"Flaming" is a song by psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and is featured in their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.[2][3] The song, written by Syd Barrett, is basically a child-like game scenario between two friends, hence "Lazing in the foggy dew". After David Gilmour joined the band, the song remained in the playlist for a short while in 1968.
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This was also the third United States Pink Floyd single (Tower 378). The single did not chart. The mono U.S. single mix of "Flaming" is slightly edited from other stereo or mono versions of the recording. This U.S. single was released in place of "Apples and Oranges" backed with (b/w) "Paint Box" which had then just recently failed to break into the United Kingdom charts.
It was the first of two U.S. Pink Floyd singles released on the Tower Records label that were not released on a single in the U.K. The other U.S. single not released in the U.K. was "Let There Be More Light" b/w "Remember a Day" (Tower 440).
In this song, reference is made to an eiderdown[disambiguation needed 
]. Several other Pink Floyd songs contain such a reference, including "Julia Dream" and "A Pillow of Winds".
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Post-Barrett live incarnations of the song are often mocked by fans; its happy, surreal lyrics were entirely different from anything in Pink Floyd's setlist that year, and the lead vocals were delivered by David Gilmour in an unenthusiastic manner (video bootlegs of the song in 1968 show Gilmour with a bored expression on his face as he sang it). A David Gilmour version was shown on French television. The song opened with a very uncharacteristic slide whistle played by Roger Waters.
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]. Several other Pink Floyd songs contain such a reference, including "Julia Dream" and "A Pillow of Winds".
