| What Do You Want from Me | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Pink Floyd |
| Album: | The Division Bell |
| Recorded: | 1993 |
| Studio: | Astoria, London |
| Genre: | Progressive rock, blues rock |
| Length: | 4:21 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Lost for Words |
| Prev Year: | 1994 |
| Next Title: | Take It Back |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"What Do You Want from Me" is a song by Pink Floyd featured on their 1994 album, The Division Bell.[1] [2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
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".[5]
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".[6]
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