Non-Hit Hits Top Ten: Comfortably Numb (#5)

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Ah, those rabbit holes. I’ll discuss that later. Meanwhile, for today’s song that’s so well-known you’d swear it’d been a big hit, I have to revisit the rule I stated at the beginning of the countdown that JJ requested, that being that the songs did not make the US Billboard top 40; or, they were never released in the US as a single. I have to say that because today’s song was released as a single in other parts of the world and did very well. As ubiquitous as it is here, you’d think it should have been a single. Anyway, here it is, sing along. #5: Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd And you’re going, ”Seriously? This wasn’t a hit??” No, not in America. It was a top ten hit in the UK, though. However, as much as it’s played, you know it. Well. And you probably play air guitar with David Gilmour’s legendary solo. Hopefully you know the story behind the song, too: Roger Waters got a shot for stomach flu before a concert and he didn’t remember much of the concert. One of the many strange events in the life of a rocker that became the basis for the concept album The Wall. And by the way, which one’s Pink? Comfortably Numb Written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour Recorded by Pink Floyd From The Wall, 1980 Billboard peak chart position: not released as a single in the US There is no pain, you are receding: