Pink Floyd is heading towards their first top 10 single in the UK for 43 years.
Band founding members David Gilmour and Nick Mason have reunited for the new track Hey, Hey, Rise Up! Which is currently tracking to debut at No.
It would be the band's first UK Top 10 single since 1979, where they achieved their first and so far only #1 single – Another Brick in the Wall.
The song features a sample from Andrey Khalivanyuk, a member of the Ukrainian band Boombox. All proceeds will go towards the Ukrainian humanitarian effort.
In a press release, Pink Floyd — original members David Gilmour and Nick Mason now joined by bassist Guy Pratt and keyboardist Nitin Sawhney — wrote the song as recently as March 30.
On the creation of the new song, Dave Gilmour said: "I hope it will receive widespread support and publicity. We want to raise money for humanitarian charities, and to boost morale. We would like to express our support for Ukraine and In this way, show that most of the world thinks that it is completely wrong for a superpower to invade the free democratic country that has become Ukraine."
First formed in 1965, Pink Floyd are often credited as one of the first British psychedelic rock groups, one of the most experimental and innovative bands the country has ever seen. He is perhaps best known for his landmark 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.