Quicksilver (song)

Song infobox
Name = Quicksilver


Artist = Pink Floyd
Album = Soundtrack from the Film More
Released = July 27 1969
track_no = 11
Recorded = March 1969
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Length = 7:13
Writer = Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, Nick Mason
Label = Columbia Records
Producer = Pink Floyd
Chart position =
prev = More Blues
prev_no = 10
next = A Spanish Piece
next_no = 12"Quicksilver" was a song written and performed by the band Pink Floyd for their album "Soundtrack from the Film More". It appeared in shortened form in the live suite "The Man and the Journey", where it was entitled "Sleep". The studio album version of the piece runs 7 minutes 13 seconds, about 3 minutes longer than the "Man and the Journey" version. The song consists of eerie sound effects and other Musique concrète techniques, hallmarks of Pink Floyd's sound. The song's title comes from the alternative name for the element Mercury with which the film's two main characters are playing at the time.

Personnel

*Richard Wright - Organ, Vibraphone
*David Gilmour- Guitar sound effects.
*Roger Waters - Gong
*Nick Mason - Cymbals, Percussion