“Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)” is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd composed by their singer, bassist and leader Roger Waters and included on their 1977 album concept album “Animals”, opening the album, closing it the second part of the song, “Pigs On The Wing (Part 2)”.

According to various interviews, it was written by Roger Waters as a declaration of love to his new wife Carolyne Christie. The song is significantly different from the other three songs on the album, “Dogs,” “Pigs” and “Sheep,” in that the other songs are dark, whereas this one is lighter-themed, as well as also being much shorter in duration.

The song is constructed simply and feature no instrumentation besides a strummed acoustic guitar played only by Waters.

Personnel:
– Roger Waters: Vocals and acoustic guitar.