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“Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd with Roy Harper

From the album Wish You Were Here (1975) With Roy Harper

“Have a Cigar” by Pink Floyd with Roy Harper appears on 85 radio countdowns from 30 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1975 on the album Wish You Were Here. Its best result is #15 on the KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #8,117 indie & aaa song of all time.

85countdowns
30stations
#15best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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Have A Cigar

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Side two of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here opens with "Have a Cigar", barging in on the heels of "Welcome to the Machine" in 1975, and it's Roger Waters with the knives out. His target is the music business itself: the greed and cynicism of the men who managed rock bands. Waters wrote it but didn't sing it. English folk-rocker Roy Harper took the lead vocal, which makes it one of only three Floyd records fronted by a guest singer, alongside Clare Torry on "The Great Gig in the Sky" and Andriy Khlyvnyuk on "Hey Hey Rise Up".

The groove is pure sleaze: Waters' bass and Nick Mason's drums strutting, Richard Wright slathering on clavinet, Wurlitzer and Minimoog, David Gilmour's guitar snarling, and Venetta Fields and Carlena Williams on backing vocals. The band produced it themselves.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 211 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1991 288 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) 500
1994 233 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1995 260 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) 1000
1996 126 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 271 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 257 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 664 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1998 110 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 119 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 91 KISW KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) 999
2002 82 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 15 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 84 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 205 97.9 The Loop The Loop Rock N Roll 500 (2011) 500
2011 345 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 369 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 191 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 310 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 250 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2014 274 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 839 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 128 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 60 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 190 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 284 I-95 I-95 Memorial Day Weekend Top 500 (2015) 500
2015 91 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2016 92 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2016) 500
2016 219 103.5 The Fox The Fox Memorial Day 500 (2016) 299
2016 103 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2016 197 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 73 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 113 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 241 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2018) 500
2019 426 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2019) 499
2019 1017 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2019 83 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2019) 500
2019 362 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2019) 500
2019 188 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2019) 500
2019 497 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2019) 500
2020 375 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 79 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2020) 500
2020 499 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2020) 500
2020 372 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 352 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2020) 500
2020 1911 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 450 WCSX WCSX Rock & Roll 500 (2021) 499
2021 234 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2021) 500
2021 378 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2021) 499
2021 872 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2021 76 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2021) 500
2021 471 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ 500 (2021) 500
2022 763 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 393 94.1 KRNA KRNA Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 301 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2022) 500
2022 752 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2022 373 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2022) 500
2022 172 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 102 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 467 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2022 224 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2022) 500
2023 393 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2023 464 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 223 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2023) 500
2023 227 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 152 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 360 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2023) 500
2023 399 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2024 218 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 499
2024 344 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 Rock N' Roll 500 (2024) 500
2024 188 KQRS KQRS KQ 500 (2024) 499
2024 487 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2024) 500
2024 244 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2024 163 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2024) 498
2024 102 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2024) 500
2024 476 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2024) 500
2025 230 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2025) 500
2025 282 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2025) 500
2025 369 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2025) 500
2025 156 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2025) 498
2025 410 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043
2026 400 106.7 WLLZ WLLZ Rock N Roll 500 (2026) 500
2026 183 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2026) 500
2026 341 WMGK WMGK Philly 500 (2026) 500
2026 486 100.7 KSLX KSLX Arizona 500 (2026) 500

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