"One Slip" is a song from Pink Floyd's

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album ''

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''.

Composition

The album gets its title from a line of this song's lyrics. The song was co-written by David Gilmour and

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guitarist

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, who later co-produced Gilmour's ''

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'' album and played rhythm guitar on the subsequent tour.

Release

It was first released as the B-side to " Learning to Fly". It was then re-released as the third single from the album in the UK where it was a minor hit and was the fourth single from the album in the US where it did well on the '' Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "One Slip (2019 remix)" from the box set, '' The Later Years 1987–2019'' was released as a single on 24 October 2019 on

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and 25 October 2019 on

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and iTunes. The song contains newly recorded drums by Nick Mason and organ parts by Richard Wright lifted from 1987-89 live performances, replacing the song's original drum and keyboard parts.

Live

The track was the final song from the album played live when it was the first encore on the ''Momentary Lapse of Reason'' tour from 1987–89. The band resurrected the track on one show on their 1994 ''

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when the band performed it in

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Video

The video for the track is footage of a vintage 1930s plane flying interspersed with concert clips filmed during the band's three night run at

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. The live footage was shot in November 1987 and was directed by Lawrence Jordan (who has directed concert films for Rush, Mariah Carey and Billy Joel). Videos for "

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" and " The Dogs of War" were also filmed from this concert.

Personnel

* David Gilmour – guitars, vocals, sequencer * Nick Mason –

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Additional musicians: *

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– keyboards *

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– keyboards *

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–

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– drums * Michael Landau – guitars (delay part on the opening parts of "One Slip")"Michael Landau interview: the return of the master musician"
- article by Henry Yates in ''Classic Rock'', 12 November 2020 * Darlene Koldenhoven – backing vocals * Carmen Twillie – backing vocals *Phyllis St. James – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals ; Oakland Stadium, California on 24 April 1994 *David Gilmour – lead vocals, guitar *Nick Mason – drums * Richard Wright – keyboards Additional musicians: * Guy Pratt – bass *Jon Carin – keyboards * Sam Brown – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals * Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals *

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– guitar *

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– percussion

References

External links

{{Authority control Pink Floyd songs 1988 singles Songs written by David Gilmour Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin Song recordings produced by David Gilmour Songs written by Phil Manzanera 1987 songs EMI Records singles Columbia Records singles