The Pink Floyd Chronology

This chronology lists all Pink Floyd songs in order of recording, breaking albums up into their component parts when they were not recorded all at the same time. Some of the recording dates are speculative, based on all available evidence; however, when an exact date is listed, it has been confirmed as such.  For the lyrics and discussions of themes and concepts, please jump over to the Alphabetical Song Index.

1966
Pink Theme — Performed live 14 October 1966
Snowing — Performed live 14 October 1966
Flapdoodle Dealing — Performed live 14 October 1966
Let's Roll Another One — Performed live 14 October 1966
Silas Lane — Studio demo 31 October 1966
I Get Stoned — Studio demo 31 October 1966

1967
Interstellar Overdrive — Studio recording 27 February 1967 * Released on Tonite Let's All Make Love in London early 1968 (edit), Tonite Let's All Make Love in London... Plus 1990 (full)
Nick's Boogie — Studio recording 27 February 1967 * Released on Tonite Let's All Make Love in London... Plus, 1990
Arnold Layne — Studio recording 27 February 1967 * Released on single 11 March 1967
Candy and a Currant Bun — Studio recording 27 February 1967 * Released on single B-side 11 March 1967
Interstellar Overdrive — Studio recording 16 March 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
Astronomy Dominé — Studio recording 15 April 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
Pow R. Toc H. — Studio recording 15 April 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
The Gnome — Studio recording 15 April 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
The Scarecrow — Studio recording 15 April 1967 * Released on single B-side 16 June 1967
Remember a Day — Studio recording 9 May 1967 * Released on A Saucerful of Secrets 29 June 1968
Games for May — Performed live 12 May 1967
Bike — Studio recording 21 May 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
See Emily Play — Studio recording 23 May 1967 * Released on single 16 June 1967
Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk — Studio recording May-June 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
Lucifer Sam — Studio recording May-June 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
Flaming — Studio recording June 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
Chapter 24 — Studio recording June 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
Matilda Mother — Studio recording 29 June 1967 * Released on The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 5 August 1967
Reaction in G — Performed live 28 July 1967
Apples and Oranges — Studio recording August 1967 * Released on single 18 November 1967
Jugband Blues — Studio recording August 1967 * Released on A Saucerful of Secrets 29 June 1968
Scream Thy Last Scream — Studio recording 9 August 1967
Vegetable Man — Studio recording 9 August 1967
One in a Million — Performed live 13 September 1967
Paintbox — Studio recording 2 November 1967 * Released on single B-side 18 November 1967

1968
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun — Studio recording Jan-Feb 1968 * Released on A Saucerful of Secrets 29 June 1968
Julia Dream — Studio recording 13 February 1968 * Released on single B-side 12 April 1968
Corporal Clegg — Studio recording February 1968 * Released on A Saucerful of Secrets 29 June 1968
Have You Got It Yet? — Rehearsed March 1968
See-Saw — Studio recording March 1968 * Released on A Saucerful of Secrets 29 June 1968
It Would Be So Nice — Studio recording late March 1968 * Released on single 12 April 1968
Let There Be More Light — Studio recording March-April 1968 * Released on A Saucerful of Secrets 29 June 1968
A Saucerful of Secrets — Studio recording April 1968 * Released on A Saucerful of Secrets 29 June 1968
The Committee — Studio recording May 1968
Keep Smiling, People — Performed live 31 May 1968
Murderistic Woman — Studio recording 25 June 1968
Careful With That Axe, Eugene — Studio recording 4 November 1968 * Released on single B-side 17 December 1968
Point Me at the Sky — Studio recording November 1968 * Released on single 17 December 1968
Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major — Studio recording 2 December 1968

1969
More — Studio recording late March 1969 * Released July 1969
Seabirds — Studio recording late March 1969
Theme (Beat Version) — Studio recording late March 1969
Hollywood — Studio recording late March 1969
More Furious Madness From the Massed Gadgets of Auximenes (The Man & The Journey) — Performed live 14 April 1969
Ummagumma — Live recording 27 April and 2 May 1969, studio recording June 1969 * Released 25 October 1969
Embryo (unfinished studio version) — Studio recording late June 1969 * Released June 1970 on Harvest Compliation Picnic, 1983 on compilation Works (US only)
Moonhead — Studio recording late June or early July * Broadcast on BBC TV 10 July 1969
Biding My Time — Studio recording 9 July 1969 * Released on compilation Relics May 1971
Zabriskie Point — Studio recording December 1969 * Released March 1970
Oenone — Studio recording December 1969
Fingal's Cave — Studio recording December 1969
Rain in the Country — Studio recording December 1969

