Money (song)

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Template:Dsotm Money is the 5th/6th song on Pink Floyd's famous album Dark Side of the Moon, and was written by Roger Waters. It is the only song on the album to hit the top 20 in the United States charts.

The song is notable for being mainly in a 7 beat time. As stated in the song's sheet music, the predominant time signature is in 7/4 (simple septuple) (David Gilmour, the guitarist, states it as being 7/8 on the documentary The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon). Most rock music is in 4/4 (or common time), and most of the exceptions are in 3/4 (or a similar triple meter). During the guitar solo the song changes to 4/4, then returns to 7/4, then ends in 4/4 again. This was done because David Gilmour thought it would be too complicated to write the solo in seven beat form. Critics have commented that the change in dynamic (maintaining tempo but changing from seven beats to the bar to four beats making the song feel quicker) is one of the track's strengths.

"Money" remains the only song written in this time signature to reach the top 20 charts in the United States.

"Money" was re-recorded for the 1981 Pink Floyd album A Collection of Great Dance Songs because Capitol Records refused to license Columbia Records in the US the track. As a result, David Gilmour re-recorded the track himself playing all of the drums, guitars, keyboards, bass guitar and vocals and co-producing the song with James Guthrie. Dick Parry played saxophone on the track like he did the original.

In the movie of The Wall, in the middle of "The Happiest Days Of Our Lives", there is a short break in the music, during which comes a scene in the school - the teacher mocks Pink's poems. The part he reads out loud is actually the lyrics of "Money": "Money get back, I'm all right Jack, Keep your hands off my stack."

The song was created in Roger Waters' own garden, and the original demo version was described by him as being "prissy and very English" as opposed to having the bluesy, transatlantic feel of the released version (this was stated in the documentary The Making of Dark Side of The Moon).

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CD booklet Errors

On the original CD release of 'Dark Side', the lyrics to Money contain multiple mistakes:

Verse 1, line 2: Get a good job with more pay and your O.K. - 'your' should be 'you're'
Verse 2, line 2: I'm all right Jack keep your hands of my stack. - 'of' should be 'off of'
Verse 3, line 6: giving none away - 'giving' should have a capital 'G', like every other line
Verse 2: Verse 2 is to the right of Verse 1, and Verse 3 is below Verse 1. Verse 2 should be below Verse 1, and Verse 3 to the right of Verse 1

Same as inside the record.

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