Music licensing organization PPL has published a list of the 20 Pink Floyd tracks that have received the most airplay on U.K. radio and television over the last 17 years.
The list is based on PPL data from U.K. radio and TV broadcasters covering the period 2000 to 2017. The number of plays and total played duration are used to rank the tracks on the list.
The list comes on the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” which was released 50 years ago today, Aug. 5, 1967.
Floyd has generated 32 million seconds of airplay on U.K. radio and TV in the 21st century alone.
- “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” (1979)
- “Money” (1973)
- “Wish You Were Here” (1975)
- “Comfortably Numb” (1979)
- “See Emily Play” (1967)
- “The Great Gig in the Sky” (1973)
- “Time” (1973)
- “Arnold Layne” (1967)
- “Us and Them” (1973)
- “Shine on You Crazy Diamond” (1975)
- “Learning to Fly” (1987)
- “Have a Cigar” (1975)
- “Breathe” (1973)
- “One of These Days” (1971)
- “Speak to Me / Breathe” (1973)
- “On the Turning Away” (1987)
- “Run Like Hell” (1979)
- “Sheep” (1977)
- “Louder Than Words” (2014)
- “High Hopes” (1994)
Founded in 1934, PPL licenses the use of recorded music played in public or broadcast on radio, TV and the Internet.
Good list,love the show! 🙂