“Speak to Me” is the first track from British progressive rock band Pink Floyd’s 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon, on which it forms an overture. Drummer Nick Mason receives a rare solo writing credit for the track; Roger Waters subsequently claimed this was a “gift” to Mason, one which Waters...
[Intro]
[heartbeat]
[Spoken: Chris Adamson, Gerry O'Driscoll, Peter Watts & Clare Torry]
I've been mad for fucking years
Absolutely years, been over the edge for yonks
Been working me buns off for bands
I've always been mad, I know I've been mad
Like the most of us have
Very hard to explain why you're mad
Even if you're not mad
Hahahahahahaha! Hehehehehehehe!
Ah-ah-ah...
Speak to Me was written by Nick Mason.
Speak to Me was produced by Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd released Speak to Me on Thu Mar 01 1973.
Waters told Uncut in 2003:
It’s kind of a classical overture, a standard device used for hundreds of years, put some elements of the work together at the beginning, as a taster.