On the Turning Away

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"On the Turning Away"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason
B-side	"Run Like Hell" (live version)
Released	7 December 1987[1]
Recorded	November 1986 – August 1987
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	5:42 (album version) 4:43 (single edit)
Label	EMI (UK) Columbia (US)
Songwriter(s)	David Gilmour Anthony Moore
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin David Gilmour
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Learning to Fly" (1987) "On the Turning Away" (1987) "The Dogs of War" (1988)
Audio
"On The Turning Away" on YouTube

"On the Turning Away" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason.^[2][3] The song was a staple of live shows from the 1987–89 world tours in support of A Momentary Lapse of Reason and was one of the songs in rotation during the 1994 tour in support of The Division Bell. The song was resurrected by David Gilmour on his 2006 On an Island Tour for one night only. Live recordings exist on Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988) and Live in Gdańsk (2008).