Editing The Dark Side of the Moon (section)

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Much of the album's early American success is attributed to the efforts of Pink Floyd's US record company, [[Capitol Records]]. Newly appointed chairman [[Bhaskar Menon]] set about trying to reverse the relatively poor sales of the band's 1971 studio album ''Meddle''. Meanwhile, disenchanted with Capitol, the band and manager O'Rourke had been quietly negotiating a new contract with [[CBS]] president [[Clive Davis]], on [[Columbia Records]]. ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' was the last album that Pink Floyd were obliged to release before formally signing a new contract. Menon's enthusiasm for the new album was such that he began a huge promotional advertising campaign, which included radio-friendly truncated versions of "Us and Them" and "Time".<ref>{{Harvnb|Harris|2006|pp=158–161}}</ref>

In some countries{{Snd}} notably the UK{{Snd}} Pink Floyd had not released a single since 1968's "[[Point Me at the Sky]]", and unusually "Money" was released as a single on 7 May, with "Any Colour You Like" on the [[B-side]].<ref name="Poveyp175">{{Harvnb|Povey|2007|p=175}}</ref>{{refn|Harvest / Capitol 3609|group="nb"}} It reached number&nbsp;13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in July 1973.<ref name="allmusicmoney">{{Cite web |last=DeGagne |first=Mike |title=Money |url={{AllMusic |class=song |id=t1534074|pure_url=yes}} |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 August 2009}}</ref>{{refn|According to Paul McCartney in a 1975 interview, Capitol executive [[Al Coury]] suggested that the band issue the single. McCartney recalled: "Al Coury, Capitol's ace plugger, rang up and told us 'I persuaded Pink Floyd to take "Money" off ''Dark Side of the Moon'' as a single, and you want to know how many units we sold?'"<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gambaccini |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xKPEyk1WXFUC&q=Capitol's+ace+plugger,+rang+up+and+told+us+'I+persuaded+Pink+Floyd+to+take+'Money'+off+Dark+Side+of+the+Moon |title=The McCartney Interviews: After the Break-up |date=1996 |publisher=Omnibus |isbn=978-0-7119-5494-6 |language=en}}</ref>|group="nb"}} A two-sided white label promotional version of the single, with mono and stereo mixes, was sent to radio stations. The mono side had the word "bullshit" removed from the song{{Snd}} leaving "bull" in its place{{Snd}} however, the stereo side retained the uncensored version. This was subsequently withdrawn; the replacement was sent to radio stations with a note advising disc jockeys to dispose of the first uncensored copy.<ref>{{Citation |title=Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records |last=Neely |first=Tim |edition=2 |year=1999}}</ref> On 4 February 1974, a [[double A-side]] single was released with "Time" on one side, and "Us and Them" on the opposite side.{{refn|Harvest / Capitol 3832|group="nb"}}<ref name="Poveyp346">{{Harvnb|Povey|2007|p=346}}</ref> Menon's efforts to secure a contract renewal with Pink Floyd were in vain however; at the beginning of 1974, the band signed for Columbia with a reported advance fee of $1M (in Britain and Europe they continued to be represented by [[Harvest Records]]).<ref>{{Harvnb|Schaffner|1991|p=173}}</ref>