“Just the quirky 7/8 time reminds me of Roger. It’s not a song I would have written. It points itself at Roger”: The classic track from The Dark Side Of The Moon that gave Pink Floyd their first US hit

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.

The opening track on side two of Pink Floyd’s 1973 bestseller The Dark Side Of The Moon made history as their first big hit in the US, climbing up to No 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Money was written by lead vocalist/bassist Roger Waters and sung by guitarist David Gilmour. And while the song’s lyrics might sound like a celebration of financial wealth and all the luxuries that come along with it – not least the line, “Money, it’s a gas” – this was, typically of Waters, a sarcastic take on capitalist consumerism and human greed.