When the Tigers Broke Free

"When the Tigers Broke Free"

Song by Pink Floyd
Track 4 on the album The Final Cut
B-side	"Bring the Boys Back Home"
Released	July 14, 1982^(film) July 26, 1982^(single) 2004^{(The Final Cut reissue)}
Recorded	July - December, 1982
Genres	Art rock • symphonic rock
Studio	Mayfair Recording Studios RAK Studios Olympic Studios Abbey Road Studios Eel Pie Recording Studios Audio International Studios Billiard room in Hook End Recording Studios
Length	3:00^(single) 3:42^(Echoes) 3:16^{(The Final Cut reissue)}
Label	Harvest^(UK) Columbia/CBS^(US)
Vocalists	Roger Waters
Songwriters	Roger Waters
Producers	Roger Waters • James Guthrie • Michael Kamen

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"When the Tigers Broke Free" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd. Originally featured in two parts in the 1982 film adaptation of their 1979 rock opera The Wall, it was released as a single in the UK on July 26, 1982. Although it was not originally a part of the album, the 7" single was labeled "Taken from the album The Final Cut". Years later, an extended version of the song was released on Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd and reincluded on The Final Cut in reissues beginning in 2004.

Personnel[]

Roger Waters - vocals

with:

Orchestra conducted and arranged by Michael Kamen
The Pontarddulais Male Voice Choir led by Noel Davis