Time is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, the fourth track on their eighth album, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973). The music is credited to David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright, and the lyrics to Waters. It is in F-sharp minor. The original recording was made on 24 March 1973 at EMI's Abbey Road Studios. The song is known for a long opening of chiming clocks and alarms, recorded quadraphonically by Alan Parsons in an antiques shop, followed by about two minutes of Nick Mason's drum solo on rototoms. Gilmour and Wright share the lead vocals, and Wright's bridge vocals were his last lead vocals until 1994. Gilmour plays a guitar solo. A US single was released on 4 February 1974, with Us and Them as the A-side. Rolling Stone's Loyd Grossman praised Gilmour's powerful guitar solo, and the song was named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The band performed it live from 1972 to 1975 and from 1987 to 1994, and Waters has played solo versions since 1999. It has also featured in popular culture, including the 2012 London Olympics ceremony and a trailer for The Flash.
