Remember a Day is an outtake from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, written and sung by their keyboardist Rick Wright,and finally appearing on their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968 . The song, written and sung by Wright, was recorded during two different sessions. During the first session (May 1967), Wright's vocals, piano, and Farfisa organ were recorded and during the second session (October 1967) Syd Barrett's acoustic and slide guitar as well as the bass and drum sections were recorded at De Lane Lea Studios in London. Syd plays some beautiful slide guitar on this song, which was virtually complete, but apparently needed to be touched up a little bit for release, with Dave Gilmour probably doing a couple of very minor overdubs (Dave: "Syd had done the basic stuff on one of Rick's ones..."). This tune was released in the US as a single, with Let There Be More Light on the flip side. The working title for the song may have been Sunshine.
Remember a Day reveals an interesting side to Rick. When he wrote it he was about to turn 22 — and yet it is a plaintive yearning for the days of childhood, when everything seemed so simple and there was enough time to 'Dream yourself away.' Perhaps the pressures of success forced the young members of the group to grow up sooner than they would have liked; it certainly put stress on them that no one in their early twenties should have to cope with. The line 'Why can't we stay that way?' is particularly touching, protesting against the necessity of changing from a free and happy child into a responsible (read: dull) adult. The intro to the video and outro to the video is Dave Gilmour’s original demo for Comfortably Numb ironically also namechecking childhood.
Pink Floyd - Remember A Day - Video Version By Siberia
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