Song · Pink Floyd
“See Emily Play” by Pink Floyd
Released 1967
“See Emily Play” by Pink Floyd appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1997 and 2021. It was first released in 1967. Its best result is #788 on the WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,101 indie & aaa song of all time.
"See Emily Play" was Pink Floyd's second single, released on 16 June 1967 apart from any album, though American buyers found it leading off Pink Floyd, the US edition of The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Syd Barrett wrote it after the Games for May concert and sings it, playing electric and slide guitar, with Roger Waters on bass, Nick Mason on drums and Richard Wright cramming in harpsichord, piano, Farfisa and tack piano for a real toy-box shimmer. Norman Smith produced.
It went top 10 in the UK, and the band played Top of the Pops three times with it. It was there that Barrett's behaviour first turned erratic, the start of the slide that took him out of the group early in 1968. They seldom played it live, but at least seven other artists have recorded it, and it stands among the great psychedelic pop singles.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 788 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2007 | 797 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2011 | 956 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 1005 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2020 | 1854 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2021 | 924 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
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