As a long time fan of Pink Floyd I’m just a tad excited that they have released a new song after almost 30 years.
In the past week they’ve released the single “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” which is the first new original music that they’ve recorded together as a band since 1994’s The Division Bell.
The song has been released in support of the people of Ukraine and is a call “for peace”, with proceeds going towards the Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief.
It is sung by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox and his vocals are taken from an Instagram post of him in Kyiv’s Sofiyskaya Square while Russian forces were literally about 30+ kilometers away. He is singing ‘The Red Viburnum In The Meadow’, a rousing Ukrainian protest song written during the first world war.
You can stream/download a copy of the song at http://pinkfloyd.lnk.to/HeyHeyRiseUp.
The lyrics of the new song translated into English read:
“Oh, in the meadow a red viburnum has bent down low
“For some reason, our glorious Ukraine is in sorrow
“And we’ll take that red viburnum and we will raise it up
“And we shall cheer for our glorious Ukraine, hey, hey”
Read more about why Pink Floyd are so committed to raising awareness of the Ukraine-Russian conflict and raising funds on their website (7 April 2022 News Entry).
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