Recorded July–December 1982 Length 1:12 | Genre Progressive rock | |
Published Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd Released 21 March 1983 (UK)
2 April 1983 (US) Label Harvest Records (UK)
Capitol Records (US) | ||
"One of the Few" is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released as the third track on The Final Cut album in 1983. The song is 1 minute and 12 seconds long. It features a ticking clock in the background and a steady drumbeat. The melody features most of the D minor scale. The lyrics describe a war veteran's return from the battlefield to pursue teaching. The ticking clock continues to the next track, "The Hero's Return", which is sung from the veteran's perspective. This is one of the rejected songs from The Wall and its working title was "Teach".
The lyrics "Make 'em laugh, Make 'em cry" in the third and final verse of the song is reprised in the third verse of "Not Now John" which is the twelfth track of the album The Final Cut.