One Slip

"One Slip"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason
B-side	"Terminal Frost" / "The Dogs of War" (live)
Released	13 June 1988
Recorded	1987
Genre	Progressive rock, synthpop
Length	5:10 (album version) 3:58 (single edit)
Label	EMI (UK) Columbia (US)
Writer(s)	David Gilmour Phil Manzanera
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"On the Turning Away" (1988) "One Slip" (1988) "Take It Back" (1994)
A Momentary Lapse of Reason track listing 10 tracks Side one "Signs of Life " "Learning to Fly" "The Dogs of War" "One Slip" "On the Turning Away" Side two "Yet Another Movie" / "Round and Around" "A New Machine (Part 1)" "Terminal Frost" "A New Machine (Part 2)" "Sorrow"

"One Slip" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.^[1][2]

Composition

The album gets its title from a line of this song's lyrics. The song was co-written by David Gilmour and Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, who later co-produced Gilmour's On an Island album and played rhythm guitar on the subsequent tour.

Release

It was first released as the B-side to "Learning to Fly". It was then re-released as the third single from the album in the UK where it was a minor hit and was the fourth single from the album in the US where it did well on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

Live

The track was the final song from the album played live when it was the first encore on the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour from 1987–89. The band resurrected the track on one show on their 1994 The Division Bell tour when the band performed it in Oakland, California.

Video

The video for the track is footage of a vintage 1930s plane flying interspersed with concert clips filmed during the band's three night run at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia. The live footage was shot in November 1987 and was directed by Lawrence Jordan (who has directed concert films for Rush, Mariah Carey and Billy Joel). Videos for "On the Turning Away" and "The Dogs of War" were also filmed from this concert.

Personnel

• David Gilmour — guitars and vocals
• Nick Mason — drums, percussion

Additional musicians:

• Richard Wright - keyboards
• Jim Keltner — drums
• Tony Levin — Chapman Stick Bass
• Jon Carin — keyboards
• Bob Ezrin — keyboards
• Michael Landau — guitars (on the opening parts of "One Slip")^[3]
• Darlene Koldenhaven, Carmen Twillie, Phyllis St. James, Donnie Gerard - Chorus

References

1. Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
2. Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
3. "Inside the Mind of Pink Floyd: David Gilmour". Guitar. September 1995. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

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