1987 Pink Floyd – One Slip (UK:#50)
“One Slip” is a song from Pink Floyd‘s 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
The album gets its title from a line of this song’s lyrics. The song was co-written by David Gilmour and Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera, who later co-produced Gilmour’s On an Island album and played rhythm guitar on the subsequent tour.
It was first released as the B-side to “Learning to Fly”. It was then re-released as the third single from the album in the UK where it was a minor hit and was the fourth single from the album in the US where it did well on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
Album

A Momentary Lapse Of Reason is the thirteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in the UK on 7 September 1987 by EMI and the following day in the US on Columbia. It was recorded primarily on guitarist David Gilmour’s converted houseboat, Astoria. A Momentary Lapse of Reason was the first Pink Floyd album recorded without founding member Roger […]
Muscians
Chapman Stick | Tony Levin |
Drums | Jim Keltner |
Guitar | David Gilmour |
Guitar | Mike Landau |
Keyboards | Bob Ezrin |
Keyboards | Jon Carin |
Percussion | Nick Mason |
Background Vocals | Carmen Twillie |
Background Vocals | Darlene Koldenhoven |
Background Vocals | Donny Gerrard |
Background Vocals | Phyllis St. James |
Vocals | David Gilmour |
Produced By
Bob Ezrin
David Gilmour
Songwriters
David Gilmour
Phil Manzanera
Charts
US:# –
UK:#50