Run Like Hell
April 17, 1980
Run Like Hell is a song by British rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1979 on the concept album The Wall and single.
Background
The music was written by David Gilmour, the text was written by Roger Waters. The song contains the only keyboard solo of The Wall album. After the last passage sung a synthesizer solo is played instead of singing. After the solo the music is reduced: the guitar just plays with rhythmic ostinato and Echo short variations of the reef. In the play sound effects are used to create a sense of paranoia. Sounds like cruel laughter, quiet to a date, braking car tires and a loud scream support this sentiment.
As with Comfortably Numb has also the music of Run Like Hell its roots on the first solo album by David Gilmour: Short and Sweet can be seen as precursors of this song.
Musician
- Roger Waters - vocals, bass
- David Gilmour - guitar, choral singing
- Nick Mason - drums
- Richard Wright - Prophet-5 synthesizer
With:
- Bobbye Hall - congas and bongos
Cover versions
- In 2001, the Canadian heavy metal band Kittie released the song on the album Oracle
- The Disco Biscuits play " Run Like Hell " since 1997 after.
- Violinist Andrej Kurti and cellist Victor Uzur took an instrumental version for their album The Entertainers.
- In 2011, the Italian Bandmaster Castle took a cover on Last Desire special edition of the album.