The Real "Pink Floyd's Greatest Hits"

Comfortably numb, hey you, wish you were here and time get played like mad around here.

It's not a medley... just a 7" single with Brick2 (Edited version) on one side and "Don't Leave Me Now" on the other side. Perhaps they didn't bother to specify on the label which was the A-Side (although I couldn't really see any radio programmer actively choosing to play "Don't Leave Me Now" on its own).

One of either "Time" or "Us and Them" charted, I think. In a heavily edited (butchered) form.

I have heard Sheep on the radio. And Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-9) in full lenght.

I put some more thought into this, and eventually gave up. The problem is, there isn't one single chart that will allow you to plot song success objectively for the Floyds' entire career. Some charts plot the number of times a song is played on the radio, others the number of units sold. But PF released so few "real" singles, not counting the many scattershot promos in different markets, that you can't really do what the Beatles did with the album 1 and use a definitive list the whole way through. Nor can you use a single "most often played" list because such a thing (to my knowledge) has not existed for the entire length of PF's 30-odd years of recording history.

You have to make a subjective decision about what criteria to use, and what charts to combine together (if any). And then you just end up with weird-looking lists that just don't feel right (like Jawbone's, IMO). It's enough to make one barmy.

I forgot all about this thread!
Oh, Botley doesn't agree with something I said, there's a friggin surprise!

After careful consideration here's the new list I came up with. LOTS OF CHANGES! (Yeah right). Anyway I still think it's the closest one could get to achieving the "hits" label since these are pretty much the ones that get the most airplay or had chart success...and let me elaborate...charts that MATTER, not pointless ones like the Indonesian Dance Singles Chart or the Pink Floyd songs that got most airplay in Portugal.

1. See Emily Play
2. Arnold Layne
3. Money (#13)
4. Time
5. Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 (#1)
6. Run Like Hell (#53 on the Pop Singles chart)
7. Comfortably Numb
8. Not Now John (reached the UK Top 30)
9. Your Possible Pasts (#8 on Mainstream Rock Tracks chart)
10. The Hero's Return (#31 on Mainstream Rock Tracks chart)
11. Learning To Fly (#70 on Billboard Singles #1 Mainstream Rock)
12. One Slip (#5 on Mainstream Rock Tracks)
13. On the Turning Away (#1 Mainstream Rock Tracks)
14. Take it Back (#23 in the UK)
15. High Hopes (#7 Mainstream Rock Tracks)
16. Lost For Words (#21 Mainstream Rock Tracks)
17. Keep Talking (#1 Mainstream Rock Tracks)
18. What Do You Want From Me? (#16 Mainstream Rock Tracks)