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"Poles Apart" is a song by Pink Floyd from the band's 1994 album, The Division Bell.

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"Poles Apart"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album The Division Bell
Published	Pink Floyd Music (1987) Ltd
Released	28 March 1994 (UK) 5 April 1994 (US)
Recorded	1993
Length	7:04
Label	EMI (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	David Gilmour Polly Samson Nick Laird-Clowes
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour

Lyrics

The lyrics speak to ex-bandmate Syd Barrett in the first verse, and Roger Waters in the second, according to co-writer Polly Samson.[1] As such, the second verse begins with the words "Hey you", the title of a Waters-penned song from Pink Floyd's earlier album, The Wall.

Tuning

The song was performed in DADGAD tuning.[2]

[about the D,A,D,G,A,D tuning on "Poles Apart", a new tuning for David Gilmour] (...) the funny thing is that I didn't know it was such an established tuning -- I thought it was something new that I had invented. One day, I was on holiday in Greece and I had an acoustic guitar with me. I just decided to tune the bottom string down to D, and continued to experiment until I arrived at that tuning. Then I mucked around a bit and "Poles Apart" fell out of it a few minutes later.

— David Gilmour, 1994[3]

Personnel

• David Gilmour – acoustic & electric guitars, lap steel, fretless bass, lead vocals, keyboards, programming
• Nick Mason – drums and percussion
• Richard Wright – Hammond organ

Additional musicians:

• Tim Renwick – acoustic guitar
• Jon Carin – keyboards
• Bob Ezrin – keyboards

References

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- [en] Poles Apart

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[es] Poles Apart

"Poles Apart" es una canción de Pink Floyd de su álbum de 1994, The Division Bell. Las letras hablan sobre exmiembros de la banda, refiriéndose a Syd Barrett en el primer verso, y a Roger Waters en el segundo, de acuerdo a la coescritora Polly Samson.

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