# Who sings backing vocals on Pink Floyd’s 1973 hit ‘Time’?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/who-sings-backing-vocals-on-pink-floyds-1973-hit-time/
- Published: 2026-11-13T13:53:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T14:27:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/who-sings-backing-vocals-on-pink-floyd-time-1973/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Four session singers provide the backing vocals on ‘Time’.
- Doris Troy, Liza Strike, Barry St John and Lesley Duncan sang on the track.
- David Gilmour contributed lyrics to the bridge.

## Summary

Pink Floyd’s ‘Time’, from 1973’s *The Dark Side of the Moon*, features backing vocals by four session singers: Doris Troy, Liza Strike, Barry St John and Lesley Duncan. Their layered voices help build the track’s atmospheric sound and add weight to its final chorus.

The article places the song in the period when Pink Floyd were developing the more focused, conceptual style that defined *The Dark Side of the Moon*. It also credits producer Alan Parsons with the idea of assembling recordings of antique clocks into the song’s ticking introduction, while guitarist David Gilmour contributed some lyrics to the bridge.

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