"Fat Old Sun" is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, written and sung by David Gilmour.
A stock sound effect of bells was added to the start and end of the track; the same recording had been used for the Kinks' 1966 song "Big Black Smoke".
[1] "Fat Old Sun" was performed live by Pink Floyd from 1970–71 on the Atom Heart Mother World Tour.
On stage, the song was expanded and given a full electric arrangement in contrast to the acoustic-based studio recording, sometimes lasting as long as fifteen minutes.
[9] In another review for Atom Heart Mother, Irving Tan of Sputnik Music described "Fat Old Sun" as unmemorable.
"[10] This song was considered for the album Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd (2001), as mooted by James Guthrie, the compilation's producer.
[13] "Fat Old Sun" is perhaps best described as a pastoral,[14] a hymn of praise to the countryside (as were several early Pink Floyd songs, such as "Grantchester Meadows"[15] from Ummagumma and "Green Is the Colour" from More).