| The Gnome | |
| Caption: | B-Side of US retail single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Pink Floyd |
| Album: | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn |
| A-Side: | Flaming |
| Released: | 2 November 1967 |
| Recorded: | 19 March 1967 |
| Studio: | Abbey Road, London, UK |
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| Length: | 2:13 |
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| Producer: | Norman Smith |
"The Gnome" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd. Written by Syd Barrett, it is the eighth song on their 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.[1] [2] The song takes place in a fictional gnome world from the perspective of a gnome.
The song tells the tale of a scarlet tunic wearing gnome named Grimble Gromble. The lyrics ostensibly "came off the top [of Barrett's] head".[3] "The Gnome" was included on the B-side of the US Pink Floyd single "Flaming" (Tower 378), which was never released in the UK.