1973Released
6:22

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Interesting facts and trivia about Money - 2011 Remastered Version. By Songfacts®.

This song is about the bad things money can bring. Ironically, it made Pink Floyd lots of cash, as the Dark Side Of The Moon album sold over 34 million copies.

This is often misinterpreted as a tribute to money. Many people thought the line "Money, it's a gas," meant they considered money a very good thing.

The song begins in an unusual 7/8 time signature, then during the guitar solo the song changes to 4/4, then returns to 7/8 and ends in 4/4 again. When Guitar World February 1993 asked Dave Gilmour where the famous time signature for "Money" came from, the Pink Floyd guitarist replied: "It's Roger's riff. Roger came in with the verses and lyrics for 'Money' more or less completed. And we just made up middle sections, guitar solos and all that stuff. We also invented some new riffs - we created a 4/4 progression for the guitar solo and made the poor saxophone player play in 7/4. It was my idea to break down and become dry and empty for the second chorus of the solo."

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Money - 2011 Remastered Version.
AKey
MajorMode
1/4Time Signature
124BPM

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Released By

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Parlophone UK
2011 Pink FLoyd Music Ltd/Pink Floyd (1987) Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
2011 Pink Floyd Music Ltd under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company

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