Money (Pink Floyd song)
"Money" is a song by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd from their 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. Written by Roger Waters, it opened side two of the original album. Released as a single, it became the band's first hit in the United States, reaching number 10 in Cash Box magazine and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100. Distinctive elements of the song include its unusual – time signature, and the tape loop of money-related sound effects (such as a ringing cash register and a jingle of coins). These effects are timed right on the beats, and act as a count-in at the beginning to set the tempo and are heard periodically throughout the song. Composition "Money" has been described as a progressive rock, blues rock, and hard rock song. Roger Waters and David Gilmour originally stated that the song was composed primarily in time, although Gilmour said later, in a 1993 interview with Guitar World magazine, that the time signature was . Rick Wright confirmed in a US radio interview in 2000 that "Money" was composed in The song changes to time for an extended guitar solo. The first of three choruses which comprise