Pink Floyd Cracks Billboard's Dance Chart?

It's true!

Via Reuters: Pink Floyd has been all over the Billboard charts since making its debut in 1965, but this week the veteran U.K. band stakes a claim on some new territory, showing up on Hot Dance Airplay for the first time.

The track that sends Pink Floyd into a new orbit is "Proper Education (The Wall)," credited to "Eric Prydz vs. Pink Floyd." Swedish house star Prydz, best known for the dance hit "Call on Me," incorporates David Gilmour's original vocal from the 1980 Hot 100 chart-topper "Another Brick in the Wall" into his new single.

While this is Pink Floyd's first turn on Hot Dance Airplay, the group did register on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1980 when the original "Another Brick in the Wall," along with "The Wall" tracks "Run Like Hell" and "Don't Leave Me Now," peaked at No. 57.

MP3: Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall

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Pink Floyd founding member passes away

Sad news.

Syd Barrett, the founding member of Pink Floyd, has died aged 60 at his Cambridgeshire home where he became a recluse 30 years ago.

The guitarist, singer and lyricist founded the band in 1965 and was one of its biggest songwriting talents in its early days.

But his behaviour became erratic during the psychedelic drug haze of the 1960s and he split with the band in 1968. He has since lived reclusively in Cambridge.

A spokeswoman for Pink Floyd said: "He died very peacefully a couple of days ago." It has been reported that he died last Friday from complications related to diabetes....more here.

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Pink Floyd founding member passes away

Sad news.

Syd Barrett, the founding member of Pink Floyd, has died aged 60 at his Cambridgeshire home where he became a recluse 30 years ago.

The guitarist, singer and lyricist founded the band in 1965 and was one of its biggest songwriting talents in its early days.

But his behaviour became erratic during the psychedelic drug haze of the 1960s and he split with the band in 1968. He has since lived reclusively in Cambridge.

A spokeswoman for Pink Floyd said: "He died very peacefully a couple of days ago." It has been reported that he died last Friday from complications related to diabetes....more here.

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