"Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd and is featured on their second album A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). It was written by Roger Waters and features a drum part by Nick Mason played with timpani mallets. The track was arranged to be released as a single, with "Scream Thy Last Scream" on 8 September, before it was vetoed by the band's record company, EMI. The song was regularly performed between 1967 and 1973 and can be heard on the live record of the 1969 album Ummagumma and seen in the 1972 movie Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii. It also appears on the compilation album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd which was released in 2001.
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