Artwork by Syd Barrett for 1967 UK promotional release[a]
Single by Pink Floyd
B-side
"The Scarecrow"
Released
16 June 1967[1]
Recorded
21 May 1967
Studio
Sound Techniques, London
Genre
Psychedelic pop[2][3][4]
psychedelic rock[5][6]
Length
2:53 (single version)
2:47 (Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd version)
Label
EMI Columbia (UK)
Tower (US)
Songwriter(s)
Syd Barrett
Producer(s)
Norman Smith
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Arnold Layne" (1967)
"See Emily Play" (1967)
"Flaming" (1967)
Music video
"See Emily Play" on YouTube
Audio sample
file
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"See Emily Play" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released as their second single on 16 June 1967 on the Columbia label.[7] Written by original frontman Syd Barrett, it was released as a non-album single, but appeared as the opening track of Pink Floyd, the US edition of the band's debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967).
The song was written by Barrett following the Games for May concert, and became a top 10 hit when released in the UK the following month. The group appeared three times on Top of the Pops, where Barrett started showing signs of erratic behaviour, which ultimately led to him leaving the group in early 1968. Although Pink Floyd seldom performed the song live, it has been recorded subsequently by a number of diverse artists and regarded as a classic psychedelic pop single.
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^Blake 2011, p. 88.
^Miller, Chuck (August 2001). Warman's American Records. Krause Publications. p. 130. ISBN 978-0873492591.
^Schaffner, Nicholas (2005). Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey (New ed.). London: Helter Skelter. p. 65. ISBN 1-905139-09-8.
^Eder, Bruce. "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn [3-CD Deluxe Edition] - Pink Floyd | Release Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^"Pink Floyd Bio Artist". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^Gallucci, Ennio (24 February 2021). "Top 20 Psychedelic Rock Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
^"45cat - The Pink Floyd - See Emily Play / Scarecrow - Columbia - UK - DB 8214".
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