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1987 single by Pink Floyd
"On the Turning Away"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason
B-side
"Run Like Hell" (live version)
Released
7 December 1987[1]
Recorded
November 1986 – August 1987
Genre
Progressive rock
Length
5:42 (album version) 4:43 (single edit)
Label
EMI (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)
David Gilmour
Anthony Moore
Producer(s)
Bob Ezrin
David Gilmour
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Learning to Fly" (1987)
"On the Turning Away" (1987)
"The Dogs of War" (1988)
Audio
"On The Turning Away" on YouTube
"On the Turning Away" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason.[2][3]
The song was a staple of live shows from the 1987–89 world tours in support of A Momentary Lapse of Reason and was one of the songs in rotation during the 1994 tour in support of The Division Bell. The song was resurrected by David Gilmour on his 2006 On an Island Tour for one night only. Live recordings exist on Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988) and Live in Gdańsk (2008).
^"UK promo disc with release date". Discogs.
^Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
^Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
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