About This Track
The song is often mistakenly labelled “Dark Side of the Moon” alongside “Brain Damage” because the two run together and are commonly played together on the radio, giving the impression that they are one song. The incorrect title is derived from a recurring lyric in “Brain Damage” and the title of the album.
The song serves as a climax to the album and features a loud, repetitive melody which builds and then ends with a very quiet outro. When the main instrumentation ends at approximately 1:30, the sound of a heartbeat from the first track, “Speak to Me”, appears and gradually fades to silence.
The song consists of a repeating four chord pattern: D Major, D over C in the bass (a compound chord usually notated as “D/C”.), B-flat Major Seventh (“B♭maj7” — this chord can be heard as a D minor over a B♭ bass, or “Dm/B♭”, though that is not a proper chord name), and A7 (with a suspended fourth resolving to the major third — notated as A7sus4 to A7). However, the arrangement adds variety. Guitarist David Gilmour recorded two tracks of rhythm guitar, playing arpeggios, one in open position, and one much higher, around the tenth fret. The lower-pitched guitar part includes the open G and E strings during the B♭maj7, resulting in an added sixth and a dissonant augmented fourth. However, these notes become consonant as they sustain through to the next chord, A7.
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codename_M Ladies and gentleman, THIS is how you properly end a album. [4]
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gokunirvana At the very end, after the "There's no dark side of the moon, really...." line, you can hear an orchestral version of "Ticket to Ride" by the Beatles, although it sounds very low, but it's there...
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Ochobobo There's no dark side of the moon, really. As a matter of fact, it's all dark.
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thedivisionwall Ladies and gentleman, THIS is how you properly end a album. [3]
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Vanessatraviesa All that is now, and all that is gone, and all that's to come...
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supermediadave allll...
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shef_dave Definitely the greatest end of the album - the song is just one massive crescendo up to the final chorus. Still gives me goosebumps after many hundreds of plays!
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Bastard1 Best ending of an album? Never.
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Formaggina Best ending of an album ever! [81]
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Metasigh Ay guey this is good!
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hanstone Holy talent in this band...
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FRoubert Best ending of an album ever! [80]
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xxxvanessaxx yes
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gabiioiq it's all dark
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lionsmane57 This song is ageless!
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oldiesfanjohn ...I`ve always been mad...
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Roflcopter_Down Best ending of an album ever! [79]
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pablo323 Ladies and gentleman, THIS is how you properly end a album. [2]
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lostblindeagle Epic!!
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Best ending of an album ever! [78]
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