• Source: What Do You Want from Me (Pink Floyd song)

"What Do You Want from Me" is a song by Pink Floyd featured on their 1994 album, The Division Bell. Richard Wright and David Gilmour composed the music, with Gilmour and his wife Polly Samson supplying the lyrics. A live version from Pulse was released as a single in Canada, reaching number 28 in the Canadian Top Singles charts.




Song structure and lyrics


The song is a slow, yet rocking ballad. It has a drum roll introduction, followed by a keyboard solo and then a guitar solo. David Gilmour has agreed with an interviewer that it is a "straight Chicago blues tune", while mentioning he is still a blues fan.
In an interview, David Gilmour was asked if the song returned to the theme of alienation from the audience. He responded by saying that it "actually had more to do with personal relationships but drifted into wider territory".




Reception


In a contemporary negative review for The Division Bell, Tom Graves of Rolling Stone described "What Do You Want from Me" as the only track on which "Gilmour sounds like he cares".




Personnel


Pink Floyd

David Gilmour – guitars, lead vocals
Richard Wright – Wah wah Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ, backing vocals
Nick Mason – drums
Additional musicians:

Jon Carin - synthesizers
Guy Pratt – bass guitar
Sam Brown – backing vocals
Durga McBroom – backing vocals
Carol Kenyon – backing vocals
Jackie Sheridan – backing vocals
Rebecca Leigh-White – backing vocals




Releases


The Division Bell, Pink Floyd (1994) – original release
Pulse, Pink Floyd (1995) – live album
Pulse, Pink Floyd (2006) – concert film; the song did not appear on the original VHS release (1995), but was added as a bonus feature on the DVD re-release (2006)
Live at Pompeii, David Gilmour (2017) – live album and video recorded during Gilmour's Rattle That Lock Tour




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