The Tide Is Turning

Though Waters had offered his services for the Live Aid concert in 1985 and been turned down by organizer Bob Geldof, the event still inspired Waters to write this song. After he had recorded the Radio K.A.O.S. album, which ended with a simulated nuclear attack in the song "Four Minutes," his record company informed him that the album was too bleak and needed a more upbeat ending. Waters then recorded and added "The Tide Is Turning" to give the album a more optimistic finish.

It was released as a CD single that included a live version of the Pink Floyd song "Money", written by Waters for their highly successful 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon. It was recorded during Waters' Radio K.A.O.S. Tour, in which he toured the United States and Canada for four months in late 1987. It also included an unreleased track that was recorded during the sessions for Radio KAOS but not used. "Get Back to Radio" (listed as a demo recording, i.e., not a finished track), was originally written to be an album opener, but later scrapped after the story for Radio KAOS was fully developed. The demo itself does not follow nor reference Billy or the story of Radio KAOS

"The Tide Is Turning (Live in Berlin)"
Single by Roger Waters, with Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, Van Morrison and Paul Carrack
from the album The Wall – Live in Berlin
B-side	"Nobody Home" (Live in Berlin)
Released	19 November 1990
Recorded	21 July 1990
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	5:44
Label	Mercury Records
Songwriter(s)	Roger Waters
Producer(s)	Roger Waters Nick Griffiths
Roger Waters singles chronology
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 (Live in Berlin)" (1990) "The Tide Is Turning (Live in Berlin)" (1990) "What God Wants, Part 1" (1992)
Music video
"The Tide Is Turning (Live in Berlin)" on YouTube

Waters performed "The Tide Is Turning" with Joni Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Adams, Van Morrison with The Band and Paul Carrack and the Rundfunk Orchestra & Choir in the 1990 concert, The Wall Live in Berlin. It served as the closing number of Waters' famous 1990 performance of The Wall in Berlin, replacing "Outside the Wall", which is the closing track on The Wall and all of its subsequent tours. Although not shown on the track list of the album, "Outside the Wall" is affixed to the end of "The Tide is Turning."

• Roger Waters official website