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== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
* Throughout the song, there is an underlying drone which sounds like a cabin of an airliner during travel.
 
* Throughout the song, there is an underlying drone which sounds like a cabin of an airliner during travel.
* What sounds like a flute line at :47 and 2:51 is actually a reversed electric piano sample.<sup>more info needed</sup>
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* 15 seconds into the track, just before the beat comes in, a voice possibly saying "what?" can be heard. The voice has a tinny quality to it as if recorded from a shortwave radio. When reversed, the voice sounds like "Hell" or "Help".
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* What sounds like a flute line at :47 and 2:51 is actually a reversed electric piano sample.<sup>[clarification needed]</sup>
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==

Latest revision as of 01:28, 27 September 2025

Hey Saturday Sun
Running time 4:56
Appears on The Campfire Headphase


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Samples / Lyrics[edit]

  • Throughout the song, there is an underlying drone which sounds like a cabin of an airliner during travel.
  • 15 seconds into the track, just before the beat comes in, a voice possibly saying "what?" can be heard. The voice has a tinny quality to it as if recorded from a shortwave radio. When reversed, the voice sounds like "Hell" or "Help".
  • What sounds like a flute line at :47 and 2:51 is actually a reversed electric piano sample.[clarification needed]

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  1. http://www.lyricsfreak.com/n/nick+drake/saturday+sun_20100340.html
  2. Five Leaves Left