DESCRIPTION:
From '' Echoes Of Pink: Tribute To Pink Floyd ''
Label: Reverberations Records
Released: 2002

Tracklist
01. Wish You Were Here - Kris McKay, of Sara Hickman's band
02. Stay - Reyo Bikkin
03. Money - Leslie King
04. Cymbaline - Maureen Mahon
05. Us and Them" - Brielle Morgan
06. Hey You - Jessica Goldman
07. Time - Melissa Quade
08. See Emily Play - Erin Alden
09. Run Like Hell - Corinne Sheehan
10. Brain Damage - Nikki Boyer
11. Vera - Leslie King
12. Comfortably Numb - Patricia Maertens

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"Money" is the sixth track from English progressive rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.
Written by bassist Roger Waters, it opened side two of the original vinyl LP, and is the only song on the album to enter the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Money" is particularly notable for its unusual 7/4--4/4 time signature, its distinctive bassline and the seven-beat "loop" of money-related sound effects that opens the track: coins clinking, a cash register ringing, etc.

Composition

Despite relatively recent remarks by bassist Roger Waters and guitarist David Gilmour, that the song had been composed primarily in 7/8 time, it was actually composed in 7/4, as Gilmour previously acknowledged in an interview with Guitar World magazine in 1993.
Most rock music is written in 4/4, or common time, and most of the exceptions are in 3/4 or a similar triple meter.
The typical rock backbeat on two and four is instead on two, four and six, leaving two beats in a row without an accented beat from the snare drum.

The song is also notable for its dramatic change to 4/4 time for an extended guitar solo.
Gilmour suggested the change in time signature was likely introduced to make things a little easier for him.
The first of three choruses which compose his solo was recorded using real-time double-tracking.
That is, Gilmour played the chorus nearly identically in two passes recorded to two different tracks of a multi-track tape machine. The doubled effect for the third chorus was created using automatic (or "artificial") double-tracking (ADT).

The form and chord progression are based on the standard twelve-bar blues in the key of B minor.
Two twelve-bar verses are followed by an eighteen bar instrumental section that features a funk-style tenor saxophone solo along with keyboard, bass, and drums and a further two bar intro in 4/4 leading to the guitar solo.

Alternative and live versions

It was performed by Pink Floyd from 1972 to 1977, and then from 1987 to 1994.
The B-side of the Roger Waters single "Radio Waves" includes a live performance by the Bleeding Heart Band,[10] sung by Paul Carrack.
Both p·u·l·s·e and a Delicate Sound of Thunder CD and video feature live versions of the track. In these versions, the song is slightly elongated to incorporate a series of solos, including a bass solo and a section spotlighting the female backing singers.
Roger Waters' In the Flesh: Live features another live version, sung by Doyle Bramhall II, with the solo split between guitarists Bramhall, Andy Fairweather-Low and Snowy White (in that order).
On the compilation album, Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd, the song segues from "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" into "Keep Talking".
The album A Collection of Great Dance Songs contains a re-recorded version of the song, because Capitol Records refused to let Columbia Records in the US use the original recording. Gilmour played all the instruments on the track except saxophone (played by Dick Parry, reprising his role on the original recording).

Cover versions

Easy Star All-Stars covered the song on their reggae tribute album Dub Side Of The Moon, released 18 February 2003 by Easy Star Records.
A rastafarian-styled rap about the dangers of money replaces David Gilmour's solo, while the cash register sounds were changed to those of a man lighting a water pipe (bong)
Dan Reed Network covered the song on their 1991 album The Heat.
An orchestrated version, arranged by Jaz Coleman and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Peter Scholes, appears on the 1995 instrumental album Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd.
Velvet Revolver covered it for the 2003 re-make of the film The Italian Job. Changes included doubling the opening bass riff with a guitar line, and replacing the saxophone solo with a guitar solo by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash. (Both guitar parts were played through a talk box.)
The progressive metal band Dream Theater covered it with John Petrucci changing a bit of the two guitar riffs.
Eric Burdon recorded it in 1999 with the British Rock Symphony Orchestra.
Dave Matthews Band has covered it live several times. One of these performances appears on Live Trax Vol. 15.
A funk-influenced version of the song appears (along with all the other tracks of the album) on The Flaming Lips' cover album The Dark Side of the Moon.