Not Now John

"Not Now John"
Single by Pink Floyd
from the album The Final Cut
B-side"The Hero's Return"
ReleasedApril 1983
RecordedJuly–December 1982
GenreHard rock
Length5:02 (album version)
4:12 (single edit)
LabelHarvest (UK)
Columbia (US)
SongwriterRoger Waters
Producers
Pink Floyd singles chronology
"When the Tigers Broke Free"
(1982)
"Not Now John"
(1983)
"Learning to Fly" / "Terminal Frost"
(1987)
Music video
"Not Now John" on YouTube

"Not Now John" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, written by Roger Waters. It appears on their twelfth studio album The Final Cut (1983). The track is the only one on the album featuring the lead vocals of David Gilmour, found in the verses, with Roger Waters singing the refrains and interludes, and was the only single released from the album (discounting "When the Tigers Broke Free", a non-album single retroactively added to the album in 2004). It reached No. 30 on the UK singles chart.