Single:
Eye in the Sky entered the Australian singles chart* on 16 August 1982 and peaked at #22.
Album:
The song is on Eye in the Sky which entered the Australian albums chart* on 19 July 1982 and peaked at #2.
Songwriters:
Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
Producers:
Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
Record label of Australian release:
Arista
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Sirius and Eye in the Sky recorded live in Medellín, Colombia during the Alan Parsons Symphonic Project in 2013:
Wikipedia:
Eye in the Sky is a single from the Alan Parsons Project’s sixth studio album of the same name. The instrumental piece Sirius segues into Eye in the Sky on the album. On the single release, Eye in the Sky appears on its own.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_in_the_Sky_(song)
Songfacts:
There had been a rumour that Eye in the Sky was inspired by George Orwell’s novel 1984. But there is no basis for this rumour and it has been discounted.
Lead vocals on the recording were by Eric Woolfson, Parsons’ main collaborator. He was Parsons’ lyricist and manager.
The Alan Parsons Project, which was strictly a studio group at the time, used various members on lead vocals; Woolfson would usually record a guide vocal and Alan Parsons, who was also the group’s producer, would decide whose voice best suited the song. In later years, Parsons toured with a band and sang this song during performances.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-alan-parsons-project/eye-in-the-sky
Personnel:
Alan Parsons – Fairlight CMI, production, engineering
Eric Woolfson – Wurlitzer electric piano, lead and backing vocals, production
Ian Bairnson – acoustic and electric guitars
David Paton – bass
Stuart Elliott – drums
Chris Rainbow – backing vocals
Lyrics:
Don’t think sorry’s easily said
Don’t try turning tables instead
You’ve taken lots of chances before
But I ain’t gonna give anymore
Don’t ask me
That’s how it goes
‘Cause part of me knows what you’re thinking
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