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Pink Floyd · 1995 · Track 10
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Duración8:31
Álbump·u·l·s·e
Año1995
ISRCGBN9X1100022
Fun facts
Pink Floyd released High Hopes as the second single from The Division Bell, their fourteenth album. The song closed the album, which was released in 1994. The video was made by Storm Thorgerson, the same who had worked with them before. The lyrics were written by David Gilmour and Polly Samson. The song was released on October 10 of the same year.
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The story behind
Pink Floyd wrote High Hopes for the album The Division Bell of 1994. The song is based on a personal lyric by David Gilmour, talking about what one gains and loses in life. Douglas Adams, a friend of Gilmour, chose the album title from a verse of this song, something that Gilmour described as a "flash of inspiration".
At first, the song follows the same introduction of Fat Old Sun, with bells opening both. In the middle, there is an acoustic guitar solo that changes key, moving from C minor to E minor, before returning. Gilmour's slide guitar solo lasts almost three minutes, like in some of his other songs.
The video was made by Storm Thorgerson and shows a man looking from a cathedral in Ely. There are references to Cambridge, where Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Gilmour grew up. Scarves, bicycles and the river are shown, with scenes in St. John's College, including the Bridge of Sighs. There is also a procession with a bust of Syd Barrett.