Hey, Hey, Rise Up!

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"Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
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Single by Pink Floyd featuring Andriy Khlyvnyuk of BoomBox
Released 8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)
Recorded Late February & 30 March 2022
Genre Rock
Length 3:27
Label Rhino
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) David Gilmour
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"Louder than Words"
(2014)		 "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
(2022)

"Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" (also written "Hey Hey Rise Up") is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on streaming and downloading platforms on 8 April 2022. It is based on a 1914 Ukrainian anthem, "Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow", and features vocals in Ukrainian by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the Ukrainian band BoomBox. The track is the first entirely new piece of music recorded by Pink Floyd since 1994; guitarist David Gilmour was inspired to record it in support of Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion.

Background

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Andriy Khlyvnyuk, seen in 2015

In February 2022, the Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk, who had abandoned a US tour by his band BoomBox to serve in the Ukrainian military in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February,[1] recorded an a capella version of the first verse of the Ukrainian anthem "Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow" (Ukrainian: Ой у лузі червона калина). The anthem was written by Stepan Charnetskii in 1914 to commemorate the Sich Riflemen. Khlyvnyuk, wearing fatigues and carrying an automatic rifle, videoed his performance in Sophia Square in Kyiv, with the Bell Tower of Saint Sophia Cathedral in the background, and posted it on Instagram on 27 February.[1][2][3][4]

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David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, seen in 2015

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour was shown the Instagram post by the Ukrainian artist Janina Pedan,[5] who is married to his son Charlie,[6] and was inspired to record something in support of Ukraine in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.[7] He contacted Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and suggested they collaborate.[1] Pink Floyd had been inactive for several years, and Gilmour had said several times that the band would not reunite;[1] however, the war encouraged him to release the track as Pink Floyd as it was a "big platform" and it was "vitally" important to raise awareness about the war. He said: "It's a really difficult and frustrating thing to see this extraordinarily crazy, unjust attack by a major power on an independent, peaceful, democratic nation."[7]

Khlyvnyuk, while recovering in hospital a shrapnel wound sustained in defence of Ukraine, gave Gilmour his blessing to use his vocals.[8] Gilmour wrote extra music, including a guitar solo.[1]

Gilmour had previously been backed by BoomBox—without Khlyvnyuk—in 2015, at Koko, London, in support of the Belarus Free Theatre.[9]

Recording

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The Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir in 2018

"Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" was recorded on 30 March 2022 at Gilmour's home[2] by Gilmour and Mason with Guy Pratt, bassist with Pink Floyd since 1987, and keyboardist Nitin Sawhney. It was Sawhney's first work with Pink Floyd. Gala Wright, the daughter of late Pink Floyd keyboardist and founding member Richard Wright, was also present during the recording.[1]

The song—whose title comes from the last line of "Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow", which some translations give as "Hey, hey, rise up and rejoice"[10]—opens with a sample from another recording of Charnetskii's anthem, by the Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir.[5][11]

Music video

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Gilmour's 1952 Fender Esquire, nicknamed "the Workmate", used on the song and in the video

The music video was directed by Mat Whitecross, also on 30 March, on a set designed by Pedan.[2][10] In the video, the band play while Khlyvnyuk's Sophia Square video is projected behind them. The performance is intercut with scenes of war damage, survivors and refugees in Ukraine.[4] Mason's drums are decorated with reproductions of a painting by Maria Primachenko, a Ukrainian artist, several of whose works were destroyed in a fire caused by Russian shelling during the invasion.[1][12]

Cover art

The single's artwork depicts a band logotype (in the style of Gerald Scarfe's lettering for The Wall) patterned after the Ukrainian flag alongside a sunflower, the national flower of Ukraine, in a 2019 painting by Cuban artist Yosan Leon.[10][13] The choice of flower also references a remark from a Ukrainian woman who was seen handing sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers in the early days of the invasion, telling them to carry the seeds in their pockets so that sunflowers will grow from their dead bodies.[14][15]

Release and response

The song was released on streaming services on 8 April 2022 and is Pink Floyd's first entirely newly recorded material since 1994's The Division Bell.[16] It additionally is their first release since 1983's The Final Cut to be released without the inclusion of musician Richard Wright. Proceeds from "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" will go to the charitable organization Ukraine Humanitarian Relief Fund.[4]

The music journalist Mark Savage of BBC News praised the song, saying that it was "built around a spine-tingling refrain" by Khlyvnyuk.[17] Khlyvnyuk said the song was "fabulous" and thanked Pink Floyd for their efforts.[1] Some fans felt that it was improper for the group to release music as Pink Floyd without former members Syd Barrett, Richard Wright or Roger Waters. Classic Rock journalist Fraser Lewry disagreed, writing: "When thousands have been killed and millions have fled their homes, moaning about the absence of a band member [Waters] who left 37 years ago is churlish at best. At worst, it's contemptuous of the suffering."[18]

Commercial performance

Based on downloads and sales in its first two days, the single was predicted by Billboard to enter The Official UK Singles Chart, to be announced on 15 April, at number 5.[19] However, the song debuted at number 49.[20]

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!"
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[21] 81
Germany (Official German Charts)[22] 93
165
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[23] 15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 2
76
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[25] 49
UK Rock and Metal (Official Charts Company)[26] 1
US Digital Songs (Billboard)[27] 2
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[28] 22
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[29] 1

See also

References

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  11. ↑ Хор імені Г. Верьовки – Ой, у лузі червона калина (G. Veryovka Choir – Oh, red viburnum in the meadow) on YouTube.
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  15. ↑ "You are cursed"; Ukraine woman's confrontation with Russian soldier goes viral [details], Sami Khan, 25 February 2022, International Business Times : Twitter video and translation of the confrontation between the Ukrainian woman and the Russian soldier.
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  21. ↑ "Pink Floyd – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Pink Floyd.
  22. ↑ "Musicline.de – Pink Floyd feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
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  24. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Pink Floyd feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox – Hey Hey Rise Up". Swiss Singles Chart.
  25. ↑ "Archive Chart: 20220415" UK Singles Chart.
  26. ↑ "Archive Chart: 20220415" UK Rock Chart.
  27. ↑ "Pink Floyd – Chart history" Billboard Digital Songs for Pink Floyd.
  28. ↑ "Pink Floyd – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Pink Floyd.
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