"Unknown Song" is an instrumental track written and recorded by the British progressive rock group

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. It has been released only on a bonus disc included in the 1997 re-release of the soundtrack to

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's movie '' Zabriskie Point''.

Music

The track is simple and consists of melodies that were used later; the riff that starts to play at 1:54 is a faster tempo version of the "Funky Dung" section of " Atom Heart Mother Suite". The main melody played by acoustic 12-string guitar throughout the song is somewhat typical to the band's later style – " A Pillow of Winds" or even "

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" can be heard as followers of the song's melodies.

Other names

"Unknown Song" is sometimes called "Rain in the Country" or "Country Rain" on

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Denmark. A similar piece entitled "Baby Blue Shuffle in D Major" appeared in a 2 December 1968 BBC radio broadcast and shared melodies with part one of "

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" from '' Ummagumma'', but it may have been rather a different – or even the same – take of "Unknown Song". Rain in the country Take 2 ends in

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which has similar music. The music of Country Song/The Red Queen Theme Take 1 is also similar.

References

{{Pink Floyd 1969 songs Pink Floyd songs Rock instrumentals Songs written by David Gilmour Songs written by Nick Mason Songs written by Roger Waters Songs written by Richard Wright (musician)

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