Song of the day for April 8, 2024
Hey Hey Rise Up by Pink Floyd is the featured track for today.
On this day in 2022 Pink Floyd reunited to record their first new material in 28 years, a protest song against the Ukraine war. ‘Hey Hey, Rise Up!’ featured David Gilmour and Nick Mason alongside long-time Floyd bassist Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards. The song is built around a refrain from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band Boombox. Gilmour was inspired after being shown Khlyvnyuk’s Instagram feed showing footage of himself in Kyiv’s Sofiyskaya Square, fully armed and ready to fight the Russian invasion.
