“Fearless” by Pink Floyd

"Fearless" drifts in as the third track on Meddle, Pink Floyd's 1971 album, a slow, sleepy acoustic stroll written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters, with Gilmour singing lead. The acoustic guitars ring out in an open G tuning that came from Syd Barrett, Richard Wright colors it with piano, and Nick Mason keeps a patient, lolloping beat.

The master stroke comes at the start and the finish, where a field recording of Liverpool F.C. fans on the Kop at Anfield bellowing "You'll Never Walk Alone" rises up over the music, turning a gentle song into something strangely stirring. The band never played it live, and it never got a UK single of its own, but it did land on the flip side of "One of These Days" in 1971.

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