ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ (Parts VI–IX)
- ‘Pigs on the Wing (Part One)’
- ‘Pigs (Three Different Ones)’
- ‘Sheep’
- ‘Pigs on the Wing (Part Two)’
- ‘In the Flesh?’
- ‘The Thin Ice’
- ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1’
- ‘The Happiest Days of Our Lives’
- ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2’
- ‘Mother’
- ‘Empty Spaces’
- ‘One of My Turns’
- ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’
- ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3’
- ‘Goodbye Cruel World’
- ‘Hey You’
- ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’
- ‘Nobody Home’
- ‘Vera’
- ‘Bring the Boys Back Home’
- ‘Comfortably Numb’
- ‘The Show Must Go On’
- ‘In the Flesh’
- ‘Run Like Hell’
- ‘Waiting for the Worms’
- ‘Stop’
- ‘The Trial’
- ‘Outside the Wall’
- ‘The Post War Dream’
- ‘Your Possible Pasts’
- ‘One of the Few’
- ‘When the Tigers Broke Free’
- ‘The Hero’s Return’
- ‘The Gunner’s Dream’
- ‘Paranoid Eyes’
- ‘Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert’
- ‘The Fletcher Memorial Home’
- ‘Southampton Dock’
- ‘The Final Cut’
- ‘Not Now John’
- ‘Two Suns in the Sunset’
Richard Wright
- ‘Astronomy Domine’
- ‘Matilda Mother’
- ‘Let There Be More Light’
- ‘Remember a Day’
- ‘Corporal Clegg’
- ‘Summer ‘68’
- ‘Echoes’
- ‘Burning Bridges’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Wearing the Inside Out’
