Artist ....... Pink Floyd
Album ........ Hey Hey Rise Up
Genre ........ Rock
Source ....... CDDA
Label ........ Pink Floyd Records
Catalog Nr. .. PFRS40
Release Date . Oct-09-2022
Tracks ....... 02
Length ....... 07:37
Quality ...... 44,1
Mode ......... Joint Stereo
Encoder ...... LAME v3.100 -V0
Size ......... 13,85 MB
Link ......... https://www.pinkfloyd.com/
Rls Notes
Pink Floyd is to release two physical versions of their first newly
recorded music in over 25 years, Hey Hey Rise Up.
The single, which was initially released digitally in April in support
of the people of Ukraine and was Number 1 in 27 countries, will be
available on 7" and CD single. Both formats will also feature a newly
reworked version of A Great Day For Freedom taken from the band's 1994
album, The Division Bell. The single will be available on 15 July
(excluding Japan û released on 3 August û and USA, Canada, Australia
and Mexico û released on 21 October).
The lead track sees David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined by long time
Pink Floyd bass player Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards and
featuring vocals by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox.
When the track was first recorded at the end of March, Andriy, who
left his band's US tour to return home and fight for his country, was
in a hospital bed in Kyiv recovering from a shrapnel injury. Proceeds
for the physical release and the ongoing digital proceeds will go to
Ukraine humanitarian relief.
For this limited edition release, David Gilmour has reworked A Great
Day For Freedom using the original tapes which feature Nick Mason on
drums and Richard Wright on keyboards, along with backing vocals from
Sam Brown, Claudia Fontaine and Durga McBroom. The track was composed
by Gilmour with lyrics by Polly Samson and himself. Speaking about the
song in 1994, Gilmour said, "There was a wonderful moment of optimism
when the Berlin wall came down û the release of Eastern Europe from
the non-democratic side of the socialist system. But what they have
now doesn't seem to be much better. Again, I'm fairly pessimistic
about it all. I sort of wish and I live in hope, but I tend to think
that history moves at a much slower pace than we think it does. I feel
that real change takes a long, long time".
Talking about the inspiration for Hey Hey Rise Up Gilmour commented,
"Any war, but particularly a war that is started by a world superpower
against an independent democratic nation, has got to raise enormous
anger and frustration in one. As I said before, I have a small
connection there; my daughter-in-law is from Ukraine. And the band
Boombox are Ukrainian people that I already knew, not well, but from
some time ago. It's an enormously difficult, frustrating, and anger-
making thing that one human being could have the power to invade
another independent democratic nation and set about killing the
population. It's just obscene to an extent that is just beyond my
belief".
The artwork for the track The Sunflower Look features a painting of
the national flower of Ukraine with a twist by the Cuban artist Yosan
Leon. The cover is a direct reference to the woman who was seen around
the world giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers and telling them
to carry them in their pockets, so that when they die sunflowers will
grow.
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# track length
01 Hey Hey Rise Up (feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk) 03:27
02 A Great Day For Freedom 2022 04:10