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“Speak to Me” is the first track from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd’s 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, on which it forms an overture. Drummer Nick Mason receives a rare solo writing credit for the track; Roger Waters subsequently claimed this was a “gift” to Mason, one which Waters came to regret after his acrimonious departure from the band.

This song is extremely reminiscent of Ron Geesin’s “A Raise of Eyebrows” which was released in 1967, a few years before Ron Geesin worked with Pink Floyd on Atom Heart Mother which was itself a few years before release of Dark Side of the Moon

On radio cuts, “Speak to Me” is often combined with “Breathe (In the Air),” called “Speak to Me/Breathe”.

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What did Pink Floyd say about "Speak to Me"?
Genius Answer

Waters told Uncut in 2003:

It’s kind of a classical overture, a standard device used for hundreds of years, put some elements of the work together at the beginning, as a taster.

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Heartbeat
Recorded At
EMI Recording Studios, St. John's Wood, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Release Date
March 1, 1973
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