Pink Floyd Music Catalogue Added To Spotify, 'Wish You Were Here' Streamed One Million Times

After a big push from fans, Pink Floyd's music catalog is finally available on streaming service Spotify.

Pink Floyd, the progressive/psychedelic/whatever-you-want-to-call-them rock band, has objected to modern methods of music listening and sales for quite a while. In 2010, the band sued EMI, the music company which holds the rights to Floyd's music, because the company allowed iTunes to sell the band's tracks one-by-one, versus as an entire album only. The group is one of the biggest proponents of album-based rock. As a result of the lawsuit, Spotify hasn't been able to access Floyd's catalog save for a few tracks released away from EMI.

However the band made a deal with fans via Twitter: If fans streamed the single "Wish You Were Here" a million times on Spotify, the band would permit the service to use the rest of its catalog. It's kind of an ironic deal when you consider that the band has long fought against the concept of popular singles, and now its forcing fans to listen to the band's biggest single a million times in order to unlock the group's entire discography. Oh well. Certainly bigger things to worry about in the world.

Help stream Wish You Were Here 1 million times to unlock Pink Floyd's catalogue on @Spotify: https://t.co/PpNjKAm3AX #floydcountdown

— Pink Floyd (@pinkfloyd) June 13, 2013

Fans were quick to react to the challenge. The announcement was made by the band on Friday, and by early Monday afternoon, Spotify announced that the million-stream mark had been met. True to Floyd's word, the band's back catalog is now available on Spotify.

The band hasn't made new music since 1994, but its previous work still drives regular sales. "The Dark Side of The Moon" (1973) and "Wish You Were Here" (1975) are the band's most popular works, but the group's fans will fight vehemently over which album is best.