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"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album A Saucerful of Secrets
Published	Magdalene Music
Released	29 June 1968 (UK); 27 July 1968 (US);
Recorded	8 August 1967, January – February 1968
Studio	Abbey Road Studios, London, UK
Genre	Space rock; avant-garde; psychedelia;
Length	5:27 (A Saucerful of Secrets version); 9:27 (Ummagumma live version); 10:32 (Live At Pompeii version);
Label	EMI Columbia (UK), Tower (US)
Songwriter(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Norman Smith
Official audio
	Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun on YouTube

"Set the Controls for the Heart" is a 1968 song by Pink Floyd. It was written by Roger Waters and is the third track from their second studio album A Saucerful of Secrets. It was also used on their live album Ummagumma. It was meant to be released as a single but it was vetoed by the band.

References

↑ "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Review". Stewart Mason. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
↑ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1968". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 190–191. ISBN 9781493064601.
↑ Gulla, Bob (2009). "David Gilmour". Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-313-35806-7.

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[1] "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun Review". Stewart Mason. Retrieved 13 June 2012.

[Segretto_2022-2] Segretto, Mike (2022). "1968". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 190–191. ISBN 9781493064601.

[Players92-3] Gulla, Bob (2009). "David Gilmour". Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-313-35806-7.

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Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun

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