American Songwriter

Remember When: Pink Floyd Overcame Their Aversion To Singles and Hit No. 1 on the Pop Charts in 1979

For the vast majority of their career, Pink Floyd simply didn’t play the game when it came to looking for big hit singles. But when they did decide to capitulate ever so slightly, they delivered one ...
Yahoo

Pink Floyd’s First Single Turns 59

On March 10, 1967, Pink Floyd released their first single, "Arnold Layne." The song's lyrics are personal and were controversial at the time. This year the debut turns 59, and the reception to the ...
American Songwriter

9 1967 Singles Reviewed by Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett in Healthier Times, From Jim Reeves to David Bowie

Throughout the 1960s, the British music magazine Melody Maker called on artists to review some of the latest singles of the day. Many times they’d never heard of the artists before; thus the feature ...
The Atlantic

Pink Floyd: We Don't Need No Single Downloads

This week, venerated prog-rock band Pink Floyd won a court case against its record label EMI. At issue was EMI's decision to sell certain Pink Floyd songs as individual downloads, divorcing them from ...

The bitter battle for the soul of Pink Floyd

There had been no activity from Pink Floyd since the release of The Final Cut in March 1983, an album widely regarded as a ...

The 1968 Pink Floyd song Roger Waters never believed in: “Notable failure”

For a band to be successful, they need to play to their strengths. Pink Floyd didn't do that on this song, and the result was ...

Pink Floyd’s Legendary Album Hits A Longevity Milestone

Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here becomes the band's third set to reach 600 weeks on the U.K.'s Official Rock & Metal Albums chart — and second with one iteration.