"Wearing the Inside Out" is a song from

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's 1994 album, ''

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''. A collaboration between Richard Wright and

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, it is the only song on the album for which

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receives no writing credit. The song had the working title "Evrika". Two videos of the band working on this demo version can be seen on the

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/ BD included in ''

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'' deluxe edition and as part of the

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deluxe edition. It is the first occasion that Richard Wright provided lead vocals on a song since "

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" and "

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" on the band's 1973 album "

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". In a 1994 interview Rick did with

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host Redbeard for the US premiere of the album, Rick revealed he did the vocal in the first take. According to bassist and past touring member,

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, the song originated from an idea he came up with: a bass riff involving harmonics.

Later performances

This song was never performed live by Pink Floyd, although it was performed on

's 2006

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, and appears on the ''

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and on the bonus CD of the deluxe version of ''

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''. On this version, Guy Pratt begins with the aforementioned bass riff.

Personnel

* Richard Wright – lead vocals,

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, Hammond organ, piano *

– guitar, co-lead and backing vocals *

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– drums, tambourine Additional musicians: *

–

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–

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* Sam Brown – backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *Jackie Sheridan – backing vocals *Rebecca Leigh-White – backing vocals

References

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