Released by Pink Floyd on June 23, 1980, "Comfortably Numb" was the U.K.-platinum third single from The Wall, Roger Waters' double-album rock opera about growing alienation between a singer and his ...

“Comfortably Numb” is one of those monumental and quintessential Pink Floyd tracks that seems like it was effortless to make, but bassist Roger Waters would put a heavy emphasis on the word “seems.” ...