1970
The Amazing Pudding — Performed live 18 January 1970
The Violent Sequence — Performed live 23 January 1970
Atom Heart Mother — Studio recording March-August 1970 * Released 10 October 1970
The Embryo ('live' full version) — Studio recording 16 July 1970

1971
The Return of the Son of Nothing — Performed live 22 April 1971
Echoes — Studio recording January, March-May, July 1971 * Released on Meddle November 1971
One of These Days — Studio recording late May 1971 * Released on Meddle November 1971
A Pillow of Winds — Studio recording May, July 1971 * Released on Meddle November 1971
Fearless — Studio recording May, July, August 1971 * Released on Meddle November 1971
San Tropez — Studio recording July, August 1971 * Released on Meddle November 1971
Seamus — Studio recording July, August 1971 * Released on Meddle November 1971
Blues — Studio recording 30 September 1971

1972
Eclipse — Performed live 21 January 1972
Obscured by Clouds — Studio recording 23-29 February, 23-27 March 1972 * Released 3 June 1972
Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii — Live filming and recording 23-31 May, June 1972 * Premiered September 1972
The Dark Side of the Moon — Studio recording June, October 1972 and January-February 1973 * Released late March 1973

1973
Household Objects— Studio recording November 1973

1974
Raving and Drooling — Performed live July 1974
You Gotta Be Crazy — Performed live July 1974

1975
Wish You Were Here — Studio recording January-March, May-July 1975 * Released 15 September 1975

1976
Animals— Studio recording 1976 * Released 23 January 1977

1979
Another Brick in the Wall Part II — Studio recording April-November 1979 * Released on single 16 November 1979
One of My Turns — Studio recording April-November 1979 * Released on single B-side 16 November 1979
The Wall — Studio recording April-November 1979 * Released 30 November 1979
When the Tigers Broke Free — Studio recording 1979 * Released on single 26 July 1982

1981
A Collection of Great Dance Songs — New material recorded 1981 * Released 23 November 1981
Pink Floyd The Wall (film) — Studio recording and filming 1981/2 * Premiered 14 July 1982

1982
Bring the Boys Back Home — Studio recording 1982 * Released on single B-side 26 July 1982
The Final Cut — Studio recording July-December 1982 * Released 21 March 1983

Not Now John — Studio recording July-December 1982 * Released on single April 1983
The Hero's Return Parts I and II — Studio recording July-December 1982 * Released on single B-side April 1983

1986
Learning to Fly — Studio recording 1986 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987, and on single 7 September 1987
The Dogs of War — Studio recording 1986 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987
Sorrow — Studio recording 1986 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987
A New Machine Part 2 — Studio recording 1986 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987
Peace Be With You — Studio recording late 1986
On the Turning Away — Studio recording 1986/7 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987, and on single 24 November 1987

1987
A New Machine Part 1 — Studio recording early 1987 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987
Terminal Frost — Studio recording 1987 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987, and on CD single 7 September 1987 (in two versions: album version and DYOL version)
Signs of Life — Studio recording 1987 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987
One Slip — Studio recording 1987 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987, and on single B-side 7 September 1987
Yet Another Movie — Studio recording Summer 1987 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987
Round and Around — Studio recording Summer 1987 * Released on A Momentary Lapse of Reason 7 September 1987
Run Like Hell (Live) — Live recording 5 November 1987 * Released on single B-side 24 November 1987
On the Turning Away (Live) — Live recording 5 November 1987 * Released on CD single 24 November 1987

1988
Delicate Sound of Thunder — Live recording Nassau August 1988 * Released 26 November 1988
Delicate Sound of Thunder — Live video recording Nassau August 1988 * Released on video 1989 (US only)

1990
Knebworth: The Album — Live recording 30 June 1990 * Released 1990 (US only compilation)

1991
La Carrera Panamerica — Studio recording 1986, 1987 and late 1991 * Released on video December 1991

1993
The Division Bell— Studio recording 1993 * Released 5 April 1994
Take it Back — Studio recording 1993 * Released on single 23 May 1994

1994
Astronomy Domine (Live) — Live recording 30 March 1994 * Released on single B-side 23 May 1994